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Chapter 2 Customizing EDLs
EDL Manager Option Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Changing Settings in the EDL Manager Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Changing the Title of an EDL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Defining Video Tracks and Audio Channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Including or Excluding Specific Tracks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Redefining a Track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Combining or Isolating Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Creating Stereo Channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Choosing a Format for the Audio Channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Displaying Different Views of an EDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Selecting a Template for the EDL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
File Names in the Template Pop-up Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Opening a Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Adjusting the Source and Output Timecodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Updating an EDL with EDL Manager Window Changes . . . . . 35
Changing Settings in the Options Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Selecting an Edit Controller Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Sorting the Order of Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Setting Up a Master List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Setting Up a Dupe List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Using the Preread Option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Showing or Hiding Comments and Other Information . . . . . . 45
The Effects Info Comment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
The Repair Notes Comment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Optimizing the EDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Optimization Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Setting Up Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Setting the Record Start Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Saving Options to a Template File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Changing Serial Transfer Options in the
Site Settings Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52