- Page 1 and 2: Avid ® NewsCutter ® XP User’s G
- Page 3 and 4: Contents Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Deskto
- Page 5 and 6: Retrieving Bin Files from the Attic
- Page 7 and 8: Double-Checking the Logs . . . . .
- Page 9 and 10: Chapter 7 Recording Before You Begi
- Page 11 and 12: Copying Clips and Sequences . . . .
- Page 13 and 14: Workgroup Support . . . . . . . . .
- Page 15 and 16: Using Match Frame. . . . . . . . .
- Page 17 and 18: About Nesting . . . . . . . . . . .
- Page 19 and 20: Using Audio Gain Automation . . . .
- Page 21 and 22: Syncing with Locators . . . . . . .
- Page 23 and 24: Installing an Avid Codec on Other S
- Page 25 and 26: Digidesign D-Fi . . . . . . . . . .
- Page 27 and 28: Tables Table 3-1 Bin Settings Optio
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- Page 31 and 32: Working with the Desktop For inform
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- Page 35 and 36: 4. Under Desktop Area, drag the sli
- Page 37 and 38: Changing Project and User Names You
- Page 39 and 40: Accepting Your NewsCutter XP Licens
- Page 41 and 42: Opening a Project Each time you sta
- Page 43: To select a user in a folder: 1. Do
- Page 47 and 48: Closing a Project When you close th
- Page 49 and 50: Quitting the NewsCutter XP Applicat
- Page 51 and 52: Turning Off Your Equipment c Quit N
- Page 53 and 54: Connecting to the Avid Production N
- Page 55 and 56: CHAPTER 3 Working with the Project
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- Page 59 and 60: The views for working with clips in
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- Page 65 and 66: To open a bin from the File menu: 1
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- Page 75 and 76: About Settings Three types of setti
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5. Choose a style. 6. Do one of the
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Table 3-6 Option All Settings Base
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Table 3-7 Settings Scroll List Sett
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Table 3-7 Settings Scroll List (Con
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Working with Multiple Settings You
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Selecting Among Multiple Settings W
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Using Site Settings When the system
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About the Memory Window The Memory
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While in a workspace, you can move
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8. Select or deselect the following
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2. Click to the left of the workspa
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CHAPTER 4 Using Basic Tools The Too
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Timecode indicator Logging controls
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You can use the Command palette to:
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4. Click the tab from which you wan
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4. Click a target button in the Key
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2. Choose a format from the Format
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items. You can also use the Console
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CHAPTER 5 Logging When you log with
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Logging Timecode Within an NTSC pro
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Go to Memory button Clear Memory bu
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To import shot log files into a bin
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7. Use the Up One Level button to l
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• If the file does not contain th
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8. Choose Clean from the Options me
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13. Click Yes. The converted file i
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A message box appears, indicating t
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Record/Log Mode button Mark IN butt
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After you set the mark, the icon in
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Record/Log Mode button Mark IN butt
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Using the Modify Command To modify
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Table 5-1 Options for Modifying Bin
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10. (Option) Change the file name,
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cables, connectors, and processing
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c For more information about Genera
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Table 6-1 Record Settings (General
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Table 6-2 Record Settings (Batch Ta
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Table 6-3 describes the options ava
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Table 6-4 Record Settings (Media Fi
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Configuring Decks Deck Configuratio
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6. Click OK to close the Channel di
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The system checks the deck configur
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Table 6-5 Deck Settings Options (Co
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Table 6-6 explains the Deck Prefere
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Opening the Record Tool To open the
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n These options vary depending on y
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n If you are not seeing the source
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t t Activate a previously created b
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To target separate drives for audio
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2. Double-click Record. The Record
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Recording Across Timecode Breaks Fo
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• Audio media files written when
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Table 6-7 Adjustable Audio Project
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To open the Audio tool, do one of t
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Resizing the Audio Tool To resize t
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n Line levels record very loud when
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Reset Peak button 2. Click the Rese
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of storage locations so you store y
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This sets your chosen video and aud
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CHAPTER 7 Recording When you record
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Adding Clip Names and Comments On-t
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Recording from One Point to Another
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that you type does not appear on th
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To record on-the-fly: 1. Click the
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Autorecording Autorecording can sav
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7. Deselect Fast Cue, and set the p
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New Tape Name button List of tapes
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To record with time-of-day timecode
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Recording to the Timeline You can r
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For example, if you want to record
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Batch Recording Clips To batch reco
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n To t t t Click “Skip this clip
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Saving Two Versions of a Sequence W
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Controlling Decks from the Keyboard
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Returning to the Previous Place in
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• For graphics file and OMFI (Ope
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3. Select the appropriate options a
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Table 8-1 Import Settings Options (
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Table 8-1 Import Settings Options (
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Table 8-2 describes the options ava
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Table 8-3 describes the options ava
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n For a complete description of all
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Using Open Media Management (OMM) n
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3. In the Preferred Asset Manager t
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Reimporting Files c If you are work
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that were not found. See “Startin
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If you select more than one clip di
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• If you want to center the pan b
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The bin displays objects according
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Script View In Script view, the sys
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There are several ways to customize
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Moving Clips and Sequences You can
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4. (Option) Delete the associated m
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The color appears in the Color colu
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Sifting Clips and Sequences When yo
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Selecting Media Relatives for an Ob
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Text View button Arranging Bin Colu
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Showing and Hiding Columns You can
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3. The dialog box contains column n
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Changing a Custom Column Heading Yo
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To modify the clip data directly: 1
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6. Click OK. The modification takes
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To perform a multilevel sort: t Rea
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The bin color changes, based on you
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Arranging Frames in a Bin To realig
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This text does not appear in sequen
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Preparing Digital Bars and Tone You
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Creating Leader You can use digital
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CHAPTER 10 Managing Media Files Whe
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delete, and manipulate files, you h
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Precompute clip Media file Master C
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6. Select the media files that you
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Consolidating a Master Clip Origina
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Using the Consolidate Command c Do
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Bins also contain references to som
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Related media file If more than one
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n To t t t Select “Relink offline
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n Because subclips and sequences do
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About TransferManager When editing
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Changing the Pop-up Monitor Size Yo
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Tracking Information menu Tracking
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Displaying Clip Information The Inf
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Close button Timecode pop-up menu T
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Setting the Font and Point Size for
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To load a sequence into the Source/
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Clearing Sequences from Monitors To
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n If you try to play a sequence and
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Step Backward Step Forward To step
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t Press the L key to move forward t
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c To use a Client monitor, you must
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important play and review session.
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5. Mark an OUT point by doing one o
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Mark Clip button n To n If ignore t
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n If a subset of the buttons appear
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Creating Subclips When you mark foo
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Ways to Use Locators Locators have
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3. Cue to the frame and click the A
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2. Do one of the following: t t Cho
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Printing the Locators Window To pri
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Using Frame Offset Timecode to Cue
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3. Make sure you select the correct
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• Setting Up Tracks for the New S
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To rename the new sequence: n If t
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Changing the Start Timecode for Seq
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3. Click the Fast Menu button. The
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Screen display of the first edit in
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Monitoring Audio While Editing You
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New Clip Material to be overwritten
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Extracting Material The Extract fun
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• Copy graphic elements for repea
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To start a playback loop: 1. Mark I
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CHAPTER 13 Using the Timeline NewsC
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Table 13-1 describes the Timeline S
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Table 13-2 Timeline Settings Option
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Table 13-3 Timeline Fast Menu Optio
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2. Choose Save As from the pop-up m
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The Timeline scroll bar functions l
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page 417 and “Selecting One or Mo
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Black holes are segments of the seq
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Performing Segment Mode Edits There
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creating new edits. It also lifts t
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sequence, while maintaining the sam
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5. Click the Edit tab. 6. Select Ac
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n For more information on nesting t
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Monitoring Video The Video Track Mo
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Monitoring a Solo Track You can mon
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You can perform only one patch per
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Deleting Tracks To delete one or mo
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If you made other edits since you p
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CHAPTER 14 Working in Trim Mode Bas
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4. Click the Trim Mode button. By d
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Selecting Additional Transitions Se
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one or both trim sides, and the mon
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c n You You can also select two or
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Adding Black While Trimming You can
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To trim with sync-locked tracks: 1.
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CHAPTER 15 Working with Audio You e
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Accessing Audio Effect Tools You ca
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audio to help you accurately mark e
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Performing Smooth Audio Scrub You p
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Digital scrub example This entire s
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When you have found the correct fra
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Waveform sample plot n Press Ctrl+p
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• Adjust the volume, pan, or both
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n The n The t t To adjust levels fr
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Values are cumulative until you pre
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emap a track to any channel by clic
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Limitations on Adjusting Volume If
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For example, assume that you have c
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The following illustration shows th
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n To snap to the decibel lines, pre
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clip that contains a rendered audio
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The options in the Fast menu appear
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the corresponding keyframes and sav
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To use the Fast Forward and Rewind
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within the marks, either in part or
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Before Set EQ In/Out After Set EQ I
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Use the EQ Range slider to move the
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n The NewsCutter XP system does not
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When you purchase additional plug-i
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3. Choose a plug-in from the Plug-i
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AudioSuite Plug-in Fast Menu The Fa
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Activate Current Plug-in button Tra
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system automatically disables track
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n The NewsCutter XP system does not
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Creating the Voice-Over To capture
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Voice-over adding a new track Voice
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B-roll footage Interview footage Yo
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Fine-Tuning Audio Transitions When
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4. Choose Dissolve from the Add pop
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To apply a dip in audio: 1. Play ba
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7. Click OK. The audio is mixed dow
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CHAPTER 16 Syncing Methods NewsCutt
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3. Select an option, based on the f
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• In Trim mode, you can sync lock
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Move the black segment by using Ext
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Using Add Edit When Trimming When y
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• Calibrate and adjust audio outp
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3. Choose from the Sample Rate menu
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c You should leave this output leve
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Preparing Record Tapes The two basi
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Assemble-edit option 3. Select “A
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• Cueing a record deck from the D
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3. Select the options that you want
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6. Select Remote in the deck contro
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Using EDL Manager EDL Manager is a
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• Using OMM to Export Clips • C
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preserve the multiple-track informa
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c Before using the review comments
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n Make sure the Record Track Monito
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2. Select a clip or sequence in one
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sure Use Enabled Tracks is selected
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When NewsCutter XP exports to Media
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ProEncode creates a QuickTime refer
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n You can also access AvidLinks by
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4. Choose one of the following opti
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To export in DV Stream format: 1. S
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Table 18-2 Export Settings Dialog B
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Exporting a Clip with OMM and the D
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c with OMFI, you can transfer among
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8. (Option) Change the file name. I
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Exporting AAF Compositions Only New
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The file is exported and appears at
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9. Click Save. The file is exported
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n For more information, see “Prep
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10. Click Save. c The file is expor
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Table 18-6 Export Settings Dialog B
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QuickTime Movie (Same as Source) Qu
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Table 18-7 QuickTime Movie Export O
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To access the QuickTime codecs: 1.
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Apple ® Photo-JPEG Avid ABVB NuVis
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Table 18-8 Format Options Suboption
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Exporting as an AVI File To export
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8. Select the compressor you want,
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c c The file is exported and appear
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Table 18-9 AVI Settings Options (Co
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Table 18-10 AVI Video Compression D
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7. Click Settings in the Video pane
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t To export the entire clip or sequ
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15. Select the destination folder f
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3. When you get to the step where t
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9. Click Save to save the current s
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Graphic Format pop-up menu Format O
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Table 18-12 Export Settings Dialog
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Table 18-13 Graphic Format Settings
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n For t To export the entire clip o
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n Use Enabled Tracks is selected by
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Table 18-14 Transfer Device Devices
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5. With the system at the new locat
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Transferring Media to and from a Vi
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The dialog box closes and returns y
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CHAPTER 19 Using the NRCS Tool The
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n The NRCS Settings dialog box also
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c Contact your system administrator
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3. Choose Make Shortcut. The NRCS t
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Editing Story Text You can perform
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t Right-click the text, and choose
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Deleting a Production Cue If you wa
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n If you select a story from the Di
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Story panel Mark IN/OUT button Read
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Time Pad cue n You must be in Edit
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n Do not use the NRCS tool mail as
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Digidesign D-fx The set of D-fx pl
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Threshold Sets the threshold level.
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Crossfade The Crossfade slider allo
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Edit the Pitch Shift parameters by
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Reference Pitch The Reference Pitch
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Bypass Bypasses the EQ. The 4-Band
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Compressor Parameters The Compresso
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to see how the shape of this curve
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Release Allows you to control how l
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allows more of the gated audio that
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Hold Allows you to specify a durati
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Wet/Dry Allows you to control the b
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Graphics (Image) Files NewsCutter X
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• XWindows: Developed by the MIT
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Table B-1 Graphics File Import Spec
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Table B-1 Graphics File Import Spec
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Animation Files NewsCutter XP suppo
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OMFI Files OMF Interchange (OMFI) w
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APPENDIX C Avid Log Specifications
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The following is a sample heading f
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Table C-4 Avid Log Column Headings
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Table C-5 Avid Log Data Headings (C
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Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O
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Audio Mixdown command (Special menu
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Bin views customizing 276 types of
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Command palette activating commands
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Edits adding (match-framing) 437 ba
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Frequencies (audio), adjusting 495
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printing 377 sorting locators 375 u
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QuickTime movies export options 618
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loading in Source/Record monitor 34
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Targa file format additional Export
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Video compression defined 208 Video