Avid Media Media Composer 11.0 User guide

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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

Index

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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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