Pinnacle Systems Xpress Pro - 4.5 User’s Guide
Avid Xpress® Pro
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Contents
Using This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Symbols and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
If You Need Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Accessing the Tutorial and Online Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
How to Order Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Avid Educational Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Appendix A Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Audio Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Audio Project Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Audio Project Settings: Main Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Audio Project Settings: Input Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Audio Project Settings: Output Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Audio Project Settings: Hardware Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Bin Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Capture Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Capture Settings: General Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Capture Settings: Batch Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Capture Settings: Edit Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Capture Settings: Media Files Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Capture Settings: DV Options Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Capture Settings: Keys Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Controller Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Correction Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Correction Mode Settings: Features Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Correction Settings: AutoCorrect Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Deck Configuration Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Deck Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Deck Preferences Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Desktop Play Delay Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Export Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Export Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Export Settings: Quick Time Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Export Settings: Quick Time Movie Export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Export Settings: QuickTime Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Export Settings: QuickTime Compression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Export Settings: DV Stream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Export Settings: OMFI and AAF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Export Settings: AVI (Windows Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Export Settings: AVI Video Compression (Windows Only). . . . . . . . 59
Export Settings: Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Export Settings: Graphic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Export Settings: Graphic Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Film and 24p Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Film Settings - Edit Play Rate Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
General Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Import Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Import Settings: Image Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Import Settings: OMFI Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Import Settings: Shot Log Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Import Settings: Audio Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Interface Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Interface Settings: General Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Interface Settings: Appearance Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Keyboard Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Media Creation Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Media Creation Settings: Drive Filtering Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Media Creation Settings: Other Tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
PortServer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Render Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Safe Color Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Script Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
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Sound Card Configuration Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Timeline Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Timeline Settings: Display Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Timeline Settings: Edit Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Trim Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Trim Settings: Play Loop Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Trim Settings: Features Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Video Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Workspace Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Appendix B Using AudioSuite Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Accessing the AudioSuite Plug-Ins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Core AudioSuite Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
D-fx Chorus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Using D-fx Chorus Effectively . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
D-fx Chorus Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
D-fx Flanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Using D-fx Flanger Effectively . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
D-fx Flanger Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
D-Verb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Using D-Verb Effectively . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
D-Verb Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
D-fx Multi-Tap Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Using D-fx Multi-Tap Delay Effectively . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
D-fx Multi-Tap Delay Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
D-fx Ping-Pong Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
D-fx Ping-Pong Delay Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Broadband Noise Reduction (BNR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Focusrite d3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Maxim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Digidesign D-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Additional Supported Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Description of Core AudioSuite Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Compressor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Using Compression Effectively . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
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Compressor Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Limiter Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Expander-Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Expander-Gate Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Gate Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
EQ II Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Invert. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Duplicate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Mod Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Mod Delay Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Normalize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
DC Offset Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Signal Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Time Compression Expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Master Clip Mode Parallel Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Time Compression Expansion Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Pitch Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Pitch Shift Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Appendix C File Format Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Graphic (Image) Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Preparing Graphic Files for Import . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Graphic File Import Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Animation Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Audio File Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
OMFI Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
MXF Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Field Ordering in Graphic Imports and Exports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
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Appendix D Avid Log Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Understanding Avid Log Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Avid Log Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Global Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Column Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Data Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Sample Avid Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Appendix E Using an External Fader Controller or Mixer. . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Using the Digi 002 and Command|8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Using the Digi 002 with Your Avid Editing System. . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Using the Digi 002 with Avid Mojo DNA Hardware
(Windows only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Using the Command|8 with Your Avid Editing System . . . . . . . . . 158
Configuring the Digi 002 or Command|8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Mapping Buttons and Menu Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Button Layouts on the Digi 002 and Command|8 . . . . . . . . . . 164
Using Buttons to Change Focus in the Avid Editing Application
Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Using a Foot Pedal as a Foot Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Switching Between the Digi 002 and Command|8 . . . . . . . . . 167
Using the Digi 002 and Command|8 for Audio Gain Automation
Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Using the Latch Mode Feature on the Digi 002 and
Command|8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Configuring the USB-to-MIDI Software for Third-Party Controllers . . . 169
Installing USB-to-MIDI Software (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Installing USB-to-MIDI Software (Macintosh) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Testing the Fader Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Switching Between MIDI Connections on the USB-to-MIDI
Converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Troubleshooting the MIDI Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Using the FaderMaster Pro and MCS-3000X. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
MCS-3000X Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Using the Snap Mode Feature on the MCS-3000X . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
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Ganging Faders on the FaderMaster Pro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Using the Yamaha 01V/96 or the Yamaha 01V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Setting Up the Yamaha 01V/96 or Yamaha 01V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Initializing the Yamaha 01V/96 or Yamaha 01V. . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Configuring the Mixer to Recognize MIDI Control Messages for the
Yamaha 01V and Yamaha 01V/96 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Configuring the Mixer to Recognize Serial Control Messages for
the Yamaha 01V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Configuring the Mixer to Recognize USB Control Messages for the
Yamaha 01V/96 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Starting the Avid System with the Yamaha 01V/96 or the Yamaha 01V
Attached . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Operational Notes for the Yamaha 01V/96 and Yamaha 01V . 181
Soloing Avid System Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Appendix F International Character Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Using a Local Language Operating System
(Windows Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Choosing a Locale on an English Language Operating System. . . . . . 184
Non-English Character Support (Macintosh) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Setting the Language in System Preferences
(Macintosh Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Specifying the Language in the Get Info Dialog Box (Macintosh
Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Non-English Character Support (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Using Foreign Keyboard Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Moving Older Projects to this Version (Windows Only) . . . . . . 193
Recommendations and Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Avid Supports English Plus One Locale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Entering ASCII Characters in Double-Byte Systems . . . . . . . . . . . 194
EDL Manager Does Not Save Diacritical Marks or
Chinese Characters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Characters to Avoid When Naming Avid Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
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Appendix G Working with Broadcast Wave Format (BWF) Files . . . . . . . 197
Support for BWF Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
BWF Information Displayed in Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Preparing Custom BWF Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Importing and Syncing BWF Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Reimporting BWF Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Appendix H Planning a Film Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Working with 24p Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Working with 25p Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Planning a 24p or 25p Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
24-fps Film Source, SDTV Transfer, Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
24-fps Film or HD Video Source, SDTV
Downconversion, Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
25-fps Film or HD Video Source, SDTV
Downconversion, Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Audio Transfer Options for 24p PAL Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Planning a 23.976p NTSC Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Working in a 23.976p NTSC Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Creating a 23.976p Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Film Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Capturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Import . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
23.976-fps Film Transfer or HD Video Source, SDTV
Downconversion, Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Limitations for 23.976p Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Film Project Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Film Shoot Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Viewing Dailies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Film Dailies Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Video Dailies Method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Appendix I Film-to-Tape Transfer Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Understanding the Transfer Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
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Transferring 24-fps Film to NTSC Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Stage 1: Transferring Film to Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Frames Versus Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Part 1: Using a 2:3 Pulldown to Translate 24-fps Film to 30-fps
Video. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Part 2: Slowing the Film Speed to 23.976 fps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Maintaining Synchronized Sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Stage 2: Capturing at 24 fps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Transferring 24-fps Film to PAL Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
PAL Method 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
PAL Method 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
How the Avid System Stores and Displays 24p and 25p Media . . . . . . 235
Displaying Media While Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Displaying Media During a Digital Cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Film-to-Tape Transfer Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Film-to-Tape Transfer Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Transfer Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Additional Film Transfer Aids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
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Tables
Audio Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Audio Project Settings Options (Main Tab) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Audio Project Settings Options (Input Tab). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Audio Project Settings Options
(Output Tab) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Audio Project Settings Options
(Hardware Tab). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Bin Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Capture Settings Options (General Tab). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Capture Settings Options (Batch Tab) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Capture Settings Options (Edit Tab) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Capture Settings Options (Media Files Tab) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Capture Settings Options
(DV Options Tab) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Capture Settings Options (Keys Tab) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Controller Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Correction Settings Options (Features Tab) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Correction Settings Options (AutoCorrect Tab) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Deck Configuration Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Deck Settings Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Deck Preferences Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Desktop Play Delay Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Export Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Export Settings Options (QuickTime Reference) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Export Settings Options (QuickTime Movie Export) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Export Settings Options
(QuickTime Movie) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Export Settings Options (QuickTime Compression) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Export Settings Options (DV Stream) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Export Settings Options (OMFI and AAF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
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Export Settings Options (AVI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Export Settings (AVI Video Compression) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Export Settings Options (Audio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Export Settings Options (Graphic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Export Settings Options (Graphic Format) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Film and 24p Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Edit Play Rate Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
General Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Import Settings Options (Image Tab) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Import Settings Options (OMFI Tab) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Import Settings Options (Shot Log Tab). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Import Settings Options
(Audio Tab) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Interface Settings Options (General Tab). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Interface Settings Options (Appearance Tab) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Media Creation Settings Options (Drive Filtering Tab). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Media Creation Settings Options (Other Tabs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
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PortServer Settings Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Render Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Safe Color Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Script Settings Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Sound Card Configuration Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Timeline Settings Options
(Display Tab). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Timeline Settings Options (Edit Tab) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Trim Settings Options (Play Loop Tab) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Trim Settings Options (Features Tab) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Video Display Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Workspace Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Compressor Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Limiter Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Expander-Gate Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Gate Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
EQ II Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Mod Delay Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Time Compression Expansion
Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Pitch Shift Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Graphic File Import Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Animation File Import Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
QuickTime File Import and Export
Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
AVI File Import and Export
Specifications (Windows Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
OMFI File Import Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Recommended Field Settings for Two-Field
Import and Export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Avid Log Global Headings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Avid Log Column Headings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Avid Log Data Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
External Fader Controller and Mixer Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Film Shoot Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Ratio of Film to Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Ratio of Film to Video with FPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
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Using This Guide
The appendices in this document contain reference material that supplements
the information provided in the Avid Xpress Pro User’s Guide. You should
consult the Avid Xpress Pro ReadMe for any late-breaking information that
might apply to your system.
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The documentation describes the features and hardware of all models.
Therefore, your system might not contain certain features and hardware that
are covered in the documentation.
Unless noted otherwise, the material in this document applies to the
Windows XP and Mac OS X operating systems.The majority of screen shots
in this document were captured on a Windows XP system, but the information
applies to both Windows XP and Mac OS X systems. Where differences exist,
both Windows XP and Mac OS X screen shots are shown.
The documentation describes the features and hardware of all models.
Therefore, your system might not contain certain features and hardware that
are covered in the documentation.
Using This Guide
Symbols and Conventions
Avid documentation uses the following symbols and conventions:
Symbol or Convention Meaning or Action
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> This symbol indicates menu commands (and
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k This symbol represents the Apple or Command key.
Margin tips
(Windows), (Windows only),
(Macintosh), or (Macintosh
only)
A note provides important related information,
reminders, recommendations, and strong suggestions.
A caution means that a specific action you take could
cause harm to your computer or cause you to lose data.
A warning describes an action that could cause you
physical harm. Follow the guidelines in this document
or on the unit itself when handling electrical
equipment.
subcommands) in the order you select them. For
example, File > Import means to open the File menu
and then select the Import command.
This symbol indicates a single-step procedure.
Multiple arrows in a list indicate that you perform one
of the actions listed.
Press and hold the Command key and another key to
perform a keyboard shortcut.
In the margin, you will find tips that help you perform
tasks more easily and efficiently.
This text indicates that the information applies only to
the specified operating system, either Windows XP or
Macintosh OS X.
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Italic font Italic font is used to emphasize certain words and to
indicate variables.
Courier Bold font
Ctrl+key or mouse action
k+key or mouse action
Courier Bold font identifies text that you type.
Press and hold the first key while you press the last
key or perform the mouse action. For example,
k+Option+C or Ctrl+drag.
If You Need Help
If you are having trouble using this Avid editing application:
1. Retry the action, carefully following the instructions given for that task in
this guide. It is especially important to check each step of your workflow.
2. Check for the latest information that might have become available after
the documentation was published in one of two locations:
- If release notes are available, they ship with your application.
- If ReadMe files are available, they are supplied in your Avid
If You Need Help
application folder. ReadMe files are also available from Help.
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Release notes and ReadMe files are also available on the Avid Knowledge
Center.
3. Check the documentation that came with your Avid application or your
hardware for maintenance or hardware-related issues.
4. Visit the online Knowledge Center at www.avid.com/support. Online
services are available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Search this
online Knowledge Center to find answers, to view error messages, to
access troubleshooting tips, to download updates, and to read/join online
message-board discussions.
5. For Technical Support, please call 800-800-AVID (800-800-2843).
For Broadcast On-Air Sites and Call Letter Stations, call
800-NEWSDNG (800-639-7364).
Accessing the Tutorial and Online Library
The Avid Online Library contains a multimedia tutorial and all the product
documentation in PDF format. Avid recommends the multimedia tutorial as
your first resource for learning how to use your application. You can access
the tutorial and the library from the Tutorial and Online Library DVD or
CD-ROM or from the Help menu.
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Appendix A
Settings Options
The following topics describe the Settings options in your Avid application.
Settings are accessed through the Settings tab of the Project window.
• Audio Settings
• Audio Project Settings
• Bin Settings
• Capture Settings
• Controller Settings
• Correction Settings
• Deck Configuration Settings
• Deck Settings
• Deck Preferences Settings
• Desktop Play Delay Settings
• Export Settings
• Film and 24p Settings
• General Settings
• Import Settings
• Interface Settings
• Keyboard Settings
• Media Creation Settings
• PortServer Settings
• Render Settings
• Safe Color Settings
Appendix A Settings Options
• Script Settings
• Sound Card Configuration Settings
• Timeline Settings
• Trim Settings
• Video Display Settings
• Workspace Settings
Audio Settings
Audio Settings
Setting Description
Pop-up Scrub Select the number of outgoing and incoming frames
Timeline Scrub Select the number of outgoing and incoming frames
you hear as you scrub in a Source pop-up window or
the Source side of the Source/Record monitor.
you hear as you scrub in the Timeline.
Default Pan Select the way you want sound to pan between
Play Buffer Size in
Samples (software only)
Tool Buffer Size in
Samples (software only)
Audio Project Settings
The following topics describe adjusting audio project settings:
• Audio Project Settings: Main Tab
• Audio Project Settings: Input Tab
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speakers.
Allows you to change the size of the host audio play
buffer during play and digital cut. Use this option if
you are experiencing problems with play
performance to the host audio device.
Allows you to change the size of the host audio play
buffer during audio loop play and audio tools play.
This should decrease the overall latency between the
time an audio parameter is adjusted in the UI and the
time that you hear those changes through the speaker.
• Audio Project Settings: Output Tab
• Audio Project Settings: Hardware Tab
Audio Project Settings: Main Tab
Audio Project Settings
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The options that appear in this tab depend on your audio configuration and
the audio hardware installed on your system. Your options might differ from
those listed here.
Audio Project Settings Options (Main Tab)
Setting Options Description
Sample Rate 32 kHz
44.1 kHz
48 kHz
Audio File Format OMF (WAVE)
OMF (AIFF-C)
MXF (PCM)
SDII (Macintosh only)
Allows you to select audio rate settings for the entire
system for playing and capturing. The default sample
rate for DV is 48 kHz.
The broadcast standard for most high-end video
postproduction houses is 48 kHz. Select the rate based
on the requirements of your facility.
For information on changing the sample rate for
individual sequences and audio clips, see “Changing the
Sample Rate” in the Help.
Select the file format for the audio:
• OMF (WAVE) is compatible with Windows
applications.
• OMF (AIFF-C) is compatible with many third-party
applications, including Pro Tools.
• MXF enables easy exchange of material between file
servers, tape streamers and digital archives.
• SDII (Macintosh only) is compatible with
Macintosh applications.
Select the AIFF-C format for all audio media when you
need to transfer audio media files directly to a Pro Tools
or an AudioVision
®
system for audio sweetening.
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Audio Project Settings Options (Main Tab) (Continued)
Setting Options Description
Audio File Sample
Size
16 Bit
24 Bit
DV Audio Pattern Locked Audio
Unlocked Audio
Render Sample Rate
Conversion Quality
High and Slow
Balanced
Low and Fast
Convert Sample Rates
When Playing
Always
Never
Select this option to set the sample size used when you
work with audio files:
• 16 Bit is for CD-quality audio.
• 24 Bit is for work with higher resolution audio.
DV Audio Pattern works with all devices. However,
because some devices check the DV Audio Pattern
setting before transferring or capturing, you should
select the DV Audio Pattern setting expected by your
device.
• Locked Audio keeps the audio clock locked
precisely to the video clock, so exactly the same
number of audio samples and video frames are
captured or transmitted in each cycle of the phase
relationship.
• Unlocked Audio allows some imprecision in the
audio sample rate, with a variation of up to +/– 25
audio samples per frame.
Allows you to set the conversion quality of all non-realtime sample rate conversions.
Allows you to choose whether or not to perform the
conversion rate:
• Never plays the segments not set at the sample rate
as silence.
• Always makes the system attempt to perform a
sample rate conversion on-the-fly. Although the
resulting audio quality might not be useful for a
finished project, it can be useful during an editing
session since it prevents audio from playing back
with silence.
For information on changing the sample rate for
individual sequences and audio clips, see “Changing the
Sample Rate” in the Help.
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Audio Project Settings Options (Main Tab) (Continued)
Setting Options Description
Audio Project Settings
Show Mismatched
Sample Rates as
Different Color
Real-Time Audio
Dissolves
Dissolve Midpoint
Attenuation
Ye s
No
Disabled
Enabled
Const Power –3dB
Linear –6dB
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Some options depend on the audio configuration of your system, so your
system might not contain certain features and hardware that are covered in the
documentation.
Allows you to identify a specific sample rate by color if
you have a sequence with several different sample rates.
Allows you to play audio dissolves (also called
crossfades) as real-time effects. Select Disabled if you
experience an audio performance delay on your system.
Sets the method used for audio dissolves:
• Const Power –3dB uses constant power to maintain
a consistent sound level through the midpoint of the
dissolve.
• Linear –6dB uses a linear gradient to maintain a
consistent amplitude through the midpoint of the
dissolve.
Audio Project Settings Options (Input Tab)
Setting Options Description
Input Source Input options depend on
your audio hardware
connected and installed
on your system.
Passthrough Mix Tool Opens the Passthrough Mix tool, which allows you to
Allows you to select the type of input.
For software-only models, the audio inputs
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depend on the audio hardware installed on your
system.
adjust the mix of tracks for monitoring audio input.
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Audio Project Settings Options (Input Tab) (Continued)
Setting Options Description
Input Gain Allows you to calibrate the volume of global audio
input.
• Software only systems: Input Gain is a slider that
controls your computer’s volume settings. If you
select the +20 dB check box, gain is additionally
boosted.
• Systems with an Avid Mojo DNA: You can select
0dB for most situations, or +6 dB in case of low
gain inputs.
Audio Project Settings: Output Tab
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The options that appear in this tab depend on your audio configuration and
the audio hardware installed on your system. Your options might differ from
those listed here.
Audio Project Settings Options
(Output Tab)
Setting Options Description
Output Gain Allows you to calibrate the volume of global audio
output.
Master Volume For software-only
systems
Allows you to make global level adjustments for output.
These adjustments affect levels for all output tracks to
the speakers and to the capture devices.
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Audio Project Settings Options
(Output Tab) (Continued)
Setting Options Description
Audio Project Settings
Bypass panel Clip Gain
RT EQ
Auto Gain
Mix Mode Selection
Menu button
Stereo
Mono
Allows you to have the system ignore the volume
settings established with the audio tools when playing
back or capturing a sequence:
• Clip Gain bypasses the volume settings in the
• RT EQ bypasses all EQ effects set in the Audio EQ
• Auto Gain bypasses all Automation Gain effects set
These buttons function the same as the Bypass buttons
in the audio tools.
Modifies the way that the system interprets audio values
during playback:
• Stereo mixes the currently monitored audio tracks
• Mono pans all the currently monitored tracks to
Audio Project Settings: Hardware Tab
The settings in this tab are for informational purposes only and list defaults set
by the system, depending on your audio hardware and configuration.
Audio Mix tool.
tool.
in the Automation Gain tool.
into a stereo pair.
center. This mode also ignores pan effects.
Audio Project Settings Options
(Hardware Tab)
Setting Options Description
Card The type of audio card installed.
Peripheral The type of peripheral audio device (audio interface)
attached to the system.
Slot # The slot where the audio card is located.
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Audio Project Settings Options
(Hardware Tab) (Continued)
Setting Options Description
Sync Mode Sync is used for audio input and output to ensure the
audio sample clock is always in sync with the video
clock. This prevents long-term drift between audio
and video.
When you are working with video and digital audio
simultaneously, set your digital audio equipment to the
same video reference signal as your video equipment.
Changing the audio input selection
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automatically selects the correct audio clock
source for audio sync.
Bin Settings
Bin Settings Options
Option Description
Auto-Save interval n minutes Specifies the length of time between attempts to auto-save project files. The
default is 15 minutes.
To avoid interrupting an edit, the Avid 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.
Inactivity period n seconds Specifies the length of time the Avid system waits when the system is inactive
before automatically saving the project files. The default is 0 seconds.
Force Auto-Save at n minutes 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.
Maximum files in a project’s
attic
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Specifies the total number of files stored in the Avid Attic folder. When a bin
is saved, the Avid system copies the current version of the bin to a special
folder called the Avid 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.
Bin Settings Options (Continued)
Option Description
Capture Settings
Max versions of a file in the
attic
Double-click loads object in Determines what happens when you double-click an object in the bin.
New Pop-up
Monitor
Source or Record
Monitor
Enable
SuperBin
Specifies the total number of single-bin copies stored in the Avid Attic folder.
This setting prevents filling the Avid Attic with too many copies of one bin, at
the risk of losing the others. The default is five copies.
Creates a new Source pop-up monitor and automatically loads the clip when
you double-click an object in the bin.
When you have the Composer monitor stretched into two monitors, loads the
clip into the Source monitor or the sequence into the Record monitor.
When you are using the single Composer monitor, loads the clip or sequence
into the existing Source pop-up monitor.
Enables the SuperBin and its functions. See “Conserving Screen Real Estate
with the SuperBin” in the Help.
Capture Settings
See the following topics:
• Capture Settings: General Tab
• Capture Settings: Batch Tab
• Capture Settings: Edit Tab
• Capture Settings: Media Files Tab
• Capture Settings: DV Options Tab
• Capture Settings: Keys Tab
Capture Settings: General Tab
Capture Settings Options (General Tab)
Option Description
Stop deck after capture Select this option if you want to stop the deck when the capture operation is
complete.
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Capture Settings Options (General Tab) (Continued)
Option Description
Pause deck after capture Select this option if you want to pause the deck when the capture operation
is complete.
Preroll Method Select one of four methods from the pop-up menu. For more information,
see “Selecting the Preroll Method” in the Help.
Force unique clip names Select this option if you want the Avid system to automatically assign a clip
name based on the bin’s name and to make sure this name, or another name
you select, is not already used by any other object in the bin.
Activate bin window after
capture
Space bar stops capture Select this option if you want to use the space bar to create clip names
Capture across timecode breaks When this option is selected, the system captures sections of discontinuous
Stop capture if a bad frame is
detected
Latency for no deck mode n
frames
Pause deck while logging When this option is selected, the deck pauses after you set an OUT point
Select this option if you want the Avid system to change the focus from the
Capture Tool window to a bin window after capturing or logging is
complete. This allows you to immediately start working in the bin.
during the capturing process. When you press the space bar during a capture
operation, the system stops capturing, creates a clip from the capture
material, and places the clip in the active bin.
timecode on a tape as separate clips.
Deselect this option to make the system stop capturing and report an error
when it encounters a timecode break.
When you select this option, the system stops capturing if a correct frame is
detected. This setting is selected by default.
If you notice that your captured media consistently starts on the wrong
frame (usually one or two frames off), use this option to ensure that
capturing starts on the correct frame. The option is deselected by default.
while you log clips; this allows you time to type the name of the clip. See
“Logging Directly to a Bin” in the Help. Deselect this option to allow the
camera or deck to continue playing after you set an OUT point.
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