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products developed by Videomedia, Inc. and V-LAN ver. 3.0 compatible products developed by third parties
under license from Videomedia, Inc. Use of this software will allow “frame accurate” editing control of
applicable videotape recorder decks, videodisc recorders/players and the like.”
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©1993–1998 Altura Software, Inc.
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Avid NewsCutter Products Input and Output Guide • 0130-06889-01 • March 2005
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Contents
Using This Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Symbols and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
If You Need Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Accessing the Online Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
How to Order Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Avid Educational Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Chapter 1 Planning a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Types of Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Working in a 23.976p NTSC Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Capturing with Advanced Pulldown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Project Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Working with Mixed-Resolution Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
NTSC and PAL Image Sizes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Software-Only Avid Editing Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Sample Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Chapter 2 Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Logging Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Logging Preroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Logging Timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Naming Tapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Double-Checking the Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Adding a Memory Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Preparing Logs for Import . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Creating Avid Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Importing Shot Log Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
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Setting the Pulldown Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Converting Log Files with Avid Log Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Converting Log Files with Avid Log Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Using Drag-and-Drop Conversion for Log Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Compatible Log Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Logging Directly to a Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Logging with an Avid-Controlled Camera or Deck. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Pausing a Deck While Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Logging with a Non-Avid-Controlled Camera or Deck. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Modifying Clip Information Before Capturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
The Modify Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Using the Modify Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Options for Modifying Bin Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Modifying in the Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Exporting Shot Log Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Chapter 3 Preparing to Capture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Understanding Digital Video (DV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
What Is IEEE Standard 1394?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
What Is OHCI? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Preparing the Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Selecting Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Using General Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Transfer Settings for Film Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Selecting Capture Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Creating a GPI Trigger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Deleting a GPI Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Editing an Existing GPI Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Configuring Decks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Deck Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Deleting Deck Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
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Setting Deck Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Understanding Drop-Frame and Non-Drop-Frame Timecode. . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Setting Up the Capture Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Opening the Capture Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Changing the Power Scheme. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Setting the Video and Audio Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Selecting Video Input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Saving a Custom Default Setting for the Video Input Tool . . . . . . . 88
Selecting Audio Input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Selecting a Deck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Selecting a Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Selecting Source Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Detecting Valid or Locked Capture Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Selecting a Resolution in the Capture Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Selecting a Format in the Capture Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Setting Media Creation Resolutions and Selecting Drives . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Selecting a Media Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Disabling Editor Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Selecting a Draft Resolution for DV Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Selecting a Target Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Selecting the Target Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Targeting a Single Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Targeting Separate Drives for Audio and Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Interpreting the Time Remaining Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Capturing to Multiple Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Selecting the Preroll Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Capturing Across Timecode Breaks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Preparing for Audio Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Selecting the Audio File Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Establishing Sync for Audio-Only Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
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Checking for a Valid Digital Sync Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Adjusting Audio Project Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Configuring the Sound Card (Software-Only Systems) . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Sound Card Configuration with Surround Sound Capabilities
(Software-Only Systems) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Using the Audio Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Resizing the Audio Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Adjusting the Reference Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Selecting a Peak Hold Option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Adjusting Audio Input Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Creating Tone Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Calibrating Input Channels for the Audio I/O Device . . . . . . . . . . 124
Calibrating Output Channels for the Audio I/O Device . . . . . . . . . 125
Using the Passthrough Mix Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Resizing the Passthrough Mix Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Monitoring Audio with the Passthrough Mix Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Changing an Audio Level in the Passthrough Mix Tool . . . . . . . . 129
Adjusting Pan Values in the Passthrough Mix Tool . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Audio Meters in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Using the Meter Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Adjusting Volume Control in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Using the Console Window to Check Audio Levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Calibrating for Video Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Manually Calibrating for Video Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Limitations When Using Consumer Decks or Decks Without
Time-Base Correctors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Capturing from Unstable Time-Base Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Green Line in VHS Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Saving Video Input Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Saving a Custom Default Setting for the Video Input Tool . . . . . . . . . 142
Adjusting Video Levels Without Color Bars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
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Chapter 4 Capturing Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Before You Begin Capturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Adding Clip Names and Comments On-the-Fly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Adding Extra Text Fields in the Capture Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Adding Locators On-the-Fly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Creating Subclips While Capturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
DV Capture Offset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Capturing DV 50 and DVCPRO HD Media Directly from a DV Device . . . . 155
Delaying Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Capturing and Logging at the Same Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Capturing from One Point to Another . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Capturing from an IN Point to an OUT Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Setting Both Marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Setting Only One Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Capturing On-the-Fly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Autocapture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Capturing with Time-of-Day Timecode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Capturing in Satellite Mode or No Device Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Remote Play and Capture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Selecting Remote Play and Capture Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Enabling Remote Capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Enabling Remote Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Changing the Serial Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Setting a Timed Capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Capturing Audio from a Music CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Capturing to the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Patching When Capturing to the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Batch Capturing from Logged Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Preparing to Batch Capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Batch Capturing Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
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Modifying the Pulldown Phase After Capturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
DV Scene Extraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Setting Up DV Scene Extraction Before Capturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Setting Up DV Scene Extraction After Capturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Recapturing Your Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Recapturing Master Clips and Subclips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Recapturing Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Saving Two Versions of a Sequence When Recapturing. . . . . . . 191
Using Decompose When Recapturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Recapturing the Sequence Without Using Decompose . . . . . . . . 193
Other Capture Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Working in Quick Record Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Controlling Decks from the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Changing Function Key Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Naming a New Tape from the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Ejecting Tapes with a Button or Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Returning to the Previous Place in the Select Tape Dialog Box . . . . . 199
Chapter 5 Importing Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Preparing to Import Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Working with Mixed-Resolution Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Creating and Using Import Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Importing Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Using the Drag-and-Drop Method to Import Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Importing Photoshop Graphics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Importing Single-Layer Photoshop Graphics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Importing Multilayered Photoshop Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Understanding Multilayered Graphics Import . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Importing Multilayered Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Importing Media from XDCAM Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Connecting the XDCAM Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
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Setting the XDCAM Import Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Importing XDCAM Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Automatically Importing Proxy Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Importing All Proxy Media from an XDCAM Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Copying XDCAM Proxy Media to a Local Drive or a Server . . . . . 223
Manually Importing XDCAM Media from the XDCAM Disc . . . . . . 224
Importing Essence Marks as Locators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Editing the Proxy Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Batch Importing High-Resolution Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Editing and Finishing High-Resolution Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Importing Editcam Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Reimporting Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
The Batch Import Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Selected Clips Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Import Target Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Import Options Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Starting the Reimport Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Chapter 6 Output Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Preparing for Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Selecting Video Output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Establishing Sync for Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Selecting Sync for HD Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Using LTC Timecode for Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Calibrating for Video Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Using the Factory Preset Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Basic Video Output Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Using Test Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Adjusting Phase Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Calibrating the System with Passthrough Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Preparing for Audio Output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
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Calibrating for Audio Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Setting the Calibration Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Calibrating Global Output Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Adjusting Audio Output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Preparing Record Tapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Frame-Accurate Capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Recording Bars and Tone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Enabling Assemble-Edit Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Crossconverting and Downconverting for HD Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Using the Digital Cut Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Selecting a Deck in the Digital Cut Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Using ExpertRender to Prepare Effects for a Digital Cut. . . . . . . . . . . 262
Previewing a Digital Cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Outputting DV 50 DVCPRO HD Media Directly to a DV Device . . . . . 265
Selecting Output and Timecode Formats for 23.976p and
25p Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Selecting Output Formats for 23.976p and 25p Projects . . . . . . . 266
Selecting Output Formats for 23.976p Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Selecting the Timecode Format for Output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Outputting Drop-Frame and Non-Drop-Frame Timecode
Simultaneously for Downstream Encoding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Indicating the Destination Timecode Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Performing a Digital Cut to Tape (Remote Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Crash Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Performing a Digital Cut to Tape (Local Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Output Mode Resolution Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Output Mode Resolutions with Progressive Projects . . . . . . . . . . 280
DV Digital Cut Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Understanding Passthrough. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Using EDL Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
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Chapter 7 Exporting and Exchanging Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Exporting Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Preparing to Export a Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Mixing Down Video Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Exporting Frames, Clips, or Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Using the Drag-and-Drop Method for Export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Using Distributed Media Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
ProEncode Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Media Browse Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Configuring a DMS Broker Client on an Avid Editing Application. . . . . 294
Using the DMS Broker Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Additional Tasks Performed by the Media Browse Services . . . . . . . . 296
Using ProEncode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Improving Workflow Using Send To . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Send To Digidesign Pro Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Send To DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Send To Sorenson Squeeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Send To Avid DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Send To Third-Party Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Exporting Video in DV Stream Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Customizing Export Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Preset Export Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Creating a New Export Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Exporting OMFI and AAF Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Exporting Through OMF Interchange. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Exporting Through AAF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Selecting an OMFI or an AAF Transfer Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Exporting OMFI or AAF Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Exchanging Titles in OMFI Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
QuickTime Reference Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
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Exporting as a QuickTime Reference Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Exporting as a QuickTime Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Selecting QuickTime Codecs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Avid Codecs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Using the Avid Codecs for QuickTime. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Exporting with Avid QuickTime Codecs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Exporting As an AVI File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Installing an Avid Codec on Other Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Copying an Avid Codec for QuickTime to a Windows System . . . 334
Exporting from a Third-Party Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Exporting as Windows Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Exporting Using an Avid Supplied Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Exporting Using an Existing Windows Media Profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Exporting Using a Custom Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Creating a Custom Video Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Creating a Custom Audio Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Exporting Tracks As Audio Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Exporting As a Graphics File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Transferring a Project Between Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Methods for Transferring Files Between Avid Editing Systems. . . . . . 347
Compatibility Requirements for Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Transferring a Project and Associated Media Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Transferring Projects, User Profiles, and Site Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Transferring Projects and Bins Using AFE Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Transferring Media to and from a Video Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Setting Up a Video Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Configuring the Video Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Configuring the Video Server As a Deck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Transferring from the Avid Editing System to the Video Server . . . . . 354
Transferring from the Video Server to the Avid Editing System . . . . . 356
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Chapter 8 Using the NRCS Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Configuring the NRCS Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Configuring the ENPS Server for Avid Clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Configuring the NRCS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Starting the NRCS Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Understanding the NRCS Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Using the Directory Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Opening a Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Creating a Shortcut to a Directory (iNEWS Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Removing a Shortcut to a Directory (iNEWS Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Deleting a Story (iNEWS Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Changing the Text Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Editing Story Text (iNEWS Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Rearranging Text in a Story (iNEWS Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Marking Text As Presenter Instructions (iNEWS Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Marking Text As Closed Caption (iNEWS Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Adding a Production Cue (iNEWS Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Deleting a Production Cue (iNEWS Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Marking Text As Machine Control (iNEWS Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Formatting Text (iNEWS Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Marking Text As Normal (iNEWS Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Adding a Loaded Cue (iNEWS Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Using a Loaded Cue (iNEWS Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Deleting a Loaded Cue (iNEWS Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Finding the Read Time of a Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Building a Sequence from a Story. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Script-Based IN and OUT Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Setting Timeline IN and OUT Points Based on Story Timing . . . . . . . . 382
Adjusting the Story Timing (iNEWS Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Adjusting the Story Timing with a Time Marker (iNEWS Only) . . . . . . 385
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Adjusting the Story Timing with a Time Pad (iNEWS Only) . . . . . . . . 386
Using Associated Sequences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
Saving Changes to a Story (iNEWS Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
Using the Post to Web Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
Processing the Script. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
Creating a Web Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
Linking Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Using Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
The Story Tag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
The Text Tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
The Clip Tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
The Videoformat Tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
The Hyperclip Tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
Using a Template with Post to Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
Posting a Story to the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
Sending and Receiving NRCS Mail (iNEWS Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Sending NRCS Tool Mail (iNEWS only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Receiving NRCS Tool Mail (iNEWS only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Disconnecting from Your NRCS Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409
Appendix A Working with HD Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
High-Definition Television. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
HDTV Workflows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
Film-Based Television Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
Video-Based Television Workflow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418
Broadcast Graphics Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
Starting an HD Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422
Capturing HD Video and Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423
HD Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423
HD Video and Audio Input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426
Video Input Tool for HD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
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True 24 FPS Timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428
Playback Modes for HD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428
Video Color Space for HD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428
Changing the Project Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
Editing in HD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
Modifying the Format of a Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
Mixing SD and HD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433
Displaying Formats in a Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
Displaying 16:9 HD Video in Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
Editing at 60 fps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435
Transcoding HD Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435
Setting Video Output for HD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436
Output Menu (HD Tab). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
HD Crossconvert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
SD Downconvert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438
Test Patterns for HD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440
OutputLock for HD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
Recording a Digital Cut for HD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
Video Import and Export for HD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
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Supported Resolutions and Hardware Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Compatible Log Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Options for Modifying Bin Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
GPI Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
GPI Node Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Deck Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Audio Tool Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Audio Meter Menu Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Luminance Settings for Video Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Video Level Adjustment Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Scheduled Capture Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Quick Record Condition Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Support for Photoshop Layer Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Support for Photoshop Special Layer Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
XDCAM Resolutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Output Sync Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Video Format Output Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Luminance Settings for Video Output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
DV 50 and DVCPRO HD Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
23.976p and 25p Project Output Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Audio Play Rates for 23.976p and 25p Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Audio Play Rates for 23.976p Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Output Mode Resolution Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Progressive Project Output Mode Resolution Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Devices for Transferring Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Default Folder and File Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
NRCS Tool Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Supported HDTV Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
HD Online Formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422
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HD Resolutions: 1080 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
HD Resolutions: 720 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
Avid HD Formats and Other HD Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
Offline Formats for HD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
Choices for Modifying Sequences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
Output Sync Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
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