Sony Cinescore User Guide

Revised July 17, 2007

After Cinescore® software is installed and you start it for the first time, the registration wizard appears. This wizard offers easy steps that allow you to register the software online with Sony Creative Software Inc. Alternatively, you may register online at

Registering your product will provide you with access to a variety of technical support options, notification of product updates, and special promotions exclusive to registered Cinescore users.

http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/ at any time.

Registration assistance

If you do not have access to the Internet, registration assistance is available during normal weekday business hours. Please contact our Customer Service department by dialing one of the following numbers

Telephone/Fax Country

1-800-577-6642 (toll-free) US, Canada, and Virgin Islands

+608-204-7703 for all other countries

1-608-250-1745 (Fax) All countries

Customer service/sales

For a detailed list of customer service options, we encourage you to visit

http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/support/custserv.asp. Use the following numbers for telephone

support during normal weekday business hours:

Telephone/Fax Country

1-800-577-6642 (toll-free) US, Canada, and Virgin Islands

+608-204-7703 for all other countries

1-608-250-1745 (Fax) All countries

Technical support

For a detailed list of technical support options, we encourage you to visit

http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/support/default.asp. To listen to your support options by

telephone, please call 608-256-5555.

About your rights in Cinescore software

Cinescore software is licensed to you under the terms of the End User License Agreement. The End User License Agreement is first presented to you when you install the software. Please review the End User License Agreement carefully as its terms affect your rights with respect to the software. For your reference, a copy of the End User License Agreement for Cinescore software is located at

http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/.

About your privacy

Sony Creative Software Inc. respects your privacy and is committed to protecting personal information. Your use of the software is governed by the Software Privacy Policy. A copy of this policy is incorporated into the registration process and you are asked to agree to its terms prior to accepting the terms of the End User License Agreement. Please review its contents carefully as its terms and conditions affect your rights with respect to the information that is collected by the software. For your reference, a copy of the Software Privacy Policy is located at

http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/corporate/privacy.asp.

Proper use of software

Cinescore software is not intended and should not be used for illegal or infringing purposes, such as the illegal copying or sharing of copyrighted materials. Using Cinescore software for such purposes is, among other things, against United States and international copyright laws and contrary to the terms and conditions of the End User License Agreement. Such activity may be punishable by law and may also subject you to the breach remedies set forth in the End User License Agreement.

Legal notices

Vegas, Vegas+DVD, DVD Architect, Vegas Movie Studio, Vegas Movie Studio+DVD, DVD Architect Studio, ACID, Music Studio, ACIDized, Super Duper Music Looper, Jam Trax, Sony Sound Series, Chopper, Groove Mapping, Groove Cloning, Media Manager, CD Architect, Sound Forge, Audio Studio, Cinescore, Acoustic Mirror, Noise Reduction, Wave 64, Wave Hammer, and XFX are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Creative Software Inc. or its affiliates in the United States and other countries.

Thomson Fraunhofer MP3

MPEG Layer-3 audio coding technology licensed from Fraunhofer IIS and Thomson.

Supply of this product does not convey a license nor imply any right to distribute content created with this product in revenue generating broadcast systems (terrestrial, satellite, cable and/or other distribution channels), streaming applications (via internet, intranets and/or other networks), other content distribution systems (pay-audio or audio on demand applications and the like) or on physical media (compact discs, digital versatile discs, semiconductor chips, hard drives, memory cards and the like).

An independent license for such use is required. For details, please visit: http://mp3licensing.com.

Microsoft DirectX programming interface

Microsoft Windows Media 9

Real, RealMedia, RealAudio, and RealVideo applications

2007 RealNetworks, Inc. Patents Pending. All rights reserved. Real®, Real Media®, RealAudio®, RealVideo®, and the Real logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of RealNetworks, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

MPEGLA and MPEG 2

USE OF THIS PRODUCT IN ANY MANNER THAT COMPLIES WITH THE MPEG-2 STANDARD IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED WITHOUT A LICENSE UNDER APPLICABLE PATENTS IN THE MPEG-2 PATENT PORTFOLIO, WHICH LICENSE IS AVAILABLE FROM MPEG-LA, LLC, 250 STEELE STREET, SUITE 300, DENVER, COLORADO 80206.

Manufactured under license from MPEG-LA.

Dolby, Dolby Digital AC-3, and AAC encoding

This product contains one or more programs protected under international and U.S. copyright laws as unpublished works. They are confidential and proprietary to Dolby Laboratories. Their reproduction or disclosure, in whole or in part, or the production of derivative works therefrom without the express permission of Dolby Laboratories is prohibited. Copyright 1992 – 2007 Dolby Laboratories. All rights reserved.

Dolby®, the double-D symbol, AC-3®, and Dolby Digital® are registered trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. AAC™ is a trademark of Dolby Laboratories.

PNG file format

Copyright © 2007. World Wide Web Consortium (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics, Keio University). All rights reserved. This work is distributed under the W3C Software License in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTIBILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/2002/copyright-

software-20021231.

Apple QuickTime

Apple® QuickTime® application is a trademark of Apple, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

Apple Macintosh Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF) file format.

Apple® Macintosh® Audio Interchange™ File Format (AIFF) is a trademark of Apple, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

Targa file format

The Targa™ file format is a trademark of Pinnacle Systems, Inc.

Tagged Image File Format ( TIFF)

Main Concept encoder

Macromedia Flash

Macromedia and Flash are trademarks or registered trademarks of Macromedia, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries.

Gracenote

CD and music-related data from Gracenote, Inc., copyright © 2000-2007 Gracenote. Gracenote CDDB® Client Software, copyright 2000-2007 Gracenote. This product and service may practice one or more of the following U.S. Patents: #5,987,525; #6,061,680; #6,154,773, #6,161,132, #6,230,192, #6,230,207, #6,240,459, #6,330,593, and other patents issued or pending. Services supplied and/or device manufactured under license for following Open Globe, Inc. United States Patent 6,304,523.

Gracenote and CDDB are registered trademarks of Gracenote. The Gracenote logo and logotype, MusicID, and the "Powered by Gracenote" logo are trademarks of Gracenote.

SmartSound

Portions of this product practice the following SmartSound® patents: #5,693,902 and #5,877,445.

Sony Creative Software Inc.

1617 Sherman Avenue Madison, WI 53704 USA

The information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a guarantee or commitment on behalf of Sony Creative Software Inc. in any way. All updates or additional information relating to the contents of this manual will be posted on the Sony Creative Software Inc. Web site, located at

http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com. The software is provided to you under the terms of

the End User License Agreement and Software Privacy Policy, and must be used and/or copied in accordance therewith. Copying or distributing the software except as expressly described in the End User License Agreement is strictly prohibited. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express written consent of Sony Creative Software Inc.

Table of

Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Technical support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Installing Cinescore software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Installing Adobe Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Using online help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Show Me How tutorials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Main window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Time display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Ruler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Marker bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Track list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Transport bar controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Window docking area and floating window docks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Getting Started. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Creating projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Saving a project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Renaming a project (using Save As) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Getting media files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Selecting media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Previewing a media file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Using the Project Media window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Obtaining or editing CD information using Gracenote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Adding media to the timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Working with events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Understanding files and events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Moving events along the timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Working with tracks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

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Using the track view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Audio track header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Volume or pan envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Playing back and previewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Playing your project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Scrubbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Rendering a project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Creating a movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Basic Editing Techniques. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Getting around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Moving the cursor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Changing focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Making selections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Selecting multiple events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Selecting a time range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Looping playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Selecting events and a time range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Selecting tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Editing events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Copying events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Cutting events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Pasting events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Duplicating events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Trimming events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Splitting events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Slipping and sliding events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Deleting events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Applying post-edit ripples. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Applying a post-edit ripple manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Shuffling events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Crossfading events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Using automatic crossfades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

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Manually setting a crossfade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Changing crossfade curves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Sliding a crossfade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Using undo and redo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Using undo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Using redo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Clearing the edit history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Adding project markers and regions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Working with markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Working with regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Using an external audio editing program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Setting up an audio editing program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Opening an audio editor from Cinescore software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Working with Generated Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Creating generated music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Setting the composition start time and length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Generating music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Editing generated music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Using themes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Using hints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i

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Chapter 1

Introduction

Welcome

Cinescore® software is a breakthrough in professional soundtrack creation, automatically generating fully composed, multigenre, production music perfect for movies, slideshows, commercials, and radio productions.

Using Cinescore software, you can arrange audio and video on the timeline, and then you can let Cinescore work its magic to create a soundtrack that you can tailor to fit your exact needs.

System requirements

In order to use Cinescore software, your computer must satisfy the following minimum specifications:

• Microsoft® Windows® XP or Windows Vista™

• 1.5 GHz processor

• 512 MB RAM, 1 GB recommended

• 200 MB hard-disk space for program installation

• 1.7 GB hard-disk space for optional installation of themes and audio transitions

• Windows-compatible sound card

• DVD-ROM drive (for installation of themes and audio transitions)

• Microsoft DirectX® 9.0c or later (included on application disc)

• Internet connection (for Gracenote® MusicID™)

Technical support

The Web site at http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/support/default.asp has technical support, reference information, program updates, tips and tricks, user forums, and a knowledge base.

Installing Cinescore software

Insert the application disc. The setup screen appears (if AutoPlay is enabled for your DVD-ROM drive).

If DVD-ROM AutoPlay is not enabled, click the Start button and choose Run. In the Run dialog that appears, type the DVD-ROM drive’s letter and add :\setup.exe. Click OK to start the installation.

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Click Install Cinescore Software, and then follow the on-screen prompts to install the appropriate

version of Cinescore for your computer.

Note:

Windows Installer is used for all versions of Windows. Windows Installer is installed and then

you are asked to restart your system.

Installing Adobe Reader

In order to view the Quick Start Manual, you will need to install the Adobe Reader software. It has been included on the application disc in the Extras\Adobe Reader 6.0\English folder for your convenience.

Place the Cinescore application disc in the drive. AutoPlay launches the Setup menu.

Note:

If AutoPlay is not enabled, click the Start button and choose Run. Type D:\Extras\Adobe

Reader 6.0\English\ adberdr60_enu_full.exe, where D is the drive letter of your CD-ROM or DVD-

ROM drive. Follow the instructions in the dialogs to complete the installation.

Choose Browse, and then browse to the \Extras\Adobe Reader 6.0\English\ folder on the application disc.

Double-click the adberdr60_enu_full.exe icon, and follow the instructions in the dialogs to complete the installation.

Using online help

You can access three varieties of help:

•Online help

• Show Me How tutorials

• Help on the Web

Online help

To access online help, choose Contents and Index from the Help menu or press F1.

Note:

To view online help, Internet Explorer 4.0 or later must be installed on your system. Internet Explorer

is included on the Cinescore CD-ROM for your convenience.

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The online help window has four tabs that you can use to find the information that you need.

Toolbar

Tabs

Information pane

The Contents tab provides a list of available help topics. Double-click a closed book ( ) to open the pages

and then click a topic page ( ).

The Index tab provides a complete listing of the help topics available. Scroll through the list of available topics or type a word in the Type in the keyword to find box to quickly locate topics related to that word. Select the topic and click Display.

The Search tab allows you to enter a keyword and display all of the topics in the online help that contain the keyword you have entered. Type a keyword in the Type in the word(s) to search for box and click List To pi cs . Select the topic from the list and click Display.

The Favo rite s tab allows you to keep topics that you revisit often in a separate folder. To add a topic to your favorites, click Add on the Favorites tab.

Show Me How tutorials

You can learn more about many of the features in Cinescore by using the interactive Show Me How tutorials installed with the software.

By default, Show Me How tutorials display upon startup of the application. However, you can access them at any time from the Help menu by choosing Show Me How.

Tip:

To disable automatic display of the Show Me How tutorials, clear the Show at Startup check box at

the bottom of the tutorial window.

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Help on the Web

Additional help and information is available on the Sony Creative Software Inc. Web site. From the Help menu, choose Sony on the Web to view a listing of Web pages pertaining to Cinescore software and Sony Creative Software Inc..

Overview

Cinescore software is designed to be an easy-to-use program. Many operations, menu items, and shortcut keys are consistent with other popular Microsoft Windows software applications.

The following sections provide a graphical tour of the Cinescore workspace.

Main window

This is the window that appears when the software is opened. The work area is subdivided into three primary areas: the track list, the track view (or timeline), and the window docking area.You can resize the track list, track view, and window docking area by dragging the dividers between them

Marker bar Ruler Timeline

Menu bar

Toolbar

Time display

Track

list

Window

docking

area

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Transport bar

Toolbar

The toolbar allows you to quickly access the most commonly used functions and features. From the Options menu, choose Customize Toolbar to specify which buttons are displayed.

Create new project Undo

Open existing project Redo

Save project Enable snapping to grid lines

Open project properties Generate Music

Cut selected events or time range Display Show Me How Tutorials

Copy selected events or time range What’s This? help

Paste items from clipboard into project

Time display

The Time Display window reflects the cursor’s position on the timeline and the end point of a time selection.

Ruler

The ruler is the timeline for your project. You may specify how the ruler measures time: seconds, measures and beats, frames, etc.

Marker bar

The marker bar is the area where you can place markers and regions along the project’s timeline. These informational tags can serve as cues or reminders highlighting important events in your project.

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Track list

This displays the tracks in your project and contains controls used to determine track mixing.For more information, see Audio track header on page 28.

Video Track

Audio Track

Generated

Music Track

Audio Transitions

Track

Selected track

Mute track

Track volume

Timeline

All arranging and editing is done in the timeline or track view. This area contains all of a project’s events.

For more information, see Using the track view on page 27.

Transport bar controls

The transport bar contains the playback and cursor positioning buttons frequently used while working on and previewing your project.

Loop playback Stop playback

Play from beginning of project Move cursor to start of project

Play project from cursor position Move cursor to end of project

Pause project playback

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Window docking area and floating window docks

This area allows you to keep frequently used windows available but out of the way while you are working with a project. Windows can be docked next to each other, subdividing the docking area, or they can be docked in a stack in the window docking area or in a separate floating docking window. When stacked, each window has a tab at the bottom with its name on it. Click the window’s tab to bring it to the top.

Close window

Expand window

• To dock a window, drag it to the docking area.

• Drag the handle on the left side of a docked window to remove a window from the docking area and float it.

• To prevent a window from docking when you drag it, hold the Ctrl key.

• To expand a docked window so it fills the docking area, click the Maximize button ( ). Click again to restore the window to its previous size.

• To remove a window from the docking area or a floating dock, click the Close button ( ).

Drag the handle away from the docking area to float the window.

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Explorer window - Alt+1

The Explorer window is similar to the Microsoft Windows Explorer. Use the Explorer window to select media files to drag to the project timeline or add to the Project Media list. You can also use the Explorer to perform common file management tasks such as creating folders, renaming files and folders, deleting files

and folders. Use the Start Preview (

) and Auto Preview ( ) buttons to preview files before adding

them to the project.

Select drive or folder

Preview selected media files before placing them in the project.

Select media to place in the project by dragging and dropping or double-clicking.

Add media to the Project Media window by right-clicking a file and choosing Add to Project Media list from the shortcut

menu.

Mixer window - Alt+2

The Mixer window allows you to adjust the volume of your project.

Drag the fader to adjust the project volume.

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The meters display the current level.

Video Preview window - Alt+3

This window displays a project’s video during project editing and playback. For more information, see

Playing your project on page 30.

Video appears during project playback or as the cursor is moved during editing.

Tip:

To change the video preview quality, choose Preview Quality from the View menu, and then choose a setting from the submenu. This setting is used for previewing only and has no effect on the final rendered video. Decreasing the preview resolution can allow the Video Preview window to display a higher frame rate if your computer is unable to display full-frame-rate video.

Project Media window - Alt +4

The Project Media window helps you organize the media files you’re using in a project. The information about these files is displayed in a highly flexible database that can be instantly sorted.

For more information,

see Using the Project Media window on page 18.

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Chapter 2

Getting Started

Cinescore® software is a new way of creating video scores. Whether you are an experienced musician author or an inspired novice, Cinescore will help you add a musical score to a video in four simple steps:

Create a Cinescore project.

Add a video to the timeline. For more information, see Adding media to the timeline on

page 23.

Generate music, and then fine-tune the composition to suit your taste. For more

information, see Creating generated music on page 63.

Render your video. For more information, see Creating a movie on page 32.

Creating projects

The process of creating a multimedia production can be a complicated undertaking, involving hundreds of shots, voiceovers, and music beds. Organization is a critical issue in this process. In the software, organization is handled by a Cinescore project file (.csp) that saves information about source file locations, edits, cuts, and insertion points. This project file is not a multimedia file, but is instead used to create (render) the final file when editing is finished.

Because Cinescore software edits a project file and not the original source files, you can edit without worrying about corrupting your source files. This not only gives you a strong sense of security, but it also gives you the freedom to experiment.

From the File menu, choose New.

The New Project dialog appears.

Enter your project settings on the

various tabs.

•The General tab allows you to select the video and audio settings for your project.

•The Summary tab allows you to enter any relevant information and reminders about your project.

Click OK.

From the File menu, choose Save. and choose where you want to save your project (.csp file).

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You can change project settings at any time while working on a project. From the File menu, choose

Properties to change any of these settings.

Saving a project

When you save your work, it is saved in a project file. Project files are not rendered media files.

From the File menu, choose Save.

The first time you save a project, the Save As dialog appears. In subsequent saves, the dialog is bypassed, your existing file name is retained, and your project is updated to include any implemented changes.

Select the drive and folder where you want to store the project.

Type the project name in the File name box.

Click Save.

Tip:

Select the Copy and trim media with project check box to save the project file and copies of the

media files to a common location.

Renaming a project (using Save As)

After you have been working with your project, you can use the Save As command in the File menu to save a copy of a project with a new name. This is useful for backing up different versions of a project.

Getting media files

You can add media from a variety of sources to your project.

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Selecting media

Cinescore software supports a wide range of media file types. You may select any of the media file types listed below to add to your project.

Form at Extension Definition

CD Audio .cda Audio format used on compact discs. ATRA C Au dio .aa3, .oma Audio format developed by Sony, including ATRAC3™, ATRAC3plus™, and

ATRAC Advanced Lossless™ formats. Audio Interchange File Format GIF .gif 256 index color, lossless image and animation format widely used on the

JPEG .jpg True color, lossy Internet image format. MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 .mpg Video files encoded using a lossy audio/video compression. MP3 Audio .mp3 Highly compressed audio file. OggVorbis .ogg A patent-free audio encoding and streaming technology. Photoshop .psd Adobe® Photoshop® proprietary image format (flattened). Portable Network Graphic .png True color or indexed color, lossy or lossless Internet image format. QuickTime™ .mov, .qt QuickTime standard audio/video format. Shockwave Flash .swf Multimedia file format developed by Macromedia. Sony Perfect Clarity

Audio® Sony Wave64 .w64 Sony Creative Software Inc. proprietary Wave64™ audio file that does not have

TAR G A .tga True color, lossless image format that supports alpha channel transparency. Video for Windows® .avi Standard audio/video format used on Microsoft® Windows®-based computers. Wave (Microsoft®) .wav Standard audio format used on Microsoft Windows-based computers. Windows Bitmap .bmp Standard graphic format used on Microsoft Windows-based computers. Windows Media® Audio .wma The Microsoft audio-only format used to create files for streaming or

Windows Media Video .wmv The Microsoft standard used for streaming audio and video media via the

.aif Standard audio format developed by Apple® and used on Macintosh®

computers.

Internet.

.pca A proprietary lossless audio compression format from Sony Creative Software

Inc..

a limited file size (unlike Windows WAV files that are limited to ~2GB).

downloading via the Web.

Web.

Previewing a media file

You may preview files before placing them in your project. The Explorer window has a mini-transport bar

with Play, Stop, and Auto Preview buttons ( ).

Tip:

You can use the same mini-transport bar buttons in the Project Media window to preview files in

the Project Media list.

Select a file in the Explorer window.

Click the Play button ( ) to listen to the file.

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Click the Stop button ( ) or select a different file to stop previewing the file.

Tip:

To automatically preview selected files, click the Auto Preview button ( ) on the Explorer

window’s transport bar.

Using the Project Media window

Media files, both video and audio, tend to be the largest files on your hard drive. It is therefore not always easy to move them around and impractical to store multiple copies of these files. You can add media files to the Project Media list to organize them before any editing begins. Once you begin working on a project, all files you add to the timeline are automatically included in the Project Media list. From the View menu, choose Project Media to open this window if it is not already visible.

Using Project Media views

You can control the information that is displayed in the Project Media window by clicking the Views button

(

) and selecting a view. The purpose of each view is explained below.

View Description

List Displays a simple listing of the file name of each file in the Project Media window. Detailed Displays all the properties for each file. The information is presented in a table format. You can customize

Thumbnail Displays the first frame of a video file.

the information displayed:

Reorder columns (fields) by dragging the column label to a new position.

Hide a column by dragging the column label off of the Project Media window. To display a hidden column, right-click the Project Media window, choose View from the shortcut menu, and choose the column name from the submenu.

Sort the files in the Project Media list according to a category by clicking the column label for that category.

Use the Comments field to add your own annotations to a file’s entry in the Project Media list. Double-click the field to enter text. This information is saved with the project and is not saved with the media file itself.

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Adding media to the Project Media list

You can add media to the Project Media list without adding it to the timeline by importing the file.

Adding media to the Project Media list from the Explorer window

Navigate to and select a file to add to the Project Media list. You can use Ctrl or Shift to select multiple media files.

Right-click the file and choose Add to Project Media list from the shortcut menu. The selected file is added to the Project Media list.

Replacing media in the Project Media list

You may replace a file in the Project Media list with a different file. When changing the media file that an event contains, every occurrence of the event on the timeline is updated with the new media file contents.

Right-click a file in the Project Media window.

Choose Replace from the shortcut menu.

In the Replace Media File dialog, browse for and select the file that you want to replace the current file.

Click Open. The selected file replaces the old file in the Project Media list, and any events in the timeline containing the old file are updated to contain the new media file.

Extracting audio from a CD

You can extract tracks from a CD and add them to the Project Media window as .wav files.

Important:

purposes, such as the illegal copying or sharing of copyrighted materials. Using Cinescore software for such purposes is, among other things, against United States and international copyright laws and contrary to the terms and conditions of the End User License Agreement. Such activity may be punishable by law and may also subject you to the breach remedies set forth in the End User License Agreement.

Insert the audio CD.

Cinescore software is not intended for, and should not be used for, illegal or infringing

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In the Project Media window, click the Extract Audio from CD button (

). The Extract Audio from CD

dialog appears.

From the Action drop-down list, choose the method you want to use for extracting the CD audio:

• Read by track - Use this option to choose the tracks you want to extract from the CD.

• Read entire disc - Use this option to automatically extract all tracks on the disc. The entire CD is extracted into one new file in the Project Media list.

• Read by range - Use this option to extract audio from a specified range of time.

If you chose either the Read by track or Read by range option, specify the track(s) or range to extract:

•For Read by track, click the track(s) you want to extract in the Tracks to read list. Use the Ctrl or Shift keys to select more than one track. Each track is extracted into a separate file in the Project Media list.

•For Read by range, enter a time in the Range start field and either the Range end or Range

length fields. The range of audio is extracted into one new file in the Project Media list.

Note:

If you want to extract multiple tracks to a single file, choose Read by track from the Action drop-down list to select your tracks, and then choose Read by range from the Action drop-down list. The appropriate time range for the tracks you selected will automatically be inserted and the time range will be extracted to a single file.

From the Drive drop-down list, choose the drive containing the audio CD from which you want to extract.

From the Speed drop-down list, choose the speed at which you want to extract the audio. If you experience any problems extracting audio, you can try decreasing the selected speed, or you can click

Configure to adjust the Audio extract optimization setting.

Note:

To eject the CD at any time prior to beginning the extraction process, click the Eject button.

Click OK. The Save As dialog appears.

Select a name and location for the new WAV file.

Click Save to begin extracting the audio.

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The track is extracted and a progress meter is displayed to indicate the percent complete. Once extraction is complete, the new WAV file appears in the Project Media window.

The option of automatically naming extracted tracks is provided for you. To enable this option, choose Preferences from the Options menu, and on the CD Settings tab, select the Autoname extracted tracks check box.

Obtaining or editing CD information using Gracenote

If Cinescore can access information about a track or CD (either from the file or CD itself, or from a local cache), it automatically reads and displays this information when you insert a CD or browse your computer. However, if this information is not available, the software can retrieve information over the Internet from Gracenote® MusicID™.

Once Cinescore obtains information from Gracenote MusicID, it is saved to a local cache so the information displays more quickly the next time the tracks are displayed.

If the software cannot connect to Gracenote and the appropriate CD information is not available on your computer, the tracks are simply listed numerically. In this case, you can edit CD information and submit it to

the Gracenote Media Database.

Note:

Using Gracenote requires an active Internet connection. For more information on using Gracenote ,

refer to www.gracenote.com/.

Obtaining CD information

Insert a CD in your drive.

Click the MusicID button in the in the Extract Audio from CD dialog, or browse to the CD and click the

button in the Explorer window. For more information, see Extracting audio from a CD on page 19.

Gracenote MusicID attempts to obtain matching CD information and displays artist, album, and track data:

• If the service locates an exact match, this information is automatically displayed. No additional action is necessary.

• If the service locates multiple possible matches, the Match dialog is displayed. Proceed to step 2.

Choose a method for completing the CD information:

• If none of the possible matches is appropriate, click the Submit New button. The Gracenote CDDB Disc Information dialog is displayed, allowing you to complete information for the CD and submit it for inclusion in the Gracenote Media Database. For help on submitting CD information, click the Help/Guidelines button in this dialog.

When you are finished typing information, click the OK button to submit your data.

• Select the appropriate match from the list and click the Accept Match button. The artist, album, and track information is displayed based on your selection in the right side of the PC pane.

You're now ready to extract tracks.

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Editing and submitting CD information

Insert a CD in your drive.

Select a track and click the CD Info button in the Extract Audio from CD dialog, or browse to the CD and click the displayed. For more information, see Extracting audio from a CD on page 19.

Use the Gracenote CDDB Disc Information dialog to edit information about the CD. For help on submitting CD information, click the Help/Guidelines button in this dialog.

When you are finished entering the information, click the OK button to submit it for inclusion in the Gracenote database.

Adding a still-image sequence

If you’ve exported a video clip as a still-image sequence using another application (a 3D-rendering application, for example), the sequence can be added to the Project Media list and treated as a single media file. Each image in the sequence will be displayed for one frame in the event.

Click the Import Media button ( ) in the Project Media window. The Import Media dialog appears.

Choose the folder where the sequence you want to open is stored.

Select the first image in the sequence (or the image you want to start the event).

Select the Open still-image sequence check box.

In the Range field, enter the number of the last image you want to open. For example, if you'd selected AnimationOne_00001.tga in step 3, you could enter 120 in this box to create a new image sequence using AnimationOne_00001.tga to AnimationOne_00120.tga.

Click Open. The still-image sequence is added to the Project Media list.

button in the Explorer window. The Gracenote CDDB Disc Information dialog is

Sorting media with bins

The detailed view of the Project Media window helps you sort your media files using their attributes, but for more control, you can create bins. Bins are folders within projects that you can use to organize your media files.

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Media bins are virtual folders that are saved with your project. They do not affect the way media is saved on your computer.

Creating bins

Right-click the parent bin where you want to create a new bin and choose Create New Bin from the shortcut menu.

Adding media to a bin

Browse your existing bins to find the media file you want to move. The All Media Folder contains all media files in your project.

Drag a file from the right-hand pane to a bin.

Searching media bins

Right-click in the Project Media window and choose Search Media Bins from the shortcut menu. The Search Media Bins dialog is displayed.

Use the drop-down lists in the Search Media Bins dialog to set your search conditions and click the

Search button. The selected bin and all sub-bins will be searched.

Click the Search Results icon to view the matching files.

Hint:

Right-click the Search Results icon and choose Save as Bin from the shortcut menu to save the

results of your search as a new media bin.

Adding media to the timeline

Media files may be added to your project from the Explorer or Project Media windows by double-clicking them or by dragging them. Either method places the media file in an event in its entirety in the timeline.

Dragging a media file to the timeline

You can create a new event by dragging a media file to a blank area on the timeline. Tracks can contain multiple events, so you can place different events next to each other on a track.

Note:

Video is always added to the video track, and you can add audio to the Audio, Generated Music, or

Audio Transitions track.

Locate a media file in the Explorer or Project Media windows.

Drag the media file to the timeline.

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An event for the media file appears where you released the mouse.

Video will be added to the Video track wherever you drop it. If the video contains

an audio stream, the audio will be added to the Audio track automatically.

You can drag audio files to the Audio track, the Generated Music track , or the

Audio Transitions track .

Double-clicking a media file

This method places the event at the cursor’s position in the selected track (for audio only; video is always added to the Video track).

Once an event is placed, you can move it from one track to another or change its position on the timeline.

Inserting audio transitions

From the Insert menu, choose Audio Transition to add an audio transition or sound effect at the cursor

position on the Audio Transitions track

Tip:

You can also right-click the timeline and choose Insert Audio Transition from the shortcut menu.

Click to position the cursor where you want to add the audio transition.

From the Insert menu, choose Audio Transition. The Insert Audio Transition dialog is displayed.

The default Audio Transitions folder (specified on the Audio tab of the Preferences dialog) is displayed.

Navigate to the folder that contains the file you want to use:

Choose a drive and folder from the Look in drop-down list.

Select a file in the browse window or type a name in the File name box. Detailed information about the selected file appears at the bottom of the dialog box.

Click Open.

An event representing the selected file is added to the timeline at the cursor position, and the file is added to the Project Media window.

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Inserting generated music

From the Insert menu, choose Generated Music to add a generated composition at the cursor position on

the Generated Music track

Tip:

You can also right-click the timeline and choose Insert Generated Music from the shortcut menu.

For more information, see Generating music on page 63.

Working with events

Events are the most basic objects in a project. An event is something that happens in time, has a specific duration, and can be video or audio.

Understanding files and events

The objects you work with are referred to as media files and events.

• Files are objects that are stored on your hard disk. In Cinescore software, you will work with media files, such as music and video files. These files are neither operated on nor changed. You can access files from the Cinescore Explorer window.

• Events are periods of time on the timeline that act as windows into media files, either whole or in part. When you drag a media file onto the timeline, you automatically create an event that contains that file’s contents. An event can contain video, audio, still images, or generated media. The event window may contain only a small portion of a much larger media file. A single media file can be used repeatedly to create any number of different events, since each event can be trimmed independently.

The original media file.

An event trimmed from the original media file.

The event as it appears in Cinescore software.

Audio events are created from audio files on your computer (e.g., WAV, MP3) or can be a part of a video file (e.g., AVI). You can change many characteristics of an audio event, such as speed, volume, and equalization. Audio events can be mixed with other audio events.

Video events are created from video files captured to your computer (typically AVI, MOV, QT) or

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images (BMP, JPEG, PNG, or TGA).

Moving events along the timeline

You can move events along the timeline individually or as a group. Events may overlap each other or be placed on top of each other. You can crossfade overlapping events automatically or with envelopes.

Moving an event

You can move an event along the timeline within a track or move it to a different track.

Drag the event along the timeline.

If you move the event along the original track’s timeline, the event’s appearance (color) remains the same.

However, you may move an audio event to a different track. When you do, the event appears as a simple outline and you will see its original track and position on the timeline. Once you release the mouse, the event assumes the new timeline position and track color.

Original track position

New track and position

Release the mouse to place the event.

Moving multiple events

You can move multiple events along the timeline within a track or move them to a different track. Selected events do not need to be within the same track. Hold the Ctrl key or the Shift key while clicking events to select them. To select all events on the track after a given event, right-click the event and choose Select Events to End.

For more information, see Selecting multiple events on page 36.

Moving events by small increments

To move an event more precisely, click the event and press 4 or 6 on the numeric keypad to nudge it by small increments. The amount of movement caused by each nudge is determined by how far the timeline is zoomed in or out. You can also click the event and press 1 or 3 on the numeric keypad to nudge the event by frames.

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Moving grouped events

Groups allow you to move multiple events within their tracks as a single unit. While you can create your own groups as needed, groups are automatically created for you when video files with associated audio (e.g., AVI) are added to a project. When you add these video files, the audio portion of the video file is inserted into the timeline as a separate audio event. The video and audio events are grouped and can be moved as a single unit within their respective tracks.

To move grouped events, drag any event in the group to a new position.

Working with tracks

A project consists of a video track and multiple audio tracks. The track view is the timeline in which all events appear. The track list provides information about the track and contains controls that affect all events in the track.

Using the track view

Numerous options are provided for viewing and navigating in track view.

Scrolling and zooming

There are several ways to scroll and zoom in the track view.

• Click the scroll bar arrows or drag the scroll bars to move up and down the tracks or to move forward and back along the timeline.

•Click the Zoom buttons ( ) to reveal more or less of the timeline.

• Drag the edge of the scroll box, found on the scroll bar, to zoom.

• Press and to zoom in and out along the timeline.

•Click the Zoom Edit Tool ( ) button in the bottom-right corner of the timeline. In this mode, drag on the timeline to draw a rectangle that defines the zoom region.

Mouse wheel control is also supported. The default behavior of the wheel is to zoom horizontally.

Scroll box

• Shift+wheel scrolls horizontally (through time).

• Ctrl+wheel scrolls vertically.

• Ctrl+Shift+wheel moves the cursor in small increments.

• Ctrl+Shift+Alt+wheel moves the cursor in one-frame increments.

Zooming directly controls the accuracy of your editing. Each video event has thumbnail representations of the frames within the event. Depending on how far you have zoomed in on a video event, a thumbnail can represent the entire event or a single frame in the event.

Zoom tools

Tip:

You can choose to display frame numbers, time, or timecode on video event thumbnails on the Video

tab of the Preferences dialog.

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Changing track height

You can change the height of individual tracks by dragging their borders in the track list. In the example below, the video track is fairly large to show the details of the scene while the audio tracks below are displayed at their default size

Press ~ to restore all tracks to their default height.

Audio track header

Button or Control Name Description

Track i con Track icons identify the Audio track, Generated Music track, and Audio

Transitions track.

Mute

Volume fader

Temporarily mutes playback of the track so that you can focus on other tracks.

Controls the audio track volume relative to the other tracks.

Click the down arrow next to the track's volume display to display the Volume fader, and then drag the fader to adjust the volume.

If the track has a volume envelope, the track volume is added to a track's volume envelope so the envelope is preserved, but with a boost or cut applied. For example, setting the track volume to -3 dB has the same effect as decreasing every envelope point by 3 dB.

When adjusting the mix of your tracks, remember to look at the meters on the Mixer. Because you are adding the volumes of all of the tracks together, it is easy to clip the audio output. Make sure that the meters never display the red Clip indication during playback.

Drag the divider to resize a track

Volume or pan envelopes

You can change an audio track’s volume or position in the stereo field throughout a project using envelopes.

Adding or removing volume or pan envelopes

Select an audio track.

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From the Insert menu, choose Audio Envelopes, or right-click in the timeline and choose Insert/

Remove Envelope from the shortcut menu.

From the submenu, choose Volume or Pan. A check mark is displayed for the envelopes types that are

used on the selected track.

If you want to change the track’s volume or pan setting throughout the track, edit the envelope in the timeline.

Adding envelope points

Once you add an envelope to a track, you may add points to it. These points are used to edit the envelope line in order to automate the control.

Place the mouse pointer on the envelope’s line. The pointer changes to a hand icon (

Right-click and choose Add Point from the shortcut menu or doubleclick to add an envelope point. A square point appears on the envelope line.

Deleting envelope points

You can delete a point by right-clicking it and choosing Delete from the shortcut menu. If you want to delete all envelope points, right-click a point and choose Reset All from the shortcut menu.

Moving envelope points

Once you have added envelope points, you can raise and lower them to different levels along the timeline, or you can adjust the envelope’s location along the timeline by dragging it right or left. You can move one point at a time, even during playback and check the results in real time. If snapping is enabled, the envelope point snaps to time divisions as you drag. Hold Shift while dragging to override snapping.

Place the mouse pointer on an envelope point. The pointer changes to a hand icon ( ).

Drag the point to the desired position. As you move an envelope point, a ToolTip displays both the point’s location on the timeline and its decibel level/percent pan.

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Click the Play ( ) or Play From Start ( ) button to play the project and check the timing of the envelope.

Changing envelope fade curves

You can set the type of fade curve used after each envelope point: linear, fast, slow, smooth, sharp, or hold. You can select either a point or a portion of the envelope to set the fade curve. If you select a portion of the envelope, the fade curve is applied to that envelope segment. If you select a point, the fade curve is applied to the segment of the envelope after the selected point.

Right-click a point or a portion of the envelope to display a shortcut menu.

From the shortcut menu, choose the curve type.

Playing back and previewing

Playing your project

The transport bar allows you to play back your entire project or portions of your project based on a time selection or the current

Loop Play from playback

cursor position

Stop

Cursor to end

cursor position.

If your project includes video, make sure the Video Preview window is displayed for playback: from the View menu, choose Video Preview or press Alt+3.

Play from start to start

Pause

Cursor

Playing an entire project

Click the Play From Start button ( ) to begin playback at the beginning of the project.

Click the Stop button ( ) to stop playback.

Most of the time, you will only want to preview a small portion of the project to perfect a section. You can do this by creating a time selection.

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Playing a time selection

Place the mouse pointer above the ruler on the marker bar. The mouse pointer changes to include a left/right arrow cursor (

Drag to select the time region. To increase or decrease the time selection,

Loop bar

drag its start and end points. The time selection is highlighted and the loop bar appears above the ruler on the timeline.

Click the Play button ( ) to begin playback. Only the non-muted tracks and events within the time selection play back.

Click the Loop Playback button ( ) to continually play back the events within the time selection. Click the button again to toggle this feature off.

Click the Stop button ( ) to stop playback.

By looping the playback, you can repeatedly watch the same section of the project over and over as you make changes to filters and effects in real time. You can define selection areas automatically, depending on what you would like to preview. For more information, see

Selecting a time range on page 37.

Playback reference

The following table describes all the transport bar buttons and their keyboard equivalents. You may use these playback functions at any time while working in your project.

Note:

The use of many multimedia keyboards is also supported for controlling playback.

Button Keyboard Func tion

Q Turn on/off loop playback during time selection playback

Shift+Space Begin playback from the start of the project

Space Begin playback from cursor position

Enter Pause playback, cursor stops and holds at pause position

Space or Esc Stop playback, cursor stops and returns to prior cursor position

Ctrl+Home Place cursor at the beginning of project

Ctrl+End Place cursor at the end of the project

Scrubbing

Scrubbing is a type of timeline playback that gives you precise control over the speed and direction of playback. Both linear and logarithmic scale scrubbing are allowed.

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Scrubbing with the playhead

The playhead ( ) above the timeline can be dragged back and forth to shuttle forward or backward from the cursor position to locate an edit point.

Tip:

Set in and out points while dragging the playhead by pressing the I and O keys.

Scrubbing on the timeline

The second way that a project can be scrubbed is by positioning the mouse pointer over the timeline cursor at a location that is not over any events and pressing Ctrl. The cursor changes to a speaker icon. Now, when you left-click, the cursor icon changes again to a pan/scrub icon. Drag

Press Ctrl over timeline cursor

the mouse left or right to scrub the timeline.

Scrubbing with the keyboard

Drag playhead to scrub

Left-click and drag to scrub

Three letters (JKL) are used as a keyboard scrub control.

Press J for reverse and L for forward playback. Press K to pause

Keyboard scrub letters

playback.

There are several ways to adjust playback speed:

• Adjust the JKL / shuttle speed selection on the Editing tab of

JKL

Reverse

Pause

Forward

the Preferences dialog.

• Hold K while pressing J or L to emulate a shuttle knob mode. Press K+J to turn the knob to the left or K+L to turn the knob to the left. Press K again or Space to return to normal mode.

Rendering a project

Rendering refers to the process of creating a new media file from a Cinescore project. The project file is not affected (overwritten, deleted, or altered) during the rendering process. You may return to the original project to make edits or adjustments and render it again.

Creating a movie

To create a movie, you render the project into an appropriate media file output. The final output format depends on the destination of the new media file. Some examples are AVI, MOV, and WMV.

From the File menu, choose Render As.

In the Render As dialog box, choose the appropriate option from the Save as type drop-down list.

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Choose a setting from the Te mp l at e drop-down list or click Custom to select custom compression

settings.

Enter a name and browse for a destination for your file.

Click OK.

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Chapter 3

Basic Editing Techniques

Cinescore® projects are multitrack compilations of events that occur over time. The events in your project are references (pointers) to source media files. Cinescore software is a nondestructive editor, so editing events in your project does not alter the source media files in any way.

Getting around

When editing and playing back the project, the cursor identifies where you are along the project’s timeline.

Moving the cursor

Use the following keyboard commands to move the cursor in the timeline.

Description Keys Description Keys

Go to beginning of project Ctrl+Home or WMove left/right to marker(s) Ctrl+Left/Right

Go to end of project Ctrl+End or E Move to marker # 0-9 keys (not

Go to beginning of selection or view (if no selection)

Go to end of selection or view (if no selection)

Move right by grid marks Page Down

Move left by grid marks Page Up Move left/right one frame Ctrl+Alt+Shift+M

Go to Ctrl+G

Home Move left/right to event edit points

End Nudge cursor on timeline Left or Right Arrow

including fade edges (see figure below)

Move left/right one frame Alt+Left/Right

Center in view \

Arrow

numeric keypad) Ctrl+Alt+Left/Right

Arrow

ouse wheel

Event edit point cursor jumps

Changing focus

Focus is used to describe which objects have the attention of a program. For example, when you click a file in the Project Media list, the Project Media window has focus. To instantly switch the program’s focus to the track view (timeline), press Alt+0 or, from the View menu, choose Focus to Track View.

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In Cinescore software, it matters which track has focus when you perform a task. For example, when you double-click a media file in the Explorer, it is inserted into the track that has focus. You can click a track on its track number to make it the focus track. A blinking white line under the track number and shading in the track list indicates a track has focus.

Making selections

You have the flexibility to select one or more events, a time range, or events and a time range. All selection options can apply to a single track or to multiple tracks.

To select an event, click it.

Selecting multiple events

You can select multiple events in your project using several methods.

Tip:

Once you have selected multiple events, you can group them together.

Note:

You can select multiple video events, multiple audio events, or a combination of both video and audio events. However, you can only use commands and operations that apply to both types of events for selections composed of both audio and video events.

Selecting nonadjacent events

Hold the Ctrl key.

Select the events by clicking them.

To deselect an event, simply click it again to toggle the event selection on or off.

Selecting a range of events

Hold the Shift key.

Click the first event that you want to select.

Click the last event that you want to select.

All events between the first and last selected events are highlighted and selected.

Tip:

You may include or exclude events from a selection area by pressing Ctrl and clicking an event. To

deselect all events, click anywhere in the workspace outside of the selected events.

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Selected events

Selecting all events to the end of the track

Right-click an event. A shortcut menu appears.

From the shortcut menu, choose Select Events to End. All events on the track after the selected event

are selected.

Tip:

To move large blocks of events, you can use Select Events to End with events selected on different tracks. Press Ctrl and click to select events on different tracks, and then right-click to access the shortcut menu.

Selecting all events that refer to a specific media file

Right-click a file in the Project Media list and choose Select Timeline Events from the shortcut menu. All events that use the selected media file in the active take are selected.

Hold Ctrl or Shift while choosing Select Timeline Events from the shortcut menu to add the events to the current selection.

Selecting a time range

Time selections are indicated by a shaded box and a

Time selection

bar that appears on the top of the timeline. You can use the time selection bar for playing back a smaller portion of your project or to apply cross-track edits.

Note:

Unless an event is locked, a selected time

range affects all events, or portions of events, that

Only the events within the time selection are affected by edits or played back.

occur within the range.

Dragging to select a time range

Position the mouse pointer above the ruler (on

the marker bar). The mouse pointer changes to a left/right arrow cursor (

Drag to select a region. All events, or portions of events within the region are highlighted.

Drag the yellow handles on either end of the time selection to increase or decrease your time range

selection.

Tip:

You can move the entire selection range by dragging the time selection bar.

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Selecting a time range during playback

Click the Play ( ) or the Play From Start ( ) button to begin playback.

Press I where you want the time selection to begin.

Press O here you want the time selection to end.

Click the Stop button ( ) to stop playback.

Using shortcuts for time selections

These shortcuts can speed up the process of making precise time selections.

Description Shortcut

Set time selection duration equal to an event’s duration Double-click the event Extend selection to the end of the currently selected event edge Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Right Arrow Extend selection to the beginning of the currently selected

event edge

Drag a time selection on an event without selecting/ deselecting the event

Tip:

Press Backspace to recall the last five time selection areas.

Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Left Arrow

Ctrl+Shift+drag on the event

Looping playback

If you want to play back the time range, click Play ( ) to play only the events within the time range. Click

the Loop Playback button ( ) or press Q to toggle loop playback on and off. Cinescore software continually plays back the portion of the timeline within the time selection when loop playback is toggled on.

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Selecting events and a time range

Selecting a time range does not

Time selection

automatically select events. Excluding locked events, all items within the time range play back and are affected by Edit menu commands. However, you may select specific events to edit, and then select a time range.

Select the events you wish to

edit.

For more information, see

Selected

event

Unselected

event

Selected

event

Selecting multiple events on page

36.

Place the mouse pointer above

the ruler (on the marker bar). The mouse pointer changes to a left/right arrow cursor (

Drag to select the region. Notice that events that were not initially selected in step 1 remain

unselected (not highlighted).

Selecting tracks

Click a track header to select it. Hold Ctrl or Shift to select multiple tracks.

Editing events

Unselected event

Selected event

Unselected event

Copying events

You can copy events, or portions of events, to the clipboard and paste them into your project. You may copy a single event or multiple events. Copying preserves the original event information, edits, and other modifications.

Select the events to be copied. For more information, see Selecting multiple events on page 36.

Select a time range, if applicable.

Click the Copy button ( ).

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Copying selected events

When copied, selected events are reproduced and placed on the clipboard. Time information is also placed on the clipboard.

Events before copy Clipboard contents Events after copy

The original events are not affected and do not change.

Copying a time selection

Events within the time selection and across all tracks are reproduced and placed on the clipboard. Time information is also placed on the clipboard.

Events before copy Clipboard contents Events after copy

The original events are not affected and do not change.

Copying a time selection and events

Events and portions of selected events within the time selection are reproduced and placed on the clipboard. Time information is also placed on the clipboard.

Events before copy Clipboard contents Events after copy

The original events are not affected and do not change.

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Cutting events

Cutting events removes them from their respective tracks, but places the cut information (events and time) on the clipboard. Once on the clipboard, you may paste the information into your project.

Tip:

You can apply a ripple edit after cutting. For more information, see Applying post-edit ripples on page

51.

Select events or a time range. For more information, see Making selections on page 36.

Click the Cut button ( ).

Cutting selected events

When cut, selected events are removed from the timeline and placed on the clipboard. Time information is also placed on the clipboard.

Events before cut Clipboard contents Events after cut Events after cut in

post-edit ripple mode

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Cutting a time selection

Events within the time selection are reproduced and placed on the clipboard. Time information is also placed on the clipboard. When cutting a time selection, ripple edit mode affects the position of material on all tracks or affected tracks after the cut.

Events before cut Clipboard contents Events after cut Events after cut in

post-edit ripple mode

Cutting a time selection and events

Events and portions of selected events within the time selection are reproduced and placed on the clipboard. Time information is also placed on the clipboard. When cutting a combination of time selection and event selection, post-edit ripple mode affects the position of material on all tracks or the tracks of selected events after the cut.

Events before cut Clipboard contents Events after cut Events after cut in

post-edit ripple mode

Pasting events

Once information is copied to the clipboard, you may choose a variety of ways to paste the clipboard items. Items are always pasted from the cursor’s position along the timeline.

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When post-edit ripple mode is enabled, material is pushed down the track to make room for pasted material. The exact behavior of the ripple depends on what is being pasted, and the type of ripple edit you chose to perform. If one or more events are pasted, only those tracks where pasted material appears are ripple edited.

Tip:

You can apply a ripple edit after pasting. For more information, see Applying post-edit ripples on page

51.

Move the cursor to the desired location on the timeline.

Click either the track number or within the track where you want to paste the event. This track is the

focus track; there can be only one focus track at a time.

Note:

If you are pasting multiple events from different tracks, new tracks are automatically created as

needed.

Click the Paste button ( ).

Clipboard events are pasted at the cursor position on the track. Existing track events can be overlapped with newly pasted information.

Punching-in and crossfading events

You can insert events into the middle of (on top of) existing events without altering the timing of the project. When the inserted event ends, the original event continues playing as if it had never stopped.

You can choose the duration of crossfades for punched-in audio events.

From the Options menu, choose Preferences. The Preferences dialog appears.

Click the Editing tab.

Select Quick fade length of audio events. Specify a duration for each transition.

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Events that have previously been inserted or punched-in are not affected by this change. The concept of punching in and out only applies when you are inserting an event that is shorter than the event that it is being inserted into. In the following illustration, every frame is numbered so that you can see how the original event continues after the inserted event ends, as if it continued to play underneath the original.

Punched-in event

Duplicating events

Duplicating is a combination of copying and pasting in one action. The process is like moving the event to a new position while leaving a copy behind.

Press Ctrl.

Drag the event you want to duplicate to the place where you want the new event to be positioned.

Trimming events

This section describes simple ways to trim events.

Tip:

You can apply a ripple edit after trimming an event. For more information, see Applying post-edit

ripples on page 51.

Trimming an event

During the trimming process for a video event, both the last thumbnail image on the event and the Video Preview window show the last frame in the event, allowing you to edit events very accurately.

Move the cursor over the edge of the event. The cursor changes when properly positioned (

Drag the edge of the event to trim it.

Since a multimedia file often has both a video and an audio component, both events are trimmed (or extended) as a group unless you ungroup them.

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Trimming grouped events at the same time

Trimming an event beyond its end

You can trim an event beyond its end, extending it as a result. Once extended, the event loops as a default. A notch indicates where the looped event repeats.

Alternately, you can turn looping off and make the last frame of an event’s media repeat for the duration of the event (a freeze frame). A notch appears at the point in the event where the video ends and the freeze frame begins.

Trimming adjacent events

You can trim adjacent events simultaneously. Press Ctrl+Alt while dragging the common edge between two adjacent events. The trim adjacent cursor appears (

Press Ctrl+Alt over the boundary between two events...

...and drag left... ...or right to trim both events at once.

Trimming a time selection

Trimming events removes all media outside the time selection. The removed information is not placed on the clipboard. Trimming is different from cutting in that the events within the time selection are preserved.

Select a time range. For more information, see Selecting a time range on page 37.

Press Ctrl+T or, from the Edit menu, choose Tri m.

The material outside the time selection (across all tracks) is removed from the project. However, the time information (space) between events is not removed.

Events before trim Clipboard contents Events after trim

Trimmed information is not placed on the Clipboard.

Trimming a time and event selection

Select the events to be trimmed.

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Select a time range. For more information, see Selecting events and a time range on page 39.

Press Ctrl+T or, from the Edit menu, choose Tri m.

Only the portion of selected events outside the time selection is trimmed. Unselected events remain. The time information (space) between events is not removed.

Events before trim Clipboard contents Events after trim

Trimmed information is not placed on the Clipboard.

Edge trimming events using the keyboard

With this method, you can quickly jump through your project and adjust cuts until they're perfectly synchronized. If you have an external multimedia controller, it's even easier.

If you want downstream events to ripple as you trim, click the Auto Ripple button ( ) to turn on Auto Ripple mode.

Select the event you want to trim.

Press 7 or 9 on the numeric keypad to move the cursor to the event edge you want to trim. 7 selects the beginning of an event or moves to the previous event edge. 9 selects the end of the event or moves to the next event edge. A red bracket is displayed to indicate which event edge will be trimmed.

Note:

You can also perform this step using the [ or ] keys.

Use the 1, 3 and 4, 6 keys on the numeric keypad to trim the current event edge:

• Press 1 to trim one video frame left, or press 3 to trim one video frame right (or hold Ctrl+Shift+Alt while rolling the mouse wheel).

• Press 4 to trim one pixel left, or press 6 to trim one pixel right (or hold Ctrl+Shift while rolling the mouse wheel). Depending on the current zoom level, the trim duration will vary.

Note:

Pressing 5 on the numeric keypad exits edge-trimming mode. If you are not in edge-trimming mode, 1, 3, 4, and 6 on the numeric keypad to nudge events on the timeline by frame (1 and 3) or by pixel (4 and 6).

Repeat steps 3 and 4 as necessary.

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Splitting events

You are allowed to create multiple, independently functioning events from a single event by splitting it. Splitting creates a new ending point for the original event and creates a starting point for the newly created event.

Splitting an event does not alter the original media. The original media file’s information is there, but is omitted for playback based on where the event’s starting or ending point occurs on the timeline.

When split, the two new events are flush against one another. The two events can be moved independently.

One event

Split position

Two events after split

Splitting an event

Select the event(s) to be split. For more

The two new events can be moved independently.

information, see Making selections on page 36.

Place the cursor at the timeline position where the split will occur.

From the Edit menu, choose Split, or press S.

Splitting all events at the cursor

All events are split at the cursor’s position (unless an event is locked). The split occurs across all tracks (if no events are selected).

Events before splitting Events after splitting

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Splitting selected events

Only the selected events are split at the cursor’s position.

Events before splitting Events after splitting

Splitting a time selection

Unless locked, all events within the time selection are split at the starting and ending points of the time range, meaning that two splits are made. The split occurs across all tracks.

Events before splitting Events after splitting

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Splitting a time selection across selected events

Only selected events within the time selection are split at the starting and ending points of the time range.

Events before splitting Events after splitting

Slipping and sliding events

To help you picture what happens when you slip and slide events, think of an event as a window to a media file. The window can display the entire media file or a small section. When the window displays only a portion of the media file, you can move either the window or the underlying media to adjust the media that is played by an event:

• When you slip an event, your event maintains its place on the timeline, but the media file moves in the direction you drag.

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• When you slide an event, the media file maintains its place on the timeline, but the event moves in the direction you drag.

The original media file.

The event on the timeline

with original frames.

Slipping the event two frames to the right.

Slip-trimming the event two frames to the right.

Sliding the event two frames to the right.

Tip:

You can also slip or slide grouped events (at the same time) or slide a crossfade between two

events.

Shifting the contents of (slipping) an event

Press Alt while dragging an event. The slip cursor appears ( ).

As you drag the event, the contents of the event shift, but the event does not move. You can use this technique when you want to maintain an event’s length and position, but have the event play a different section of the source media file.

Slip-trimming an event

Press Alt while dragging the right or left edge of an event. The slip-trim cursor appears ( ).

As you drag the event edge, the media moves with the event edge.

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Sliding an event

Press Ctrl+Alt while dragging an event. The slide cursor appears ( ).

As you drag, the relative position of the media remains fixed on the track, and the event position changes. You can use this technique when you want to maintain an event’s length, but have the event play a different section of the source media file at a different point in your project.

Tip:

You can apply a ripple edit after slip-trimming or sliding an event. For more information, see Applying

post-edit ripples on page 51.

Deleting events

Deleting an event removes it from its track. Multiple events can be deleted and time selections can be used to modify the process. Ripple editing also applies to delete actions. Deleting operates exactly like a cutting operation, but the removed information is not placed on the clipboard.

events on page 41.

Select the events to be deleted.

Press Delete.

For more information, see Cutting

Applying post-edit ripples

You can apply a post-edit ripple that affects either the edited track(s), the track(s) and certain project elements, or everything in the timeline. The power lies in the fact that you can apply this post-edit ripple to a wide variety of editing tasks, such as trimming, crossfading, cutting, pasting, and deleting events. You can also choose to apply your ripple edits manually or automatically.

You can ripple the contents of the timeline following an edit after performing these tasks:

• trimming (pg. 44), slip-trimming (pg. 50), and sliding (pg. 51) events

• time compressing/stretching events

• cutting events (pg. 41)

• pasting events (pg. 42)

• deleting events (pg. 51)

Ripple editing also affects how material is added from the Trimmer window.

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The original four events

Trimming the second event

After applying a post-edit ripple, the third and fourth events close the gap

A quick and easy method is also provided for shuffling a sequence of events on a track. Decide that the third event in a series should really be the second instead? You can drag the event to a new position and instruct the software to shuffle the events into their new order.

Applying a post-edit ripple manually

Perform one of edits discussed above. Above the timeline, an arrow indicates where the post-edit ripple will occur and the direction the affected events will move.

From the Edit menu, choose Post-Edit Ripple, and choose a command from the submenu:

• Affected Tracks ripples only the track(s) where you performed the edit.

• Affected Tracks, Bus Tracks, Markers, and Regions ripples the track(s) where you performed the edit and ripples any envelopes on those tracks. This command also ripples any markers or regions in the project.

• All Tracks, Markers, and Regions ripples all tracks and all envelopes on those tracks. This command also ripples any markers or regions in the project.

The timeline is rippled after the edit according to the option you choose.

Tip:

You can press F after an edit to ripple the affected tracks, or you can press Ctrl+F to ripple markers

and envelopes too. To ripple everything after an edit, press Ctrl+Shift+F.

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Shuffling events

A quick way to change the order of a sequence of events in a track is provided. Right-click and drag an event to a new location in the track and choose Shuffle Events from the shortcut menu that appears. The events are shuffled into the new order.

he original four events

Right-click and drag event three between events one and two

he four events after the shuffle

Crossfading events

You are allowed to crossfade between two events on the same track. For audio events, crossfading fades out one audio event’s volume while another event’s volume fades in. For video events, crossfading creates a transition between two events, one fading out while the other fades in. Lines appear indicating how and when the event’s volume or transparency is being affected.

Using automatic crossfades

The automatic crossfade feature turns the overlapping portions of two events into a smooth crossfade. This feature is turned on as a default.

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Fade in volume line

Fade out volume line

Events before crossfade Events after crossfade

Drag one event to

the other

overla

Manually setting a crossfade

An automatic crossfade is not inserted if a shorter event is placed on top of and within the same time frame of a longer event. In this case, the longer event begins playing, then the shorter event plays, and then the longer event resumes playing at the timeline position. You can manually create a crossfade to fade in and out of the shorter event.

Place the mouse pointer on one of the shorter event’s handles. The envelope cursor appears ( ).

Drag the handle to the desired position.

Events without crossfade

Events with manual crossfade

This is a fast and effective method of inserting a voiceover on top of a background music track (although the music fades out completely) or to replace a bad section of audio.

For more information, see Punching-in

and crossfading events on page 43.

Changing crossfade curves

You can change the crossfade curves that are used to fade in and out between two events.

Right-click anywhere in the crossfade region to display a shortcut menu.

From the shortcut menu, choose Fade Type, and choose the desired fade type from the submenu.

Sliding a crossfade

You can slide a crossfade between two events without affecting the total length of the two overlapping events. This process is similar to sliding and slipping events.

events on page 49.

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For more information, see Slipping and sliding

Press Ctrl+Alt while dragging the overlapping area between two events. The slide crossfade cursor appears ( ).

As you drag, the relative position of the media remains fixed on the track, and the crossfade position changes, effectively trimming the edge of the event in the direction you drag. You can use this technique when you want to maintain the length of two combined events but want the transition to occur earlier or later.

Two events with a crossfade.

Sliding the crossfade to the left...

...and to the right.

Using undo and redo

You are given unlimited undo and redo functionality while working on your project, even to the extent of being able to undo changes made before the last time a project was saved (but not closed). While you are working with a project, an undo history of the changes that you have performed is created. Each time you undo something, that change is placed in the redo history.

When you close the project or exit the software, both the undo and redo histories are cleared.

Using undo

Pressing Ctrl+Z or clicking the Undo button ( ) reverses the last edit performed. Repeatedly using the keyboard command or toolbar button continues undoing edits in reverse order, from most recent to oldest. In addition, you may undo the last edit by choosing it from the Edit menu.

Undoing a series of edits

You can undo a series of edits by using the drop-down list on the Undo button.

Click the arrow to the right of the Undo button ( ).

From the drop-down list, choose the edit that you want to undo. Items above it (subsequent edits) are

selected automatically. Your project is restored to the state prior to those edits.

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Use the mouse to select a series of edits.

When you undo an edit or a series of edits, they are added to the redo history. This feature allows you to restore your project to a previous state.

Tip:

From the Edit menu, choose Undo All to undo all edits in the history. All edits are undone and

added to the redo history.

Using redo

Pressing Ctrl+Shift+Z or clicking the Redo button ( ) redoes the last undo performed. Repeatedly using the keyboard command or toolbar button continues redoing undos in reverse order, from most recent to oldest. In addition, you may redo the last edit by choosing it from the Edit menu.

Redoing a series of edits

You can view the redo history by clicking the arrow on the right side of the Redo button ( ). The top item in the list that appears is the most recent undo edit. If you redo a specific edit that appears farther down the list, all subsequent edits above it are redone as well.

When you redo an edit or a series of edits, they are added to the undo history again. The redo history is cleared when a new edit is performed.

Clearing the edit history

You can clear both undo and redo histories without closing your project or exiting the software. Once the histories have been cleared, a new edit history is created as you continue working on the project. While clearing the edit history is not usually necessary, it can free up disk space. To clear the edit history, choose

Clear Edit History from the Edit menu.

Adding project markers and regions

Several types of project markers are provided that identify parts of your project, serve as cues, and provide additional functionality:

• Markers are points that you mark along the project’s timeline. They are typically used to mark locations in the project for later reference or to mark timing cues.

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• Regions are ranges of time that you mark along the timeline. Regions identify ranges of time for your reference and can function as permanent time selections.

Tip:

You can use ripple editing to automatically move markers and regions as you edit in the timeline.

For more information, see Applying post-edit ripples on page 51.

Working with markers

Markers are useful for identifying and navigating to specific locations in longer projects. As you place markers in your project, they are automatically numbered (up to 99) in the order that they are placed. Markers appear as orange tags above the ruler. You may name them and reposition them along the project’s timeline.

Markers

Marker bar

Right-click the marker bar

Inserting a marker at the cursor

Position the cursor where you want to place the marker.

From the Insert menu, choose Marker, or press M.

Type a name for the marker and press Enter. If you do not want to name the marker, simply press Enter.

Inserting a marker during playback

During playback, press M. The marker appears on the marker bar. You may name the marker after it has been set.

Naming (or renaming) a marker

Place the mouse pointer on the marker you want to name or rename. The pointer changes to a hand

icon (

Right-click to display a shortcut menu.

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From the shortcut menu, choose Rename. A text box opens next to the marker.

Type the marker name.

Press Enter to set the marker’s name.

You can also double-click an existing name or double-click the space just to the right of a marker to rename it.

Moving markers

You can reposition a marker by dragging it on the marker bar.

Navigating to markers

You can jump the cursor to any marker on the timeline by clicking the marker. You can also jump to a marker by pressing the number keys along the top of the keyboard (not the numeric keypad).

Tip:

Jump the cursor to the next or previous marker by pressing Ctrl+Right Arrow or Ctrl+Left Arrow.

Deleting markers

Place the mouse pointer on the marker that you want to delete. The pointer changes to a hand ( ).

Right-click to display a shortcut menu.

From the shortcut menu, choose Delete. The marker is removed from your project.

The tags are not renumbered as you remove them. For example, if you have five markers in your project and delete markers 3 and 4, the remaining markers will be listed as 1, 2 and 5. However, as you add markers again, Cinescore software begins numbering the missing sequence first, in this case 3 and 4, then 6, 7, 8, etc.

Deleting all markers and regions

Right-click the marker bar.

From the shortcut menu, choose Markers/Regions, and choose Delete All from the submenu.

Working with regions

Regions identify ranges of time and provide a way to subdivide your project. A region is defined as the area between two region markers that share the same number. Regions can function as semi-permanent time selections. You can view region information in the Explorer by clicking the arrow next to the View button

(

) and selecting Region View.

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Inserting regions

Make a time selection. For more information, see Selecting a time range on page 37.

From the Insert menu, choose Region, or press R.

Type a name for the region and press Enter. If you do not want to name the region, simply press Enter.

Region markers display at the beginning and end points of a time selection.

Region start

Region end Right-click the marker bar

Marker bar

Moving regions

Drag a region marker to reposition it. To move both region markers (start and end markers) at once, hold Alt while dragging a region marker.

Naming regions

Place the mouse pointer on the left region marker you want to name or rename. The pointer changes

to a hand icon (

Right-click to display a shortcut menu.

From the shortcut menu, choose Rename. A text box appears next to the

region marker.

Type the region’s name.

Press Enter or click anywhere in the track view to set the name.

Selecting regions

You may select the events, across all tracks, within the region for editing or playing back.

Right-click one of the region markers to display a shortcut menu.

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Selected region

From the shortcut menu, choose Select Region.

Tip:

You can also select a region by pressing a number on your keyboard (not the numeric keypad) or

by double-clicking a region marker.

Navigating to regions

You can move the cursor to the start or end of a region by clicking either region marker. You may press Ctrl+Right Arrow or Ctrl+Left Arrow to move the cursor to the next or previous region markers.

Right-click a region marker to display a shortcut menu that allows you to navigate to the beginning (Go to

Start) or the end (Go to End) of a region.

Deleting regions

Place the mouse pointer on the region marker’s starting or ending point. The pointer changes to a hand icon (

Right-click to display a shortcut menu.

From the shortcut menu, choose Delete. The region is removed from your project.

The tags are not renumbered as you remove them. For example, if you have five regions in your project and delete region 3 and 4, the remaining regions are listed at 1, 2 and 5. However, as you add regions again, Cinescore software begins numbering the missing sequence first, in this case 3 and 4, and then 6, 7, 8, etc.

Deleting all regions and markers

Right-click the marker bar.

From the shortcut menu, choose Markers/Regions, and choose Delete All from the submenu.

Using an external audio editing program

Cinescore software is a nondestructive editing environment, which means that the original source files remain unchanged by any editing done in the software. Destructive (constructive) edits that modify the actual source media file may be done in a separate application such as Sound Forge® software from Sony Creative Software Inc.. By setting up a separate audio editor, you can quickly access the program from Cinescore software via the Too l s menu or by pressing Ctrl+E.

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Setting up an audio editing program

If you already have Sound Forge software loaded on your computer when you installed Cinescore software, the installation should have detected it and made it your default audio editing program. However, if you do not have Sound Forge software or want to specify a different audio editor, you may do so in the Preferences dialog.

From the Options menu, choose Preferences. The Preferences dialog appears.

In the Preferences dialog, click the Audio tab.

Click the Browse button to the right of the Preferred audio editor box. The Preferred Audio Editor

dialog appears.

From this dialog, navigate to the application to use for editing audio files.

Select the application’s executable icon (.exe) and click Open to set the application as your default

audio editor.

The application’s path displays in the Preferred audio editor box.

Opening an audio editor from Cinescore software

All events in your project are references to media files on a storage device. When you edit an audio event in an audio editor, you can choose to open the original media file or a copy of the file.

Opening a file in an audio editor

You can directly edit the media file to which an audio event is referenced. Any changes you make and save in the audio editor are permanent and are reflected in the event in your project.

Select the event to be edited.

From the To o ls menu, choose Audio, and choose Open in Audio Editor from the submenu. Your

selected audio editing application opens the event’s referenced media file.

Make the necessary changes and save the file in the audio editor. If you keep the media file’s name and location the same, its event is updated immediately in your project. However, if you change the media file’s name or location (by using Save As), you must import the edited (new) file into Cinescore software.

Opening a copy of a file in an audio editor

You can also create a copy of an audio file and open it in an audio editor. Opening a copy of a file has the advantage of preserving the original file unchanged.

Select the event to be edited.

From the To o ls menu, choose Audio, and choose Open Copy in Audio Editor from the submenu.

Make the necessary changes and save the file in the audio editor.

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After editing the sound file and saving, the new file replaces the original contents of the event and is added to the Project Media window (“Take X” is added to the end of the filename to distinguish it from the original file). If you want to return to the original event, you can drag it from the Project Media window to the timeline.

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Chapter 4

Working with Generated Music

The previous chapters showed you how to create a project, add media to the Cinescore® timeline, and edit events on the timeline. At this point, your movie is looking — and sounding — good; now you just need to create a score.

Creating generated music

Setting the composition start time and length

Position the cursor or create a time selection to indicate where you want to add your composition.

• To create a composition that fills a portion of your project, click and drag in a blank area of the timeline to create a time selection.

• To create a composition that matches the length of a video event on the timeline, doubleclick the video event to select it.

• To create a composition of a specific length, click to position the cursor where you want the music to begin. By default, the composition will fill the space from the cursor to the end of the project, but you can choose the length of the composition later.

• If there are no events on the timeline and you haven't created a time selection, a oneminute composition will be created starting at the current cursor position.

Generating music

From the Insert menu, choose Generated Music. The Theme Chooser is displayed.

Use the Theme Chooser to select the media and musical variations you want to use to

generate music:

The Themes pane displays the available themes on your computer. Click the name of the theme you want to use.

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A theme is a group of related musical ideas that can be combined to create a composition.

Tip:

You can use the top portion of the Theme Chooser dialog to filter the list of displayed themes or

install/uninstall/download themes.

The Variations pane displays the available versions of the selected theme. Click the name of the variation you want to use.

A variation is a preset combination of the starting section, mood, arrangement, tempo, and intensity.

You can preview the selected theme/variation combination by clicking the Preview button .

Tip:

If you want to create your own variations, click the Advanced button to display the

Variation Settings pane. For more information, see Creating or editing variations on page 70.

Click OK. The Insert Generated Music dialog is displayed, and the selected theme is loaded.

The Project pane of the Insert Generated Music dialog shows the basic settings that will be used to generate music.

The Theme field displays the selected theme that will be used to generate your music along with its genre and tempo.

You can click the name of the theme to display the Theme Chooser, where you can choose a new style or a variation on the current theme. For more information, see Creating or editing variations on page 70.

The Length box displays the length of the current timeline selection.

If you want to change the length of the composition, you can edit the contents of this box. The composition will be added at the beginning of the timeline selection (or at the cursor position if no selection exists).

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Choose a setting from the Ending Type drop-down list to indicate how the composition should end:

Setting Description

Normal The composition will match the Length setting as closely as possible while providing a musical ending. Fade Out The composition will match the Length setting as closely as possible with a gradual fade to silence.

This setting will produce the best results when you want to match the Length setting.

Loop The composition will match the Length setting as closely as possible while allowing the end of the

composition to loop smoothly into its beginning.

This setting is useful if you're scoring a video that plays and repeats indefinitely, such as an information kiosk or a DVD menu.

Abrupt The composition will match the Length setting as closely as possible, ending on the next beat. Note that

the end of the composition may not correspond with the end of a musical measure.

Notes:

• Not all ending types are available at all times. Depending on the current theme, starting section, or composition length, some settings may not be available.

• If you're generating music to match a small selection, use the Fade Out or Abrupt setting to create the best possible match between the composition and the selection.

The Generated Music pane allows you to fine-tune sound and tempo of your music.

When you generate music, multiple versions of the composition are created. Choose a setting from the Composition drop-down to select the version you want to use.

When you choose a new composition, you'll notice that the song in the Timeline pane changes. Click the Play from Start or Play button to audition the current composition.

Use the Time stretch controls to make fine adjustments to the composition length.

Select the Scale by radio button and drag the slider to make the composition longer or shorter. As you adjust the length, the composition's tempo changes.

Note:

The available range of tempo adjustment depends on the selected theme.

Select the Fit to length radio button if you want to adjust the tempo automatically to match the value in the Length box.

The Timeline pane at the bottom of the Generated Music dialog displays the sections that were used to create the composition, and the intensity curve represents the density of the music, defined in terms of the number of instruments or sounds included, how loud these are in the mix, and the

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musical complexity of each instrument's performance:

Click OK to create your composition and add it to the Generated Music track in the main timeline.

If you want to change the file name and folder where the composition is created, click the Output tab in the Project pane and set new values in the Output name and Output folder boxes.

Tip:

For even more control over your composition, you can use hints to change the sections,

mood, tempo, or intensity.

For more information, see Using hints on page 71.

Editing generated music

After you’ve added generated music to your project, you have two options if you want to edit the composition.

• If you want to recreate an existing composition, choose Generated Music from the Edit menu, and then choose Recreate from the submenu.

The music is regenerated, and the event in the timeline is updated to match the new composition length.

• If you want to edit an existing composition, choose Generated Music from the Edit menu, and then choose Edit from the submenu. The music is regenerated, and the event in the timeline is updated to match the new composition length.

Recreating or editing a composition doesn't overwrite the original composition. A new media file is added to the Project Media window, and the event in the timeline is updated to use the new media file. If you want to return to the original composition, you can drag it from the Project Media window to the timeline.

Recreating generated music

Select an event on the timeline

From the Edit menu, choose Generated Music, and then choose Recreate from the submenu (or click the Recreate Generated Music button on an event).

The Generated Music dialog is displayed, and the Timeline pane displays the updated composition.

Use the Generated Music dialog to change the settings that will be used to generate music. For more information, see Editing generated music on page 67.

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Recreate generated music

Click OK to recreate your composition and update the event in the timeline.

The updated event will match the Adjusted length setting: the beginning of the event remains fixed, but the end of the event will move to accommodate the new event length.

Editing generated music

Select an event on the timeline.

From the Edit menu, choose Generated Music, and then choose Edit from the submenu. The

Generated Music dialog is displayed

The Project pane of the Generated Music dialog shows the basic settings that will be used to generate

music.

The Theme field displays the selected theme that will be used to generate your music along with its genre and tempo.

The Length box displays the length of the current timeline selection.

Choose a setting from the Ending Type drop-down list to indicate how the composition should end:

Setting Description

Normal The composition will match the Length setting as closely as possible while providing a musical ending.

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Fade Out The composition will match the Length setting as closely as possible with a gradual fade to silence.

This setting will produce the best results when you want to match the Length setting.

Loop The composition will match the Length setting as closely as possible while allowing the end of the

composition to loop smoothly into its beginning.

This setting is useful if you're scoring a video that plays and repeats indefinitely, such as an information kiosk or a DVD menu.

Abrupt The composition will match the Length setting as closely as possible, ending on the next beat. Note that

the end of the composition may not correspond with the end of a musical measure.

Notes:

• Not all ending types are available at all times. Depending on the current theme, starting section, or

composition length, some settings may not be available.

• If you're generating music to match a small selection, use the Fade Out or Abrupt setting to create the best

possible match between the composition and the selection.

The Generated Music pane allows you to fine-tune sound and tempo of your music.

When you generate music, multiple versions of the composition are created. Choose a setting from the Composition drop-down to select the version you want to use.

When you choose a new composition, you'll notice that the song in the Timeline pane changes. Click the Play from Start or Play button to audition the current composition.

Use the Time stretch controls to adjust the length of the composition.

Select the Scale by radio button and drag the slider tto make the composition longer or shorter. As you adjust the length, the composition's tempo changes.

Note:

The available range of tempo adjustment depends on the selected theme.

Select the Fit to length radio button if you want to adjust the tempo automatically to match the value in the Length box.

Click OK to generate a new composition.

The event in the timeline is updated to play the new composition, but the event length is unaffected.

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If you want to change the file name and folder where the composition is created, click the Output tab in the Project pane and set new values in the Output name and Output folder boxes.

Tip:

For even more control over your composition, you can use hints to change the sections,

mood, tempo, or intensity.

For more information, see Using hints on page 71.

Using themes

When you generate music with Cinescore, you work with themes and variations.

A theme is a group of related musical ideas that can be combined to create a composition. Each theme can contain multiple variations.

A variation is a is a preset combination of the starting section, mood, arrangement, tempo, and intensity.

Installing themes

When you obtain new themes, you need to install them before you can use them to create music.

If you purchase a theme disc, the disc includes an installer you can use to install its themes. Perform the following procedure to install downloaded themes.

Open the Theme Chooser:

• If you're creating a new composition, the Theme Chooser is displayed when you click the Generate Music button on the toolbar.

• If you're editing an existing composition, right-click an event on the timeline and choose Regenerate Music from the shortcut menu. Then, in the Project pane of the Generated Music dialog, click the name of the theme to display the Theme Chooser.

Click the Options button at the top of the Theme Chooser, and then choose Install Themes from the

menu.

Click the Browse button at the top of the Install Themes dialog and browse to the folder that contains

the themes you want to install.

Select the themes you want to install, and then click the OK button.

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Creating or editing variations

By using variations, you can customize how the generated music will sound at the beginning of the composition and create presets that you can use in other Cinescore projects.

Open the Theme Chooser:

• If you're creating a new composition, the Theme Chooser is displayed when you click the Generate Music button on the toolbar.

Click the Advanced button at the top of the Theme Chooser to display the Variation Settings pane.

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The Variation Settings pane displays the settings for the selected variation. Adjust the settings as

needed:

Item Description

Starting section Each theme contains multiple musical sections. A section is a defined element of a

Mood Each theme can contain multiple moods. Each mood can change the instrumentation, sound,

Arrangement Each mood can contain multiple arrangements. Each arrangement specifies how the

Tempo adjustment Type a value in the box or use the spin control to speed up or slow down the tempo of your

Intensity Intensity refers to the density of the music defined in terms of the number of instruments or

composition, such as a verse, chorus, or bridge.

Choose a setting from the drop-down list to specify the section that will be used to start your composition.

feel, or phrasing of the theme. Depending on the selected theme, a mood could contain different melodies, rhythms, instruments, and so on.

Choose a setting from the drop-down list to specify which mood you want to use.

instruments in the mood are combined as the intensity changes.

Choose a setting from the drop-down list to specify which arrangement you want to use.

composition. A setting of 100% represents the original tempo of the theme.

The available range of tempo adjustment depends on the selected theme.

sounds included, how loud these are in the mix, and the musical complexity of each instrument's performance.

Type a value in the box or use the spin control to adjust the amount of instrumentation in the composition.

A setting of 100% uses all instruments in the theme; decreasing the setting reduces the number of instruments.

You can preview the selected style/variation combination by clicking the Preview button .

Click the Save button to save your changes as a new variation. You'll be prompted to type a name

for the variation.

Click the Delete button to delete the selected variation. Only user-created variations can be

deleted. User-created variations are displayed with a gray icon in the Variations pane.

Using hints

Hints give you additional control over the composition.Do you want to change the music to fit a scene partway through your source video? By adding hints, you can customize the section, mood, tempo, or intensity of a composition throughout its length.

All compositions contain at least one hint at the beginning of the timeline in the Generated Music dialog: this hint contains information about the settings you chose when you generated your composition.

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Hints are suggestions that Cinescore uses to modify the choices it makes when generating music. When you add a hint, the composition does not change exactly at the hint's position on the timeline; rather, Cinescore will try to make the change at the next musical opportunity. In the following image, notice how each change occurs at the nearest section change.

When you view the generated music on the Cinescore timeline or in an audio editor, you'll notice that hint markers are added at the location where you placed a hint on the timeline to request a change. Cue markers are added at the location where a hint is applied in the composition:

Editing the first hint

The hint at the left edge of the timeline contains information about the settings you chose when generating your music. Editing these controls has the same effect as editing the settings in the Variation Settings pane in the Theme Chooser.

Select an event on the timeline.

From the Edit menu, choose Generated Music, and then choose Edit from the submenu. The Generated Music dialog is displayed.

Click the first hint in the timeline to select it. The Hints tab is displayed in the Project pane. Adjust the settings as needed.

For more information, see Creating or editing variations on page 70.

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You can preview the selected settings by clicking the Play from Start or Play button below the timeline.

Item Description

Starting section Each theme contains multiple musical sections. A section is a defined element of a composition,

Randomness This setting determines how randomly Cinescore arranges the sections in your composition.

Vari ance This setting determines how much adjacent sections vary from each other and how often

Mood Each theme can contain multiple moods. Each mood can change the instrumentation, sound,

such as a verse, chorus, or bridge.

Choose a setting from the drop-down list to specify the section that will be used to start your composition.

The composition's sections are displayed in the Sections track in the Timeline pane:

Click the button to expand the controls if you want to modify how Cinescore chooses and arranges sections.

With a low setting, the sequence of sections will be more predictable (1-1-2-1-1-2-1-1-2. . . for example); as you increase the setting, the sequence will be more random (1-2-2-1-1-1-2-1-2. . . for example). The theme composer determines how the Randomness control affects section order for each theme.

Select the value and click the button to display a slider that you can use to adjust the value.

When you set Randomness to 100%, the Varia nce setting has no effect.

sections in the composition repeat. With a low setting, adjacent sections will sound similar and are more likely to be repeated; as you increase the setting, adjacent sections will sound different and are less likely to be repeated.

The following example demonstrates how sections are arranged with increasing Variance settings. These images are provided for illustration only; the theme composer determines how the Variance control affects section order for each theme:

18%

36%

72%

Select the value and click the button to display a slider that you can use to adjust the value.

feel, or phrasing of the theme. Depending on the selected theme, a mood could contain different melodies, rhythms, instruments, and so on.

Choose a setting from the drop-down list to specify which mood you want to use.

Mood changes are displayed on the Mood track in the Timeline pane:

The first mood, Light - pensive (1) means that the selected mood is Light - pensive, and arrangement 1 is selected.

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Item Description

Arrangement Each mood can contain multiple arrangements. Each arrangement specifies how the

Tem po adjustment

Intensity Type a value in the box or use the spin control to adjust the amount of instrumentation in the

Mode Determines how Cinescore varies intensity over time.

Vari ance When you choose Generate from the Mode drop-down list, the Vari ance setting determines

instruments in the mood are combined as the intensity changes.

Choose a setting from the drop-down list to specify which arrangement you want to use. Type a value in the box or use the spin control to speed up or slow down the tempo of your composition. A setting of 100% represents the original tempo of the theme.

The available range of tempo adjustment depends on the selected theme.

Tempo changes are displayed on the Tempo track in the Timeline pane:

composition.

Intensity refers to the density of the music defined in terms of the number of instruments or sounds included, how loud these are in the mix, and the musical complexity of each instrument's performance.

The intensity curve is displayed in the Intensity track in the Timeline pane:

Click the button to expand the controls if you want to modify how Cinescore varies intensity over time.

Click the current setting and click the button to choose a new setting.

• Generate: Generates an intensity curve that varies over time.

• Hold: Maintains the current hint's intensity level until the next hint.

• Linear: Intensity changes gradually from the current hint's intensity to the next hint's setting.

how frequently the intensity changes. With a low setting, intensity changes are slow and less frequent; as you increase the setting, intensity changes are faster and more frequent.

The following example demonstrates how intensity changes with increasing Varia nce settings. These images are provided for illustration only; the theme composer determines how the Variance control affects intensity changes for each theme:

10%

20%

40%

80%

Select the value and click the button to display a slider that you can use to adjust the value.

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Item Description

Range When you choose Generate from the Mode drop-down list, the Range setting determines how

much the intensity changes.

With a low setting, changes in the intensity curve are subtle.

As you increase the setting, intensity changes are more dramatic (note that the basic curve is similar to the previous example, but the amount of change is greater).

Select the value and click the button to display a slider that you can use to adjust the value.

Adding hints

To add a hint, click in the Timeline pane to position the cursor, and then click the Insert Hint button . A new, blank hint is added, and you can edit the hint to adjust its settings.

Tip:

You can also double-click in the Hints bar to insert a new hint.

Deleting hints

To delete a hint, select it in the Timeline pane, and then click the Delete Selected Hints button . You can hold Ctrl or Shift to select multiple hints.

Click the Delete All Hints button to remove all hints from the timeline.

Note:

The first hint is required to create a composition and cannot be deleted.

Editing hints on the timeline

Hints that follow the first hint allow you to suggest changes in the composition.

Click a hint in the timeline to select it. The Hints tab is displayed in the Project pane, and you can adjust the settings.

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You can preview the selected settings by clicking the Play from Start or Play button below the timeline.

Item Description

Section Change Each theme contains multiple musical sections. A section is a defined element of a composition, such

as a verse, chorus, or bridge.

Choose Ye s if you want the hint to suggest a section change, and then use the Deviation, Randomness, and Vari ance controls to modify how Cinescore chooses and arranges sections.

Choose No if you do not want the hint to suggest a section change.

The composition's sections are displayed in the Sections track in the Timeline pane:

Using section-change hints, you can modify how frequently sections are changed throughout the composition. In the following example, the first portion of the composition has a low Var ianc e setting, so a single section repeats. In the second portion of the composition, the section-change hint has a high Vari ance setting, so the section changes frequently:

Deviation This setting determines how much the first section after the hint can deviate stylistically from the

Randomness This setting determines how randomly Cinescore arranges the sections in your composition. With a

preceding section. With a low setting, section changes will be subtle; as you increase the setting, section changes will be more dramatic.

The theme contains information about similarities between sections, and Cinescore uses this information to determine which sections it will use.

Select the value and click the button to display a slider that you can use to adjust the value.

low setting, the sequence of sections will be more predictable (1-1-2-1-1-2-1-1-2. . . for example); as you increase the setting, the sequence will be more random (1-2-2-1-1-1-2-1-2. . . for example). The theme composer determines how the Randomness control affects section order for each theme.

Select the value and click the button to display a slider that you can use to adjust the value.

When you set Randomness to 100%, the Varian ce setting has no effect.

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Item Description

Vari ance This setting determines how much adjacent sections vary from each other and how often sections in

Mood Change Each theme can contain multiple moods. Each mood can change the instrumentation, sound, feel, or

Arrangement Each mood can contain multiple arrangements. Each arrangement specifies how the instruments in

Tem po C han ge Choose Yes if you want to use the hint to suggest a tempo change, and then use the Amount control

the composition repeat. With a low setting, adjacent sections will sound similar and are more likely to be repeated; as you increase the setting, adjacent sections will sound different and are less likely to be repeated.

18%

36%

72%

Select the value and click the button to display a slider that you can use to adjust the value.

phrasing of the theme. Depending on the selected theme, a mood could contain different melodies, rhythms, instruments, and so on.

Choose a mood from the drop-down list if you want to use the hint to suggest a mood change.

Mood changes are displayed on the Mood track in the Timeline pane:

The first mood, Light - pensive (1) means that the selected mood is Light - pensive, and arrangement 1 is selected.

the mood are combined as the intensity changes.

Choose a setting from the drop-down list to specify which arrangement you want to use.

to indicate the desired tempo change.

Choose No if you do not want the hint to change tempo.

Tempo changes are displayed on the Tempo track in the Timeline pane:

Amount Type a value in the box or use the spin control to speed up or slow down the tempo of your

composition. A setting of 100% represents the original tempo of the theme.

The available range of tempo adjustment depends on the selected theme.

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Item Description

Intensity Change

Amount Type a value in the box or use the spin control to adjust the amount of instrumentation in the

Mode Determines how Cinescore varies intensity over time.

Vari ance When you choose Generate from the Mode drop-down list, the Var ianc e setting determines how

Choose Ye s if you want to use the hint to suggest an intensity change in your composition, and then use the Amount, Mode, Varia nce, and Range controls to indicate how you want to change intensity.

Choose No if you do not want the hint to change intensity.

The intensity curve is displayed in the Intensity track in the Timeline pane:

Using intensity-change hints, you can modify how frequently intensity is changed throughout the composition. In the following example, we used four hints to adjust the intensity curve:

• The first hint is set to Hold with an Amount setting of 50%.

• The second hint is set to Generate with an Amount setting of 100%, a Va rianc e setting of 50%, and a Range setting of 100%.

• The third hint is set to Linear, with an Amount of 65%.

• The last hint is set to Linear with an Amount setting of 0% to set the final intensity.

composition.

Click the current setting and click the button to choose a new setting.

• Generate: Generates an intensity curve that varies over time.

• Hold: Maintains the current hint's intensity level until the next hint.

• Linear: Intensity changes gradually from the current hint's intensity to the next hint's setting.

frequently the intensity changes. With a low setting, intensity changes are slow and less frequent; as you increase the setting, intensity changes are faster and more frequent.

10%

20%

40%

80%

Select the value and click the button to display a slider that you can use to adjust the value.

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Item Description

Range When you choose Generate from the Mode drop-down list, the Range setting determines how much

the intensity changes.

With a low setting, changes in the intensity curve are subtle.

As you increase the setting, intensity changes are more dramatic (note that the basic curve is similar to the previous example, but the amount of change is greater).

Select the value and click the button to display a slider that you can use to adjust the value.

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Index

Adding audio transitions, 24 Adding generated music, 25 Adding hints, 75 Adding media to a bin, 23 Adding media to the timeline, 23 Audio editor program, 60–62

Opening from Cinescore, 61

Setting up, 61 Audio transitions, 24 Automation

Volume and panning automation, 28

Bins, media, 22

Adding media, 23

creating, 23

searching, 23

Cinescore

Installing, 5

Overview, 8 Clearing the edit history, 56 Compositions, creating, 63 Converting format, See Rendering Copying events, 39

Time and events, 40

Time selections, 40 Creating a movie, 32 Creating bins, 23 Creating generated music, 63 Creating variations, 70 Crossfades, 53–55

Automatic, 53

Curve types, 54

Manually setting, 54

Sliding, 54 Customizing Cinescore

Toolbar, 9 Cutting events, 41–42

Ripple mode, 41 Time and events, 42 Time selections, 42

Deleting

Envelope points, 29 Events, 51 Markers, 58

Regions, 60 Deleting hints, 75 Docking Cinescore windows, 11 Duplicating events, 44

Edge trimming, 44 Edit history, clearing, 56 Editing audio in external editor, 61 Editing events, 39 Editing generated music, 66, 67 Editing hints on the timeline, 75 Editing the first hint, 72 Editing tools

Zoom, 27 Editing variations, 70 Envelopes

Adding points, 29

Changing fade curves, 30

Deleting points, 29

Moving points, 29

Ripple editing, 52 Event editing, 39 Events, 25

Copying, 39

Crossfading, 53–55

Cutting, 41

Defined, 16

Deleting, 51

Duplicating, 44

Edge trimming with keyboard, 46

Editing, 39

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Moving by small increments, 26 Moving in time, 26 Moving multiple, 26 Moving single, 26 Pasting, 42 Placing, 23, 24 Selecting multiple, 36 Selecting with time, 39 Shifting the contents of, 50 Shuffling, 53 Sliding, 51 Slipping, 50 Slip-trimming, 50 Splitting, 47–49 Trimming, 44

Explorer window, 12

Transport bar, 17

Fit to length, 65 Focus, 35 Frame-by-frame cursor movement, 35 Freeze frame, 45

General editing, 35–62

Event vs. file, 25 Generated music, 25 Generated music, editing, 66 Generating music, 63 Gracenote

Obtaining or editing CD information, 21 Grouping events

Moving grouped events, 27

Hints, 71

Adding, 75

Deleting, 75

Editing the first hint, 72

Editing user hints, 75

Importing

Audio CD tracks, 19

Media, 19 Still image sequences, 22

Inserting

Audio transitions, 24 Generated music, 25 Markers, 57 Media, 23 Regions, 59 Sound effects, 24

Installation, 5

System requirements, 5

Installing themes, 69

Keyboard commands

Cursor placement, 35, 38

Loop playback, 38

Main window, 8 Marker bar, 9 Markers

Deleting, 58 Hints, 71 Inserting, 57 Moving, 58 Navigating, 58 Renaming, 57

Ripple editing, 52 Markers and regions, 56 Media bins, 22

Adding media, 23

creating, 23

searching, 23 Media files

Auto preview setting, 18

Inserting, 23

Previewing, 17 Media Pool

Adding still image sequences, 22 Mixer, 12 Mouse scroll-wheel shortcuts, 27, 35 Muting tracks, 28

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Naming

Markers, 57 Regions, 59

Online help

Via the Web, 7 What’sThis? help, 7

Panning automation, 28 Pasting events, 42 Placing media

Dragging/dropping, 23

Playback

Scrubbing, 31

Transport bar controls, 10 Post-edit rippling, 52 Preview Quality, 13 Previews, 30 Project Media window

Adding media, 19

Extracting CD audio, 19

Replacing media in events, 19

Using, 18 Project playback

Entire, 30

Time selection, 31 Projects

Creating, 15

Renaming, 16

Saving, 16 Punch-in, 43

Recreating generated music, 66 Redo/Undo commands, 55–56

Clearing history, 56

Multiple, 56 Region, 58 Regions

Deleting, 60

Inserting, 59

Moving, 59

Naming, 59 Navigating to, 60 Ripple editing, 52 Selecting, 59

Renaming

Markers, 57

Projects, 16 Rendering, 32 Ripple editing, 43

Cutting, 41

Deleting, 51

Manually, 52

Pasting, 42

Post-edit rippling, 52

Shuffling events, 53 Ruler, 9

Saving a project, 16

Using Save As, 16 Scale by, 65 Scrolling, 27 Scrubbing, 31–32

Keyboard, 32

Playhead, 32

Timeline, 32 Searching media bins, 23 Selecting

Events and a time range, 39

Events to the end of the track, 37

Media files, 17

Multiple events, 36

Range of events, 36

Regions, 59

time range, 37 Show Me How, 8 Shuffling events, 53 Sliding

Crossfades, 54

Events, 51 Slipping events, 50 Slip-trimming events, 50 Sorting media with bins, 22 Sound effects, 24

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Splitting, 47–49

All events at cursor, 47 Selected events, 48 Time selection, 48

System requirements, 5

Technical support, 5 Themes, 69

Choosing, 64 Installing, 69

Variations, 70 Time Display window, 9 Time selection, 37

Copying, 40

Cutting, 42

With events, 39 Time stretch, 65 Timeline

Adding media to, 23

Moving events along, 26

moving events along, 26 Toolbar, 9 Track envelopes

Adding points, 29

Changing fade curves, 30

Deleting points, 29

Moving points, 29 Track header, 10

audio, 28 Track list, 10 Track view, 10 Tra cks , 27

muting, 28

volume fader, 28 Transport bar, 10, 30, 31 Trimming, 44–46

Adjacent events, 45

Beyond event edges, 45

events with keyboard, 46

selected events, 44

Time selection, 45 Tut ori als, 8

Undo/Redo commands, 55–56

Clearing history, 56

Using themes, 69

Video Preview Quality, 13 Video Preview window, 13 Video previews

Window, 13

Volume

track fader, 28

Volume automation, 28

Web site

Accessing help, 7

Technical support, 5 What’sThis? help, using, 7 Window docking area, 11

Zoom Edit Tool, 27 Zooming, 27

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Sony Cinescore User Guide

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Introduction

Welcome

System requirements

Technical support

Installing Cinescore software

Installing Adobe Reader

Using online help

Overview

Main window

Toolbar

Time display

Ruler

Marker bar

Track list

Timeline

Transport bar controls

Window docking area and floating window docks

Getting Started

Creating projects

Saving a project

Renaming a project (using Save As)

Getting media files

Selecting media

Previewing a media file

Using the Project Media window

Obtaining or editing CD information using Gracenote

Adding media to the timeline

Working with events

Understanding files and events

Moving events along the timeline

Working with tracks

Using the track view

Audio track header

Volume or pan envelopes

Playing back and previewing

Playing your project

Scrubbing

Rendering a project

Creating a movie

Basic Editing Techniques

Getting around

Moving the cursor

Changing focus

Making selections

Selecting multiple events

Selecting a time range

Looping playback

Selecting events and a time range

Selecting tracks

Editing events

Copying events

Cutting events

Pasting events

Duplicating events

Trimming events

Splitting events

Slipping and sliding events

Deleting events

Applying post-edit ripples

Applying a post-edit ripple manually

Shuffling events

Crossfading events

Using automatic crossfades

Manually setting a crossfade

Changing crossfade curves

Sliding a crossfade

Using undo and redo

Using undo

Using redo

Clearing the edit history

Adding project markers and regions

Working with markers

Working with regions

Using an external audio editing program

Setting up an audio editing program

Opening an audio editor from Cinescore software