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Avid
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Media Composer
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and
Film Composer
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Input and Output Guide
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Avid Media Composer and Film Composer Input and Output Guide •
Part 0130-05020-01 Rev. A • April 2002
Contents
Using This Guide
Who Should Use This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Symbols and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
If You Need Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Related Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
If You Have Documentation Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
How to Order Documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Chapter 1 Planning a Project
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 . . . . . . 37
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 . . . 47
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 DV Project (Windows Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Understanding DV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
DV Workflows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Starting a DV Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Editing in DV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Film Project Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Film Shoot Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Viewing Dailies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Film Dailies Method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Video Dailies Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Chapter 2 Film-to-Tape Transfer Methods
Understanding the Transfer Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Transferring 24-fps Film to NTSC Video. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Stage 1: Transferring Film to Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Frames Versus Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Part 1: Using a 2:3 Pulldown to Translate 24-fps Film
to 30-fps Video. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Part 2: Slowing the Film Speed to 23.976 fps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Maintaining Synchronized Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Stage 2: Digitizing at 24 fps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Transferring 24-fps Film to PAL Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
PAL Method 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
PAL Method 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
How the Avid System Stores and Displays 24p and 25p Media . . . . 73
Displaying Media While Editing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Displaying Media During a Digital Cut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Film-to-Tape Transfer Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
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Film-to-Tape Transfer Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Transfer Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Additional Film Transfer Aids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Chapter 3 Logging
Preparing Log Files for Import . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Using Avid Log Exchange to Convert Log Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Converting Log Files with Avid Log Exchange (Windows). 81
Using Drag-and-Drop Conversion for Log Files
(Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Converting Logs with Avid Log Exchange (Macintosh). . . . 86
Using Drag-and-Drop Conversion for Log Files
(Macintosh) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Creating Avid Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Transferring Bins from MediaLog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Transferring Bins (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Transferring Bins (Macintosh). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Associating the Bin with Your Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Double-Checking the Log Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Importing Shot Log Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Setting the Pulldown Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Logging Directly into a Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Tips for Logging Preroll, Logging Timecode, and
Naming Tapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Logging with an Avid-Controlled Deck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Pausing the Deck While Logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Using a Memory Mark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Logging with Non-Avid-Controlled Decks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Logging Film Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Displaying Film Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Entering Pulldown Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Determining the Pulldown Phase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Modifying the Pulldown Phase Before Digitizing . . . . . . . . 116
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Entering Frames-per-Second Rates for PAL Transfers . . . . . . . 118
Entering Key Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Entering Additional Timecodes (Option) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Entering the Ink Number (Option) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Entering Additional Film Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Modifying Clip Information Before Digitizing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Exporting Shot Log Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Chapter 4 Preparing to Digitize
Preparing the Hardware for Digitizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Selecting Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Media Creation Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Setting Drive Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Choosing a Video Resolution and Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Digitize Settings Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Digitize Settings: General Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Selecting the Preroll Method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Digitizing Across Timecode Breaks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Digitize Settings: Media Files Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Digitizing to Multiple Media Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
General Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Transfer Settings for Film Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Configuring Decks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Deck Settings Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Deleting Deck Configuration Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Setting Deck Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Understanding Drop-Frame Timecode and Non-Drop-Frame
Timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Entering Capture Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Setting Up the Digitize Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Selecting a Deck in the Digitize Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Selecting a Source Tape. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Selecting Source Tracks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
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Setting the Video and Audio Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Setting the Pulldown Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Film Project Pulldown and Transfer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Choosing a Resolution in the Digitize Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Choosing Color or Monochrome in the Digitize Tool. . . . . . . . . 165
Choosing a Target Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Selecting the Target Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Targeting a Single Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Targeting Separate Drives for Audio and Video . . . . . . . . . 167
Targeting a Drive Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Interpreting the Time-Remaining Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Selecting a Custom Preroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Preparing for Audio Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Establishing Sync for Audio-Only Input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Checking for a Valid Digital Sync Signal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Adjusting Audio Project Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Saving the Audio Project Settings as Site Settings . . . . . . . . 177
Choosing the Audio File Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Using the Audio Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Resizing the Audio Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Adjusting the Reference Level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Choosing a Peak Hold Option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Adjusting Audio Input Levels for
Eight-Channel Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Adjusting Audio Input on Two-Channel Audio Systems. . 186
Creating Tone Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Calibrating the Eight-Channel Audio I/O Device . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Changing the Audio Hardware Calibration Setting . . . . . . 192
Calibrating Input Channels for the Audio I/O Device . . . . 193
Calibrating Output Channels for the Audio I/O Device . . 195
Using the Console Window to Check Audio Levels. . . . . . . . . . 196
Preparing for Video Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Using the Factory Preset Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
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Calibrating Video Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Saving Video Input Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Saving a Custom Default Setting for the Video Input Tool. . . . 208
Adjusting Video Levels for Tapes Without Color Bars . . . . . . . 208
Digitizing Preparations Check List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Chapter 5 Digitizing
Before You Begin Digitizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Special Digitizing Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Logging Errors to the Console Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Creating Subclips On-the-Fly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Adding Locators On-the-Fly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Adding Clip Names and Comments On-the-Fly . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Controlling Decks from the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Mapping the Record Button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Digitizing and Logging at the Same Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Digitizing from a Mark IN to a Mark OUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Setting Both Marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Setting Only One Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Digitizing On-the-Fly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Autodigitizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Digitizing from a Non-Avid-Controlled Deck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Digitizing with Time-of-Day Timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Digitizing with External Timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Digitizing to the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Patching When Digitizing to the Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Digitizing Video Without Pulldown into a 24p NTSC Project. . . . . 235
Batch Digitizing from Logged Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Preparing to Batch Digitize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Resizing the Digitize Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Preparing Settings for Unattended Batch Digitizing. . . . . . 237
Digitize Settings: Batch Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Batch Digitizing Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
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Redigitizing Your Material. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Redigitizing Master Clips and Subclips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Redigitizing Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Saving Two Versions of a Sequence When Redigitizing. . . 245
Using Decompose When Redigitizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Redigitizing the Sequence Without Using Decompose . . . . 247
Relinking Clips by Key Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Modifying the Pulldown Phase After Digitizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Digitizing During the Film-to-Tape Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Preparing to Digitize in Telecine Slave Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Selecting the VTR Emulation Serial Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Selecting VTR Emulation Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Automatically Deleting Short Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Setting the Default Tape Timecode Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Digitize Tool Controls for Telecine Slave Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Selecting Telecine Slave Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Choosing a Source Tape Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Digitizing and Logging in Telecine Slave Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Formatting and Setting the Virtual Tape Timecode
(Telecine Slave Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Chapter 6 Multicamera Planning and Digitizing
Developing a Postproduction Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Tape Numbering Schemes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Tape Numbering for Video Productions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Tape Numbering for Film Productions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Production Paths. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Production Paths for Video Productions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Production Paths for Film Productions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Managing Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Audio for Videotape Productions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Audio for Film Productions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Digitizing Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
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Digitizing Methods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Logging Tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Autodigitizing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Storage Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Checking the Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Replacing Missing Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Deleting Extra Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Checking Audio and Image Quality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Chapter 7 Importing Files
Preparing to Import Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Working with Mixed-Resolution Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Creating and Using Import Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Creating a New Import Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Modifying an Existing Import Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Import Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Importing Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Using the Drag-and-Drop Method to Import Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Importing Photoshop Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Importing Single-Layer Photoshop Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Importing Multilayered Photoshop Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Understanding Multilayered Graphics Import . . . . . . . . . . 304
Importing Multilayered Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Importing Editcam Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Reimporting Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Batch Import Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Starting the Reimport Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Chapter 8 Generating Output
Preparing for Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Establishing Sync for Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Calibrating for Video Output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Using the Factory Preset Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
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Basic Video Output Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Advanced Video Output Calibration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Preparing for Audio Output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Setting the Calibration Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Calibrating Global Output Levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Adjusting Output on Eight-Channel Audio Systems . . . . . 333
Adjusting Output on Two-Channel Audio Systems . . . . . . 336
Preparing Record Tapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Frame-Accurate Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Manual Recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Recording Bars and Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Enabling Assemble-Edit Recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Using the Digital Cut Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Selecting a Deck in the Digital Cut Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Previewing a Digital Cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Creating a Custom Countdown Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Recording a Digital Cut to Tape (Remote Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Recording a Digital Cut to Tape (Local Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Choosing Output and Timecode Formats for 24p
and 25p Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Choosing Output Formats for 24p and 25p Projects . . . . . . 356
Choosing the Timecode Format for Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Indicating the Destination Timecode Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Choosing DSK Title Formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Performing an Insert Edit with Pulldown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Digital Cuts and Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Changing the Default Pulldown Phase for Sequences . . . . . . . . 367
Using EDL Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Using the Matchback Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
How Matchback Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Matchback Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Using FilmScribe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Using VTR Emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
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Enabling VTR Emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Using VTR Play Emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Using Direct Record Emulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Chapter 9 Exporting and Exchanging Material
Understanding Export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Preparing to Export a Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Exporting Frames, Clips, or Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Using the Drag-and-Drop Method to Export Frames, Clips, or
Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Using AvidLinks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
Customizing Export Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
Creating a New Export Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
Export Settings Dialog Box Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Exporting OMFI and AAF Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Exporting Through OMF Interchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Exporting Through AAF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
Choosing an OMFI or an AAF Transfer Method . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
Exporting as an OMFI or an AAF File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
OMFI and AAF Export Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
Exporting as an MPEG File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
Using cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
Creating Files for a DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
Exporting Video in DV Stream Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
Exporting as a QuickTime Movie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
Exporting QuickTime Reference Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
QuickTime Reference Export Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
Exporting as a QuickTime Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
QuickTime Movie Export Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
Selecting QuickTime Movie Format Options. . . . . . . . . . . . 422
Using Avid Codecs for QuickTime. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
Exporting with an Avid Meridien Codec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
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Exporting with the Avid ABVB NuVista Codec
for QuickTime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
Exporting as an AVI File (Windows Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
AVI Settings Options (Windows Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
AVI Video Compression Dialog Box Options (
Windows Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440
Using the Avid Codec for AVI (Windows Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
Installing the Avid Codecs for QuickTime or AVI on
Other Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
Copying the Avid Codecs for QuickTime to Another Windows
System (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
Copying the Avid Codecs for QuickTime to Another
Macintosh System (Macintosh). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
Installing the Avid Codec for AVI on Another
Windows System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446
Downloading Avid Codecs for QuickTime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447
Exporting from a Third-Party QuickTime or AVI Application . . . . 448
Exporting Tracks as Audio Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448
Exporting as a Graphic File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
Transferring a Project Between Avid Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460
Methods for Transferring Files Between Avid Systems . . . . . . . 460
Compatibility Requirements for Transfer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461
Transferring a Project and Associated Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . 462
Transferring Projects, User Profiles, and Site Settings . . . . . . . . 463
Transferring Media to and from a Video Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
Setting Up a Video Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
Configuring the Video Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
Configuring the Video Server as a Deck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
Transferring from the Avid System to the Video Server . . . . . . 467
Transferring from the Video Server to the Avid System . . . . . . 469
Sending Material Out for Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
Reviewing Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
Opening R&A Files in the Locators Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471
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Displaying Information in the Locators Window. . . . . . . . . . . . 472
Using Locator Colors with R&A Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473
Appendix A File Format Specifications
Graphics (Image) Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475
Preparing Graphics Files for Import. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
Graphics File Import Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
Screen Resolution for Imported Graphics and Sequences . . . . . . . . 482
Animation Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485
Audio File Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490
OMFI Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490
Field Ordering in Graphic Imports and Exports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492
Appendix B Resolutions and Storage Requirements
Compression and Avid Editing Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498
Screen Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499
Compression and Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499
Mixing Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500
Resolution Groups and Image Quality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502
Video Streams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503
Compression Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503
MultiCamera Resolutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506
DV Resolutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507
Storage Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508
Estimating Drive Space Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509
Estimated Storage Requirements: DV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517
Maximizing Drive Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518
Managing Storage to Improve Playback Performance . . . . . . . . . . . 518
Appendix C Avid Log Specifications
Understanding Avid Log Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520
Describing an Avid Log File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521
Global Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521
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Column Headings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523
Data Headings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526
Sample Avid Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529
Appendix D Preserving Information in the Vertical Blanking Interval
Line Ranges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531
Preserving Vertical Blanking Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532
Using a Partial Wipe Operation to Insert or Delete Vertical Blanking
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534
Potential Problems with Preserving Vertical Blanking Information 535
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Figures
Figure 1-1 Workflow: Video Project with Video Source. . . . . . . . .34
Figure 1-2 Workflow: Video Project with HD Source, SDTV
Downconversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Figure 1-3 Offline Workflow: 24-fps Film Source, SDTV Transfer39
Figure 1-4 Online Workflow: 24-fps Film Source, SDTV Transfer,
Multiformat Output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Figure 1-5 Offline Workflow: 24-fps Film or HDTV Source,
SDTV Downconversion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Figure 1-6 Online Workflow: 24-fps Film or HDTV Source, SDTV
Downconversion, Multiformat Output. . . . . . . . . . . .43
Figure 1-7 Offline Workflow: 25-fps Film or HDTV Source,
SDTV Downconversion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Figure 1-8 Online Workflow: 25-fps Film or HDTV Source, SDTV
Downconversion, Multiformat Output. . . . . . . . . . . .46
Figure 1-9 NTSC Audio and Video Synchronized During
Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Figure 1-10 NTSC Audio and Video Digitized Separately. . . . . . . .49
Figure 1-11 PAL Audio and Video Synced During Transfer
(PAL Method 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Figure 1-12 PAL Audio and Video Digitized Separately
(PAL Method 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Figure 1-13 Workflow: DV Project with Mixed Sources. . . . . . . . . .56
Figure 1-14 Film Dailies Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Figure 1-15 Video Dailies Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
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Tables
Table 1-1 Film Shoot Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Table 2-1 Ratio of Film to Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Table 2-2 Ratio of Film to Video with FPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Table 4-1 Drive Filtering Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Table 4-2 Digitize Settings: General Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Table 4-3 Digitize Settings: Media Files Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Table 4-4 Deck Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Table 4-5 Deck Preferences Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Table 4-6 Film Project Pulldown and Transfer Settings. . . . . . . 164
Table 4-7 Audio Project Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Table 4-8 Audio Tool Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Table 4-9 Video Input Tool Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Table 4-10 Luminance Settings for Video Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Table 5-1 Function Keys Available When Digitizing . . . . . . . . . 213
Table 5-2 Locators Mapped to Function Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Table 5-3 Digitize Settings: Batch Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Table 5-4 VTR Emulation Settings: Telecine Emulation . . . . . . 260
Table 5-5 Telecine Slave Mode Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Table 7-1 Import Settings Options — Image Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Table 7-2 Import Setting Options — OMFI Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Table 7-3 Import Setting Options — Shot Log Tab. . . . . . . . . . . 296
Table 7-4 Support for Photoshop Layer Options . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Table 7-5 Support for Photoshop Special Layer Types . . . . . . . 307
Table 8-1 Video Format Output Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Table 8-2 Luminance Settings for Video Output . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
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Table 8-3 24p and 25p Project Output Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . .357
Table 8-4 Audio Play Rates for 24p and 25p Projects . . . . . . . . .359
Table 8-5 VTR Emulation Settings: Record and
Play Emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .373
Table 9-1 Available Avid Applications for AvidLinks Export. .389
Table 9-2 Export Settings Dialog Box Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .392
Table 9-3 Export Settings Dialog Box
OMFI and AAF Settings Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .397
Table 9-4 Export Settings Dialog Box (DV Stream Options) . . .409
Table 9-5 Choosing a QuickTime Export Option . . . . . . . . . . . . .411
Table 9-6 Export Settings Dialog Box
QuickTime Reference Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .414
Table 9-7 Export Settings Dialog Box
QuickTime Movie Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .419
Table 9-8 QuickTime Movie Format Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .423
Table 9-9 Export Settings Dialog Box
AVI Settings Options (Windows Only) . . . . . . . . . .437
Table 9-10 AVI Video Compression
Dialog Box Options (Windows Only) . . . . . . . . . . . .440
Table 9-11 Export Settings Dialog BoxAudio Settings Options . .450
Table 9-12 Export Settings Dialog Box
Graphic Format Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .453
Table 9-13 Export Settings Dialog Box
Graphic Export Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .458
Table 9-14 Devices for Transferring Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .461
Table 9-15 Default Folder and File Locations (Windows) . . . . . .464
Table 9-16 Default Folder and File Locations (Macintosh). . . . . .464
Table A-1 Graphics File Import Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .479
Table A-2 Graphic Import Frame Sizes: Interlaced. . . . . . . . . . . .483
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