Avid NewsCutter XP User's Guide

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Opening a Project in NewsCutter XP To open a project, do one of the following: t t t Click OK. Double-click the highlighted project name in the Projects scroll list. Double-click the highlighted user name in the Users scroll list. The Source/Record monitor and the bin open with the selected User settings loaded. The title bar of the Project window contains the project name and user name you selected in the Select User and Project dialog box. Project name User name Close button Project window 46
Closing a Project When you close the current project, you return to the Select User and Project dialog box. To close the current project, do one of the following: t t With the Project window active, choose Close from the File menu. Click the Close button in the Project window. Backing Up Your Project Information For information on using the Auto-save feature, see “Saving Bins Automatically” on page 69. Although NewsCutter XP automatically saves your bins, projects, and settings, you should back up these items frequently to avoid losing any of your work in case your hard drive fails. Because the storage requirements are minimal, you can back up these files easily to a variety of storage devices, including: • Floppy disk • Network storage device (such as a file server) • Mass storage device Saving Your Project Information on a Drive or Floppy Disk To save your work on a drive or floppy disk: 1. Mount the drive or insert a floppy disk as appropriate. 2. From the Windows desktop, double-click the My Computer icon. 3. Double-click the icon for the targeted storage drive or floppy disk to open it. Double-click any additional folders to target the appropriate storage location. 4. Double-click the internal hard drive to open it. 47
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
Page 29 and 30: Table 18-15 Default Folder and File
Page 31 and 32: Working with the Desktop For inform
Page 33 and 34: 4. Select the options you want: n T
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 and 44: To select a user in a folder: 1. Do
Page 45: 2. Type the name of your new projec
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
Page 57 and 58: You can also add folders to your pr
Page 59 and 60: The views for working with clips in
Page 61 and 62: • In Script view, the features of
Page 63 and 64: Creating a Folder in a Project To c
Page 65 and 66: To open a bin from the File menu: 1
Page 67 and 68: Trash icon Fast Menu button To view
Page 69 and 70: - Create a third set of gins for th
Page 71 and 72: The system saves all the selected b
Page 73 and 74: 12. Select the material you want to
Page 75 and 76: About Settings Three types of setti
Page 77 and 78: Table 3-1 describes the options lis
Page 79 and 80: General Settings General settings d
Page 81 and 82: General Interface Settings The foll
Page 83 and 84: Table 3-3 Interface Settings Option
Page 85 and 86: Table 3-4 Interface Settings Option
Page 87 and 88: Table 3-5 Customizable Interface Co
Page 89 and 90: Color selection grid 5. Move the mo
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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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n For more information about the fi
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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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n To view a complete list of the bi
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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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To mark the area between two locato
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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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Deleting Tracks To delete a track:
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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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Table 14-1 Key Key Functions in Sli
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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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To gang and adjust multiple tracks:
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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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• Audio Loop Play button: Allows
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within the marks, either in part or
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t t t Values are cumulative until y
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Before Set EQ In/Out After Set EQ I
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Removing Audio EQ Effects To remove
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Use the EQ Range slider to move the
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The following illustration shows th
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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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4. (Option) Change the preview sour
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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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Using Sync Lock The sync lock featu
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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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To open a Review & Approval file by
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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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7. Type a name in the Setting Name
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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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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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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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Understanding the NRCS Tool The fol
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Using the Directory Panel In the Di
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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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To calculate the read time of a sto
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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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Adjusting the Story Timing with a T
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Time Pad cue n You must be in Edit
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A Time Pad cue appears in the story
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n Do not use the NRCS tool mail as
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To disconnect from the iNEWS server
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Plug-in Selection pop-up menu Drive
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Additional Supported Plug-Ins The f
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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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Gain Gain allows you to boost or lo
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Master Clip Mode Parallel Processin
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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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Table B-3 QuickTime File Import and
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OMFI Files OMF Interchange (OMFI) w
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f 1 f 2 Dashed lines = field 1 Soli
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If the spatial positions of the two
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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-3 TAPE [Tab] Avid Log Glob
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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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Message-of-the-Day options 672 open
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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
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