Avid Symphony Symphony 4.7 User guide

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Contents
Using This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Who Should Use This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Symbols and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
If You Need Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Related Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
If You Have Documentation Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
How to Order Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Avid Educational Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Chapter 1 Planning a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Working with Multiple Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Working with 24p Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Working with 25p Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Types of Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Planning a Video Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Planning a 24p or 25p Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
NTSC and PAL Image Sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
24-fps Film Source, SDTV Transfer, Multiformat Output . . . . . . . . . 38
24-fps Film or HD Video Source, SDTV Downconversion,
Multiformat Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
25-fps Film or HD Video Source, SDTV Downconversion,
Multiformat Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Alternative Audio Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
NTSC Audio and Video Synchronized During Transfer. . . . . . . 48
NTSC Audio and Video Digitized Separately . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
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PAL Audio and Video Synchronized During Transfer
(PAL Method 1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
PAL Audio and Video Digitized Separately (PAL Method 2) . . . 51
Audio Transfer Options for 24p PAL Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Planning a 23.976p NTSC Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Working in a 23.976p NTSC Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Creating a 23.976p Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Film Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Digitizing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Import . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Digital Cut Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
23.976-fps Film Transfer or HD Video Source, SDTV Downconversion,
Multiformat Output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Limitations for 23.976p Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Planning a DV Project (Windows Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Understanding DV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
DV Workflows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Starting a DV Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Editing in DV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Planning an MPEG Project (Windows Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
MPEG Workflows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Starting an MPEG Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Editing in MPEG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Film Project Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Film Shoot Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Viewing Dailies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Film Dailies Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Video Dailies Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Chapter 2 Film-to-Tape Transfer Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Understanding the Transfer Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Transferring 24-fps Film to NTSC Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Stage 1: Transferring Film to Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Frames Versus Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
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Part 1: Using a 2:3 Pulldown to Translate 24-fps Film to
30-fps Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Part 2: Slowing the Film Speed to 23.976 fps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Maintaining Synchronized Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Stage 2: Digitizing at 24 fps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Transferring 24-fps Film to PAL Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
PAL Method 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
PAL Method 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
How the Avid System Stores and Displays 24p and 25p Media. . . . . . . 82
Displaying Media While Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Displaying Media During a Digital Cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Film-to-Tape Transfer Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Film-to-Tape Transfer Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Transfer Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Additional Film Transfer Aids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Chapter 3 Logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Preparing Log Files for Import . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Compatible Log Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Using Avid Log Exchange to Convert Log Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Converting Log Files with Avid Log Exchange (Windows) . . . . 92
Using Drag-and-Drop Conversion for Log Files (Windows) . . . 96
Converting Log Files with Avid Log Exchange (Macintosh) . . . 97
Using Drag-and-Drop Conversion for Log Files (Macintosh). . 101
Creating Avid Logs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Applications for Creating Avid Logs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Required Information for Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Creating an Avid Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Transferring Bins from MediaLog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Transferring Bins (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Transferring Bins (Macintosh) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Associating the Bin with Your Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Double-Checking the Log Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Importing Shot Log Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Setting the Pulldown Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
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Logging Directly into a Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Tips for Logging Preroll, Logging Timecode, and Naming Tapes. . 112
Logging with an Avid-Controlled Deck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Pausing the Deck While Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Using a Memory Mark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Logging with Non-Avid-Controlled Decks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Logging Film Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Displaying Film Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Entering Pulldown Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Determining the Pulldown Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Modifying the Pulldown Phase Before Digitizing . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Entering Frames-per-Second Rates for PAL Transfers . . . . . . . . . 129
Entering Key Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Entering Additional Timecodes (Option) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Entering the Ink Number (Option). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Entering Additional Film Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Modifying Clip Information Before Digitizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Exporting Shot Log Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Chapter 4 Preparing to Digitize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Preparing the Hardware for Digitizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Selecting Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Media Creation Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Setting Drive Filtering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Selecting a Video Resolution and Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Digitize Settings Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Digitize Settings: General Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Selecting the Preroll Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Digitizing Across Timecode Breaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Digitize Settings: Media Files Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Digitizing to Multiple Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
General Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Transfer Settings for Film Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Configuring Decks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Deck Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
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Deleting Deck Configuration Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Setting Deck Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Understanding Drop-Frame Timecode and Non-Drop-Frame
Timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Entering Capture Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Setting Up the Digitize Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Selecting a Deck in the Digitize Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Selecting a Source Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Selecting Source Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Setting the Video and Audio Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Setting the Pulldown Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Film Project Pulldown and Transfer Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Selecting a Resolution in the Digitize Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Selecting Color or Monochrome in the Digitize Tool . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Selecting a Target Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Selecting the Target Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Targeting a Single Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Targeting Separate Drives for Audio and Video . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Targeting a Drive Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Interpreting the Time-Remaining Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Selecting a Custom Preroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Preparing for Audio Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Establishing Sync for Audio-Only Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Checking for a Valid Digital Sync Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Adjusting Audio Project Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Saving the Audio Project Settings as Site Settings . . . . . . . . . 184
Selecting the Audio File Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Using the Audio Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Resizing the Audio Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Adjusting the Reference Level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Selecting a Peak Hold Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Adjusting Audio Input Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Creating Tone Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Calibrating the Eight-Channel Audio I/O Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Changing the Audio Hardware Calibration Setting . . . . . . . . . 195
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Calibrating Input Channels for the Audio I/O Device . . . . . . . . 196
Calibrating Output Channels for the Audio I/O Device. . . . . . . 198
Using the Console Window to Check Audio Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Preparing for Video Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Using the Factory Preset Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Calibrating Video Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Limitation When Using Consumer Decks or Decks Without
Time-Base Correctors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Saving Video Input Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Saving a Custom Default Setting for the Video Input Tool . . . . . . . 211
Adjusting Video Levels for Tapes Without Color Bars . . . . . . . . . . 211
Digitizing Preparations Check List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Chapter 5 Digitizing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Before You Begin Digitizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Special Digitizing Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Logging Errors to the Console Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Creating Subclips On-the-Fly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Adding Locators On-the-Fly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Adding Clip Names and Comments On-the-Fly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Controlling Decks from the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Mapping the Record Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Digitizing and Logging at the Same Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Digitizing from a Mark IN to a Mark OUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Setting Both Marks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Setting Only One Mark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Digitizing On-the-Fly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Autodigitizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Digitizing from a Non-Avid-Controlled Deck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Digitizing with Time-of-Day Timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Digitizing with External Timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Digitizing to the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Patching When Digitizing to the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Digitizing Video Without Pulldown into a 24p NTSC Project. . . . . . . . . 236
Recording DV Through a 1394 Connection (Windows Only) . . . . . . . . 237
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Recording Through MPEG SDTI-CP (Windows Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Batch Digitizing from Logged Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Preparing to Batch Digitize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Resizing the Digitize Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Preparing Settings for Unattended Batch Digitizing . . . . . . . . 240
Digitize Settings: Batch Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Batch Digitizing Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Redigitizing Your Material. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Redigitizing Master Clips and Subclips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Redigitizing Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Saving Two Versions of a Sequence When Redigitizing. . . . . 247
Using Decompose When Redigitizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Redigitizing the Sequence Without Using Decompose . . . . . . 249
Relinking Clips by Key Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Modifying the Pulldown Phase After Digitizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Digitizing During the Film-to-Tape Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Preparing to Digitize in Telecine Slave Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Selecting the VTR Emulation Serial Port (Telecine
Slave Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Understanding VTR Emulation Settings (Telecine
Slave Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Selecting VTR Emulation Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Selecting Digitize Settings for Telecine Slave Mode . . . . . . . . 263
Digitize Tool Controls for Telecine Slave Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Selecting Telecine Slave Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Selecting a Source Tape Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Digitizing and Logging in Telecine Slave Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Formatting and Setting the Virtual Tape Timecode (Telecine
Slave Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
DV Scene Extraction (Windows Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Setting Up DV Scene Extraction Before Digitizing . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Setting Up DV Scene Extraction After Digitizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
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Chapter 6 Multicamera Planning and Digitizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Developing a Postproduction Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Tape Numbering Schemes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Tape Numbering for Video Productions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Tape Numbering for Film Productions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Production Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Production Paths for Video Productions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Production Paths for Film Productions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Managing Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Audio for Videotape Productions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Audio for Film Productions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Digitizing Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Digitizing Methods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Logging Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Autodigitizing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Storage Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Checking the Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Replacing Missing Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Deleting Extra Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Checking Audio and Image Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Chapter 7 Importing Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Preparing to Import Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Working with Mixed-Resolution Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Creating and Using Import Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Creating a New Import Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Modifying an Existing Import Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Import Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Importing Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Using the Drag-and-Drop Method to Import Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Importing Photoshop Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Importing Single-Layer Photoshop Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Importing Multilayered Photoshop Graphics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Understanding Multilayered Graphics Import. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Importing Multilayered Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
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Importing Editcam Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Reimporting Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Batch Import Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Starting the Reimport Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Chapter 8 Generating Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Preparing for Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Establishing Sync for Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Calibrating for Video Output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Using the Factory Preset Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Basic Video Output Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Advanced Video Output Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Preparing for Audio Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Setting the Calibration Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Calibrating Global Output Levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Adjusting Output on Eight-Channel Audio Systems . . . . . . . . 334
Preparing Record Tapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Frame-Accurate Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Manual Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Recording Bars and Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Enabling Assemble-Edit Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Using the Digital Cut Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Selecting a Deck in the Digital Cut Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Previewing a Digital Cut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Creating a Custom Countdown Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Recording a Digital Cut to Tape (Remote Mode). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Recording a Digital Cut to Tape (Local Mode). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Selecting Output and Timecode Formats for 23.976p, 24p,
and 25p Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Selecting Output Formats for 24p and 25p Projects . . . . . . . . 354
Selecting Output Formats for 23.976p Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Selecting the Timecode Format for Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Indicating the Destination Timecode Rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Selecting DSK Title Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Performing an Insert Edit with Pulldown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
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Digital Cuts and Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Changing the Default Pulldown Phase for Sequences. . . . . . . . . . 364
Using EDL Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Using the Matchback Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
How Matchback Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Matchback Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Using FilmScribe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Using VTR Emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Enabling VTR Emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Using VTR Play Emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Using Direct Record Emulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Chapter 9 Exporting Frames, Clips, or Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Understanding Export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Preparing to Export a Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Exporting Frames, Clips, or Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Using the Drag-and-Drop Method to Export Frames, Clips, or
Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Customizing Export Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Preset Export Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Creating a New Export Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Export Settings Dialog Box Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Exporting OMFI and AAF Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Exporting Through OMF Interchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Exporting Through AAF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Selecting an OMFI or an AAF Transfer Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
Exporting As an OMFI or an AAF File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
OMFI and AAF Export Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
Exporting As an MPEG File (Windows Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Creating Files for a DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
Creating Files for a DVD (Windows). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
Creating Files for a DVD (Macintosh) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Creating Files for iDVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
Creating Files for DVD Studio Pro (Macintosh Only) . . . . . . . . 401
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Using an AppleScript Script to Create a DVD (Macintosh Only) . . .
404
Adding and Removing Applications for Creating DVDs. . . . . . 405
Exporting Video in DV Stream Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406
Exporting QuickTime Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409
Exporting As a QuickTime Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
QuickTime Movie Export Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
Selecting QuickTime Movie Format Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
Exporting As a QuickTime Reference Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422
QuickTime Reference Export Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
Using Avid Codecs for QuickTime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Exporting with an Avid Meridien Codec or the Avid DV Codec 427
Exporting As an AVI File (Windows Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
AVI Settings Options (Windows Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
AVI Video Compression Dialog Box Options (Windows Only). . . . 435
Using the Avid Codec for AVI (Windows Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
Installing the Avid Codecs for QuickTime or AVI on Other Systems . . 439
Copying the Avid Codecs for QuickTime to Another Windows
System (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440
Copying the Avid Codecs for QuickTime to Another Macintosh
System (Macintosh) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
Installing the Avid Codec for AVI on Another Windows System . . 442
Downloading Avid Codecs for QuickTime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
Exporting from a Third-Party QuickTime or AVI Application. . . . . . . . . 444
Exporting Tracks As Audio Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
Exporting As a Graphic File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447
Sending Material Out for Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456
Reviewing Material. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456
Opening R&A Files in the Locators Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457
Displaying Information in the Locators Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458
Using Locator Colors with R&A Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459
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Chapter 10 Exchanging Files with Avid Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461
Compatibility Between Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
Transferring from Avid Xpress DV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
Transferring Media Files from Media Composer Version 7.2 or
Avid Xpress Version 2.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464
Transferring Projects and Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
Step 1: Transfer Project Files and Media Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
Transferring Project Information Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
Transferring Video Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
Transferring Audio Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468
Step 2: Open the Project and Relink or Redigitize . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468
Step 3: Import Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
Step 4: Re-create the Title Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
Redefining a Font Replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472
Turning Off Downstream Keys (DSK) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473
Step 5: Render Non-Real-Time Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474
Transferring Audio Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475
Exporting the Sequence Without Audio Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476
Exporting the Sequence with Embedded Audio Media. . . . . . . . . . 477
Transferring Sound Designer II Audio Files from Macintosh
Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
Options for File Transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
Transferring a Project Using Shared Storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479
Transferring Project Files and Media Files Using Nonshared
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479
Devices and Methods for Transferring Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482
Transferring Files Between Macintosh Systems . . . . . . . . . . . 482
Transferring Files Between Windows Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 484
Transferring Files Between Macintosh and Windows Systems 486
Nonshared Storage Issues for Cross-Platform Collaboration. . . . . 487
Using AvidLinks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488
Transferring Projects and Bins Using AFE Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490
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Appendix A File Format Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493
Graphics (Image) Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493
Preparing Graphics Files for Import . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496
Graphics File Import Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496
Screen Resolution for Imported Graphics and Sequences . . . . . . . . . 500
Animation Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503
Audio File Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507
OMFI Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508
Field Ordering in Graphic Imports and Exports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510
Appendix B Resolutions and Storage Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515
Compression and Avid Editing Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515
Screen Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516
Compression and Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517
Mixing Resolutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517
Avid Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517
DV Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518
MPEG Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519
Advantages to Mixing Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519
Resolution Groups and Image Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520
Video Streams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520
Compression Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520
Resolution Specifications: Interlaced. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521
Resolution Specifications: Progressive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522
Multicamera Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523
DV Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525
MPEG 50 Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526
Storage Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527
Estimating Drive Space Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527
Estimated Storage Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528
Estimated Storage Requirements: Interlaced . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529
Estimated Storage Requirements: Progressive. . . . . . . . . . . . 532
Estimated Storage Requirements: DV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536
Estimated Storage Requirements: MPEG 50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536
Maximizing Drive Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537
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Managing Storage to Improve Playback Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538
Appendix C Avid Log Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539
Understanding Avid Log Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539
Avid Log Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540
Global Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540
Column Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542
Data Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545
Sample Avid Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548
Appendix D Preserving Information in the Vertical Blanking Interval . . . 551
Line Ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551
Preserving Vertical Blanking Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552
Using a Partial Wipe Operation to Insert or Delete Vertical Blanking
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554
Potential Problems with Preserving Vertical Blanking Information . . . . 555
Preserving Vertical Blanking Information Can Affect Compressed
Video Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556
Effects Can Modify the Vertical Blanking Information. . . . . . . . . . . 557
Cross-Format Conflicts with Respect to Black Levels . . . . . . . . . . 557
Appendix E MPEG SDTI-CP Technical Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559
SDTI-CP and SMPTE Type D-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559
MPEG SDTI-CP Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560
Supported VTRs for MPEG SDTI-CP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563
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Figures
Figure 1 Workflow: Video Project with Video Source. . . . . . . . . . . .34
Figure 2 Workflow: Video Project with HD Source, SDTV
Downconversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Figure 3 Offline Workflow: 24-fps Film Source, SDTV Transfer . . .39
Figure 4 Online Workflow: 24-fps Film Source, SDTV Transfer,
Multiformat Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Figure 5 Offline Workflow: 24-fps Film or HDTV Source,
SDTV Downconversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Figure 6 Online Workflow: 24-fps Film or HDTV Source, SDTV
Downconversion, Multiformat Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Figure 7 Offline Workflow: 25-fps Film or HDTV Source,
SDTV Downconversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Figure 8 Online Workflow: 25-fps Film or HDTV Source, SDTV
Downconversion, Multiformat Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Figure 9 NTSC Audio and Video Synchronized During
Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Figure 10 NTSC Audio and Video Digitized Separately. . . . . . . . . . .49
Figure 11 PAL Audio and Video Synced During Transfer
(PAL Method 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Figure 12 PAL Audio and Video Digitized Separately
(PAL Method 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Figure 13 Offline Workflow: 23.976-fps Film Transfer or HDTV
Source, SDTV Downconversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Figure 14 Online Workflow: 23.976-fps Film Transfer or HDTV
Source, SDTV Downconversion, Multiformat Output . . .57
Figure 15 NTSC Audio and Video Digitized Separately
(23.976p Project) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Figure 16 Workflow: DV Project with Mixed Sources. . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Figure 17 Workflow: MPEG Project with Mixed Sources . . . . . . . . . .67
Figure 18 Film Dailies Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Figure 19 Video Dailies Method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
Figure 20 Workflow: Telecine Slave Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258
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Tables
Table 1 Film Shoot Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Table 2 Ratio of Film to Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Table 3 Ratio of Film to Video with FPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Table 4 Compatible Log Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Table 5 Drive Filtering Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Table 6 Digitize Settings: General Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Table 7 Digitize Settings: Media Files Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Table 8 Deck Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Table 9 Deck Preferences Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Table 10 Film Project Pulldown and Transfer Settings . . . . . . . . . 172
Table 11 Audio Project Settings Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Table 12 Audio Tool Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Table 13 Video Input Tool Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Table 14 Luminance Settings for Video Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Table 15 Function Keys Available When Digitizing . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Table 16 Locators Mapped to Function Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Table 17 J-K-L Functions for Deck Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Table 18 Digitize Settings: Batch Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Table 19 VTR Emulation Settings:
Telecine Emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Table 20 Telecine Slave Mode Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Table 21 Import Settings: Image Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Table 22 Import Settings: OMFI Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Table 23 Import Settings: Shot Log Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Table 24 Support for Photoshop Layer Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Table 25 Support for Photoshop Special Layer Types . . . . . . . . . 312
Table 26 Video Format Output Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Table 27 Luminance Settings for Video Output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Table 28 24p and 25p Project Output Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Table 29 Audio Play Rates for 24p and 25p Projects . . . . . . . . . . 357
Table 30 Audio Play Rates for 23.976p Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Table 31 VTR Emulation Settings:
Record and Play Emulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Table 32 Export Settings Dialog Box Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
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Avid Symphony Symphony 4.7 User guide

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Audio editing software
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User guide

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