What s New for Avid Media Composer v5.0

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1 What s New for Avid Media Composer v5.0 The followig lists what s ew for the curret editor release. Feature Descriptio For More Ifo Mixig Frame Sizes ad Aspect Ratios You ca ow mix frame sizes ad aspect ratios i the same sequece. The reformattig capabilities that let you mix frame sizes ad aspect ratios i a sequece are also ot geerally appropriate for use with stereoscopic material. The image scalig ad resizig that occurs affects the separatio betwee objects i the left ad right images. See Mixig Frame Sizes ad Aspect Ratios o page 4. Trascodig Mixed Rate Material You ca trascode clips of ay edit rate. See Trascodig Mixed Frame Rate Material o page 9. Timelie Direct Maipulatio Film Based Metadata ehacemets Alterate Source Capture Selectig Items i a Bi You ca ow edit sequeces without havig to eter specific edit modes. Chages were made to improve your workflow i may areas of the applicatio, icludig support of file based media, eterig your ow custom key umbers, chages to FilmScribe, AutoSyc, Relik, ad EDL. You ca eter a differet timecode ad tape ame whe you batch capture. The way i which you select ad sort items i a bi has chaged. It ow follows a stadard operatig system selectio process. See Workig with the Timelie Palette o page 13. See File Based Metadata Ehacemets o page 37. See Alterate Source Capture o page 39. See Selectig Clips ad Sequeces o page 42 ad Sortig Clips ad Sequeces o page 42.

2 Feature Descriptio For More Ifo Promotig Effects Displayig Clip Iformatio AVCHD Import Basebad Capture of XDCAM HD Audio Mixdow Chages Acillary Data Track Reder otificatio AMA Plug-is update Multichael Audio You might eed to update some effects if you are workig with sequeces that cotai effects created i a earlier versio of the editig applicatio. Displayig clip iformatio i the Ifo widow has bee simplified. This release icludes support for importig AVCHD (Advaced Video Codec High Defiitio) material. You ca ow capture to the DVCPro HD ad XDCAM HD 50 video resolutios over HD-SDI or HD compoet coectios. Due to support of Multichael audio, the procedure for mixig dow audio tracks has bee updated. With a Avid Nitris DX or a Avid Mojo DX you ca preserve acillary data with a Data track You ca cofigure your Avid editig applicatio to sed a otificatio whe a reder operatio completes. This lets you leave your applicatio uatteded whe a log reder operatio is takig place, yet still kow whe the reder completes. The followig AMA plug-is have bee developed ad are available to dowload from the website: QuickTime, RED, MXF, Cao MXF, ad AMA Proxy. For up-to-date iformatio about each of the AMA plug-is, go to Your Avid editig applicatio allows you to edit up to 24 tracks of video ad 24 tracks of audio, icludig multichael audio tracks. See Updatig ad Revertig Existig Effects i Sequeces o page 43 See Usig the Ifo Widow o page 46 See AVCHD Import o page 47. See Basebad Capture to DVCPro HD ad XDCAM HD o page 48. See Mixig Dow Audio Tracks o page 48 See Preservig HD Closed Captioig ad Acillary Data o page 50 See Settigs o page 61. For iformatio about these plug-is ad the AMA process, see File Based Media - AMA o page 63. See Multichael Audio o page 115 2

3 Feature Descriptio For More Ifo SubCap Effect updates Reverse Match Frame chage The SubCap effect has ew parameters that let you: Tur the display of the subtitle o or off. Cotrol the thickess of text characters ad their outlies more precisely. Cotrol the horizotal locatio of the achor with respect to the backgroud box. Whe you perform a Reverse Match Frame, the system searches all selected tracks i the Record moitor for the frame o all selected tracks i the Source moitor. Previously, it oly searched the topmost selected track. For more iformatio, see the SubCap Effect Parameters topic i the Help. For more iformatio, see Performig a Reverse Match Frame topic i the Help. Support for Matrox MX02 Mii The Avid Media Composer ad Avid NewsCutter editig applicatios have bee qualified for use with the Matrox MX02 Mii device for moitorig video ad audio output. See Settig Up the Matrox MX02 Mii o page 152. User Iterface update The user iterface has bee updated to allow you to customize butto color ad the brightess of the user iterface. See Customizig the Avid User Iterface o page 153 Audio chages A ew Track Cotrol Pael has bee icluded with this release, alog with support for up to five Real-Time Audio Suite plug-i (RTAS) iserts o each audio track. See New Audio Features o page 156 RGB Dual Lik Support Quick Trasistio dialog ehacemets Timelie Settigs chages The Avid Media Composer ad Avid Symphoy editig applicatios with Nitris DX support RGB HD dual lik. You ca ow choose your tracks withi the Quick Trasitio Dialog box. A umber of improvemets have bee added to the Timelie Settigs optios. See Dual Lik HD RGB Support o page 170. See The Quick Trasitio Dialog Box i the Help. See Timelie Settigs Chages o page 171. Ehaced Effects A umber of effects are ow realtime effects. See Ehaced Effects o page

4 Feature Descriptio For More Ifo Effects Automatically Promoted to Advaced Key Frame Editor I previous versios of Avid editig applicatios, you could apply some effects as stadard keyframe effects ad subsequetly choose to promote them to advaced keyframes. This workflow is o loger ecessary or available. Effects either use advaced keyframes oly or use stadard keyframes oly. For iformatio o promotig existig effects i sequeces, or existig effect templates, see Updatig ad Revertig Existig Effects i Sequeces ad Promotig Existig Effect Templates. See Updatig ad Revertig Existig Effects i Sequeces ad Promotig Existig Effect Templates i the Help. Stabilizig a Image The Stabilize effect uses AutoStabilize to track ad stabilize a image automatically whe you apply it to a sigle segmet i the Timelie. AutoStabilize uses the trackig ad effect parameter optios that are most likely to result i a stable image. I may cases, you do ot eed either to iterrupt the automatic process or to adjust effect parameters after it fiishes. If you eed to, you ca adjust parameters after the automatic process, or eve retrack. See Stabilizig a Image i the Help. Widows 7 qualificatio The editig applicatio has bee qualified with the Widows 7 Operatig System. See the editig applicatio ReadMe. Mixig Frame Sizes ad Aspect Ratios 4 You ca work with media of differet frame sizes, aspect ratios, ad pixel aspect ratios i the same sequece. For example, you ca mix SD 4:3, HD 16:9, ad film formats. How Your Avid Editig Applicatio Reformats Clips i Sequeces Your Avid editig applicatio reformats a clip i a sequece whe the aspect ratio, pixel aspect ratio, or frame size of the clip do ot match those of the project. Your Avid editig applicatio automatically resizes ad repositios these clips to match the project s format settigs. You eed to esure that your project s format settigs are set correctly so that clips are reformatted properly. For more iformatio, see Creatig a New Project i the Help ad Chagig the Aspect Ratio for a SD Project o page 5.

5 Mixig Frame Sizes ad Aspect Ratios Whe you chage a format settig, for example, the aspect ratio for a SD project, all clips curretly edited i a sequece immediately adapt to the ew format. You do ot eed to re-edit ay clips i your sequeces. Whe you ext view the sequece, you see ay chages to the size ad positio of clips. By default, your Avid editig applicatio reformats clips to fill the frame by stretchig. You ca set other reformattig optios by chagig the Reformat attribute for that clip i the bi. For more iformatio, see Modifyig the Reformat Attribute for a Clip o page 6. Chagig the Aspect Ratio for a SD Project You typically set the aspect ratio for a SD project whe you create the project (see Creatig a New Project i the Help). However, you ca chage the aspect ratio at ay time. For HD projects, oly the 16:9 aspect ratio is available as this is the oly aspect ratio allowed i the HD stadard. To chage the aspect ratio for a SD project, do oe of the followig: t Click the Format tab i the Project widow, the click the Aspect Ratio meu, ad select either 4:3 or 16:9, depedig o the aspect ratio you wat to use. t Aspect Ratio meu i the Format tab of the Project widow Right-click i the moitor widow i Source/Record or i Trim mode, select Project Aspect Ratio, ad the select either 4:3 or 16:9, depedig o the aspect ratio you wat to use.right-click i the moitor widow i editig or i Trim mode, select Project Aspect Ratio, ad the select either 4:3 or 16:9, depedig o the aspect ratio you wat to use. Your Avid editig applicatio chages the aspect ratio of the moitors, ad resizes ad repositios ay material i the project s sequeces that does ot match the ew aspect ratio so that it coforms to that aspect ratio. You see these chages whe you ext ope ad view a affected sequece. You do ot eed to re-edit the media ito the sequece, ad the source media remais uchaged. 5

6 Modifyig the Reformat Attribute for a Clip Your Avid editig applicatio uses the Reformat attribute of a clip to resize ad repositio the clip so that it coforms to the curret frame size ad aspect ratio specified i the Project Settigs. Whe you create a clip or subclip, the Reformat attribute is automatically set to Stretch. If you are usig AMA to lik to clips, the the default is set to Ceter Keep Size. c You ca modify this Reformat attribute at ay time. Reformat optios apply oly whe a clip does ot match the project aspect ratio. For a list of these optios, see Reformattig Optios Referece o page 7. If you are workig i a Iterplay eviromet, do ot chage the Reformat attribute from the Stretch settig. If you use a differet settig, ad you the use Iterplay Trascode or Sed to Playback, the results might ot be what you expect. The illustratio shows the Reformat bi colum ad the meu that lets you choose a Reformattig Optio. Chages you make to the Reformat attribute apply oly to the selected clip i the bi. You ca have several subclips derived from the same master clip, ad set differet Reformattig Optios o each of them. Whe you chage the Reformat attribute of a clip, it updates if it is loaded i a Source or pop-up moitor, ad ew edits ito a sequece usig this clip use the ew Reformattig Optio. However, previous edits usig this clip cotiue to use the old value. If you wat to update a sequece so that all versios of this clip i a sequece use the curret Reformat attribute, refresh the Reformattig Optios for the sequece. To set the Reformat value for a idividual clip or subclip: 1. Ope the bi cotaiig the clip or subclip you wat to modify. For more iformatio, see Opeig ad Closig Bis i the Help. 2. Click the Text tab. 3. (Optio) If it is ot already visible, display the Reformat bi headig. For more iformatio, see Usig Text View i the Help. 6

7 Mixig Frame Sizes ad Aspect Ratios 4. Click the Reformat field for the clip or sub-clip, ad select a optio. Optios apply oly to clips that do ot match the frame size ad aspect ratio of the project. For more iformatio, see Reformattig Optios Referece o page 7. Reformattig Optios Referece The table describes the choices available uder the Reformat bi headig ad their effect whe you edit a clip ito a sequece of a differet size or aspect ratio. These optios have o effect o clips that do match the project size ad aspect ratio. For iformatio o how to set the reformattig optios for a clip, see Mixig Frame Sizes ad Aspect Ratios o page 4. I all reformattig optios, the ceter of the source material is set by default to the ceter of the sequece frame. You ca reformat the clip maually by usig the Ceter Keep Size reformattig optio ad the usig the Resize effect to modify the positio of a clip after you edit it ito a sequece. Optio Stretch Descriptio Scales the clip to match the width ad height dimesios of the sequece. If the clip s aspect ratio does ot match the sequece s aspect ratio the image is distorted (stretched or squeezed). The illustratio shows a example where a 4:3 clip is placed i a 16:9 sequece. The clip is stretched horizotally to accommodate the width of the sequece. 7

8 Optio Pillarbox/Letterbox preserve aspect ratio Descriptio Scales the clip to create the largest possible image without croppig, while maitaiig the origial aspect ratio. The illustratio shows two examples. Whe you edit a 16:9 clip ito a 4:3 sequece (left), the resultig segmet has horizotal bars at the top ad the bottom. Whe you edit a 4:3 clip ito a 16:9 sequece (right), the resultig segmet has vertical bars at the sides. Ceter crop, preserve aspect ratio Scales ad crops the clip to be the smallest size possible while fillig the etire frame. The resultig image is cetered i the frame. The illustratio shows two examples. Whe you edit a 16:9 clip ito a 4:3 sequece (left), the resultig segmet is cropped at the sides. Whe you edit a 4:3 clip ito a 16:9 sequece (right), the top ad the bottom of the segmet are cropped. Ceter, keep origial size Ceters the clip i the sequece but does ot resize it. If the source clip is ot the same size as the sequece, the clip is either cropped or does ot cover the whole of the sequece frame. 8

9 Trascodig Mixed Frame Rate Material Trascodig Mixed Frame Rate Material You ca trascode clips of ay edit rate, icludig clips that you have edited ito a sequece, to ay resolutio available withi your curret project. You might eed to trascode mixed-rate material as part of commo workflows like offlie/olie coversio or creatio of a QuickTime referece movie. You also might wat to trascode mixed-rate material i order to homogeize your sequece ad trasfer it to a editig applicatio that caot coform mixed-rate sequeces, such as a Avid DS versio older tha 10.3, or a older Media Composer applicatio. You ca also use trascodig for geeral clip coversio tasks such as removig 2:3 pulldow from 29.97i sources (to geerate sources), or geeratig NTSC material from a PAL source. Oce the trascode process completes, you ca edit with the clips directly, or you ca batch capture or import if you have access to origial sources at the ew rate. The trascoded material uses the project s edit rate, so the ew clips o loger require motio adapters whe you edit them ito sequeces i the same project type. Whe existig material i a sequece is trascoded across edit rates, your Avid editig applicatio automatically removes motio adapters ad adjusts Timewarp effects. Your applicatio creates ew clips whose duratio ad start ad ed timecode matches the origial clips as closely as possible ad which are as compatible as possible with the project s edit rate. However, due to roudoff error, you might see mior variatios i clip duratio or i frame offset iformatio that could result i such issues as mior audio/video differeces (for example, slips of 1 or 2 frames). I some cases, the last frame of a trascoded clip might be offlie. Avid recommeds usig o-zero hadles whe you trascode sequeces with mixed-rate clips to miimize the chace of seeig offlie frames. You should check trascoded sequeces carefully ad adjust ay variatios from the origial sequeces that are ot acceptable to you, for example, by trimmig. You caot trascode clips across edit rates usig the Trascode Server i Iterplay. 9

10 Workig with Color Spaces i HD Projects I full HD projects, some Avid editig applicatios ad Avid iput/output hardware devices let you work i either the YCbCr or the RGB color space. Your Avid editig applicatio uses a project s color space settig to cotrol how it displays video, processes most effects, ad outputs sequeces. RGB ad YCbCr both separate colors ito three chaels, but they store color iformatio differetly. Whe you choose which color space to work i, you eed to take several factors ito cosideratio, icludig the color space of your media, your output eeds, ad your performace expectatios for your Avid editig applicatio while editig. The RGB color space is ot available for 720p or NTSC/PAL SD projects. Uderstadig the YCbCr Color Space YCbCr performs better, but is of lesser quality. YCbCr stores brightess (Y) separately from colors (Cb ad Cr). Sice humas are more susceptible to chages i light tha i color, YCbCr discards half the chromiace data (oe-third of the overall data) with little discerible differece to image quality. Media that uses YCbCr takes up less disk space tha media that uses RGB, ad less badwidth is required to play it. YCbCr is the oly color space available for SD media, because SD requires lower badwidths ad might eed to maitai backwards compatibility with black-ad-white displays. Whe you oly eed SD output, you oly eed to work i the YCbCr color space. Newer HD techologies ca display detailed images with sharp chages i color. Because some color data is missig, YCbCr media does ot take full advatage of HD display hardware. The limited color iformatio available i YCbCr also meas that the results of effects processig are ot as good as they could be with RGB media. Uderstadig the RGB Color Space RGB produces higher quality images ad effects, but takes up more space. RGB separates images ito their costitutig colors: red (R), gree (G), ad blue (B) ad does ot discard ay of the chromiace data. As a result, video images look sharper, particularly those with fast motio or abrupt chages i color. Newer HD formats support RGB oly. 10

11 Workig with Color Spaces i HD Projects Because o color data is lost, your Avid editig applicatio ca make more precise calculatios whe processig effects usig RGB media. The quality improvemet over YCbCr processig is most oticeable i effects that perform color aalysis, such as chroma keyers. Eve if the origial video data is i YCbCr, your should cosider covertig to RGB to process effects as precisely as possible. The disadvatage of RGB is file size. Media that uses RGB takes up more disk space tha media that uses YCbCr, ad more badwidth is required to play it. Some systems might ot be able to hadle playback of RGB material smoothly, particularly whe you use the J-K-L keys to play at greater tha ormal speed or to play i reverse. RGB media requires high badwidth. For effective playback of multiple streams of video at higher resolutios, you should distribute the video tracks as evely as possible amog available drives, ad target separate drives for audio ad video. Choosig a Color Space for Your Project Your choice of a color space depeds o both your iput/output hardware ad your desired output. For iformatio o how to defie the color space for a project, see Chagig the Project Color Space for a HD Project o page 12. If your hardware supports both RGB ad YCbCr, choose the color space that correspods to your output eeds. If your hardware supports oly YCbCr, you ca choose RGB for your project color space to maitai maximum quality throughout your workflow. Your Avid editig applicatio coverts your material to YCbCr right before sedig it to the hardware for moitorig or output. However, choosig RGB i your project is oly useful if your iput media is i RGB. Otherwise, you should set your project color space to YCbCr. The project color space specifies how your Avid editig applicatio processes effects i real time. Your Avid editig applicatio supports ative processig of effects i either the RGB or YCbCr color spaces. For example, this meas that RGB media does ot eed to be coverted to YCbCr for processig, maitaiig maximum video quality util the fial output. Mixig Media of Differet Color Spaces You ca work with media of differet color spaces i the same sequece. For example, you ca mix SD YCbCr ad HD RGB. Whe you mix media i this way, your video editig applicatio coverts media to the project s color space whe ecessary. This coversio takes place iterally durig the processig of real-time effects ad prior to output. 11

12 The color space of your media depeds o its format. Tape-based SD ad HD media uses the YCbCr color space. Newer HD digital formats, such as R3D, use RGB. See Resolutio Specificatios i the Help for iformatio about supported formats. You ca check the color space of the media for ay clip i your project by viewig the Color Space bi headig i the bi that cotais the clip. For more iformatio, see Movig, Aligig, ad Deletig Bi Colums i the Help. Chagig the Project Color Space for a HD Project You typically set the color space for a project whe you create the project (see Creatig a New Project i the Help). However, you ca chage the color space at ay time. The RGB color space is oly available i full HD projects. 720p ad NTSC/PAL projects ca oly use the YCbCr color space. Chagig the project color space does ot affect the rederig of titles ad effects or chage the color space of imported media. Your Avid editig applicatio cotrols these accordig to their Media Creatio Settigs. For more iformatio, see Media Creatio Settigs i the Help. To chage the project color space: 1. Click the Format tab i the Project widow. 2. Click the Color Space meu, ad select either RGB 709 or YCbCr 709, depedig o the color space you wat to use. Color Space meu i the Format tab of the Project widow Your Avid editig applicatio ow displays video ad processes real-time effects i the ew color space. The fial output is also i the ew space. 12

13 Workig with the Timelie Palette Workig with the Timelie Palette The Timelie Palette Your Avid editig applicatio provides a quick way to edit sequeces i the Timelie without havig to eter a specific editig mode such as Trim mode. By usig the Timelie palette, you ca perform the followig editig actios: Select ad move segmets i the Timelie Copy ad delete segmets Edit with Lift/Overwrite ad Extract/Splice-i edits Create sigle- ad dual-roller trims, such as ripple trims ad overlap edits Timelie palette, located to the left of the Timelie, with the Timelie ruler at the top of the Timelie The Timelie palette provides you with the most commo tools you eed for Timelie editig, as well as several buttos you ca use to eable editig modes such as Effect mode or Color Correctio mode. Ico Tool Descriptio Lik Selectio Lift/Overwrite Allows you to select segmets i the Timelie that are liked by commo source media ad timecode. Replaces a sectio of the sequece with the selected source material. 13

14 Ico Tool Descriptio Extract/Splice-i Overwrite Trim Ripple Trim Keyframe Selectio Trim Mode Source/Record mode Effects mode Color Correctio mode Motio Effect Iserts marked source material ito the sequece without replacig material already i the sequece. Creates a sigle-roller trim ad adds a black segmet to fill the duratio of trimmed frames. Creates a sigle-roller trim with o syc lock ad maitais the duratio of all other clips. Lets you select ad move audio keyframes i the Timelie. Allows you to eter traditioal Trim Mode without selectig a trim tool. Eters Source/Record mode. Eters Effects mode, opeig the Effect Editor ad chagig the Record moitor to the Effect Preview moitor. Eters Color Correctio mode, opeig the color correctio cotrols. Opes the Motio Effect Editor, allowig you to edit Timewarp effects. The editig tools at the top of the Timelie palette make up the Smart tool. The Smart tool lets you access the most commo segmet editig tools ad to combie fuctios by selectig multiple tools. The Smart tool, with all of the fuctios selected by the toggle bar (right) The Smart Tool buttos also appear o the Smart Tool tab of the Commad palette, so you ca map them to the keyboard, a toolbar, or the Tool palette. For more iformatio o mappig buttos, see Mappig User-Selectable Buttos i the Help. 14

15 Workig with the Timelie Palette Whe you combie fuctios o the Timelie palette, you modify how the mouse poiter fuctios i the Timelie: Whe you select the Lift/Overwrite or Extract/Splice-i butto, the mouse poiter chages to a segmet edit poiter for either Lift/Overwrite or Extract/Splice-i edits. If you select both buttos, the segmet edit depeds o which regio of the segmet i the Timelie that you activate. For more iformatio, see Workig with Segmets o page 17. Whe you select the Overwrite Trim or Ripple Trim butto, the mouse poiter chages to a trim roller whe you mouse over a trasitio poit ad lets you perform the selected trim edit. If you select both trim buttos, the trim edit depeds o which regio of the trasitio i the Timelie that you activate. For more iformatio, see Timelie Trim States o page 32. The Keyframe Selectio tools lets you select ad move audio keyframes whe you have ay of the Timelie palette editig tools selected. The Smart tool toggle bar lets you tur off the Timelie palette editig tools. Whe you use the toggle bar to eable Timelie palette tools, the toggle bar eables the tools that you had previously selected. Sice usig the Timelie palette tools chage the behavior of the mouse poiter i the Timelie, you caot scrub through the Timelie as you do i ormal edit mode. Istead, you ca use the Timelie ruler above the Timelie or the Timecode track to move the positio idicator. (The Timelie ruler displays the master timecode for your sequece.) If you wat to scrub through the Timelie without makig segmet edits, you ca also tur off the segmet tools by usig the Smart tool toggle bar or by clickig the Timecode ruler or Timecode track to deselect the edit tools if you set this optio i the Timelie Settigs dialog box (see Disablig the Smart Tool i the Timelie i the Help). Navigatig i the Timelie The Timelie widow provides various cotrols for quickly movig through a sequece ad adjustig your view of details displayed i the tracks while editig. You ca use the positio idicator, the Timelie scroll bar/positio bar, the Timelie scale bar, the Zoom I ad Zoom Back commads, or the Focus butto. I additio, you ca highlight marked sectios of the sequece for visual referece. You ca also use the Video Quality Meu butto i the Timelie bottom toolbar to cotrol the quality level at which media plays back. For more iformatio about the Video Quality Meu butto, see Real-Time Playback of Video Effects o page

16 Timelie widow: (left to right) Timelie palette, Track Selector pael, Positio idicator, with the Timelie bottom toolbar uder the Timelie (left to right: Timelie Fast Meu, Focus, Toggle Source/Record i Timelie, Video Quality, DNxHD Native, Step I, Step Out, Scale bar Timelie scroll bar) Cotrollig Movemet i the Timelie While workig i the Timelie widow, you ca use modifier keys to cotrol the movemet of both the positio idicator ad ay segmets that you move. The motio mode idicator i the Timelie toolbar displays a specific ico, depedig o the keys you press to facilitate your movemet withi the Timelie. Motio Mode Ico Descriptio Saps the positio idicator to head frame. Saps the positio idicator to tail frame. Saps the positio idicator to the edit poit i a track above or below the curret track. To sap to the head of trasitios: t Press the Ctrl key (Widows) or Commad key (Macitosh) as you drag either the positio idicator or ay selected segmets. To sap to the tail of trasitios: t Press Ctrl+Alt (Widows) or Commad+Optio (Macitosh) as you drag either the positio idicator or ay selected segmets. 16

17 Workig with the Timelie Palette To sap the selected segmets to a edit poit i the track above or below the curret track: t Click a segmet edit butto i the Timelie palette, ad the press Ctrl+Shift while draggig the segmets. Workig with Segmets Your Avid editig applicatio provides editig cotrols for movig, deletig, markig, ad editig etire segmets i the Timelie. A segmet is a portio of a sequece betwee two clip trasitios. There are two basic ways to edit segmets: Select oe of the segmet tools o the Timelie palette (Lift/Overwrite or Extract/Splice-i). This lets you maipulate segmets by positioig the cursor over the segmet ad performig either a Lift/Overwrite or Extract/Splice-i edit. Timelie showig the active segmet selectio zoes Select both segmet tools o the Timelie palette. This lets you edit segmets by positioig the cursor over either the upper half of the segmet (for Lift/Overwrite actios) or the lower half of the segmet (for Extract/Splice-i actios) ad the clickig the segmet. You ca also edit directly from a bi, as described i Bi Editig ito the Timelie o page 30. Guidelies for Segmet Editig Geeral Guidelies Movig a selectio with a Extract/Splice-i edit deletes trasitio effects o either side of the selectio. If the selectio icludes multiple segmets aroud a trasitio effect, movig the segmets preserves trasitio effects iside the selectio. You ca track the audio while movig segmets by pressig the Caps Lock key to eable audio scrub. For more iformatio, see Usig Audio Scrub i the Help. 17

18 You ca select segmets liked by commo source media ad timecode by eablig lik selectio. For more iformatio, see Liked Clips o page 20. Whe you fiish makig a edit, the active segmet tool cotiues to affect edits you make uless you deactivate the segmet tool o the Timelie palette. Guidelies Whe Selectig Segmets You caot simultaeously move segmets separated alog a track. You ca, however, move segmets separated o differet tracks. You caot overlap the source ad destiatio tracks. For example, you ca move audio segmets from A3 ad A4 to A1 ad A2, but you caot move them from A3 ad A4 to A2 ad A3 (A3 overlaps). You ca move moo audio tracks oly to other moo audio tracks, ad you ca move stereo audio tracks oly to stereo tracks. With a group or with liked clips, you ca click ay selected segmet to drag the etire group to a ew positio. You ca select black filler as a segmet, except whe filler is used at the head or tail of a sequece. Guidelies Whe Lassoig Segmets Positio the poiter above the tracks before draggig. If you click withi the tracks, you either select a segmet or a trasitio (if a edit tool is active o the Timelie palette) or you relocate the positio idicator to that positio. To lasso segmets i the middle of the Timelie betwee multiple tracks, press ad hold the Alt key (Widows) or Optio key (Macitosh) while you drag the lasso. Lasso at least two trasitios or all trasitios icluded i multiple segmets. If your lasso surrouds oly oe trasitio, you eter Trim mode. Drag from left to right. If you drag from right to left, you eter Trim mode with slip rollers selected. Lik selectio does ot affect which segmets you select whe you lasso segmets i the Timelie. Selectig ad Deselectig Segmets You ca select segmets for movig or editig by activatig tools o the Timelie palette ad the clickig segmets i the Timelie, or you ca lasso oe or more segmets. You ca also select liked clips whe you eable Lik Selectio. For more iformatio, see Liked Clips o page 20. You ca the cotiue to select or deselect additioal segmets. The selected segmet or group of segmets becomes highlighted ad remais i its origial positio durig the move util you select its ew positio. 18

19 Workig with the Timelie Palette For additioal guidelies whe selectig ad lassoig segmets, see Guidelies for Segmet Editig o page 17. To select segmets with the poiter: 1. Select oe of the segmet tools o the Timelie palette. The mouse poiter arrow chages to a large red or yellow arrow whe iside the Timelie, depedig o where you positio the poiter or which segmet tool you click. 2. Click a segmet i ay track to select it. Shift+click to select additioal segmets. You ca Shift+click a selected segmet to deselect it. If you have Lik Selectio eabled, all segmets liked to your selectio are selected i the Timelie. If you Shift+click a selected segmet, all segmets liked to your selected are deselected as well. 3. (Optio) If you eable Lik Selectio ad wat to select a sigle segmet ad ot the segmets liked to it, Alt+click (Widows) or Optio+click (Macitosh) the segmet. To lasso segmets: t Draw a lasso begiig i the area above the tracks i the Timelie. Drag left to right ad the dow to select more tha oe segmet. Whe you draw a lasso, if either segmet tool i the Timelie palette is selected, Extract/Splice-i mode is eabled by default. To switch the mode, click the Lift/Overwrite butto, after drawig the lasso. To deselect oe or more selected segmets, do oe of the followig: t To deselect a etire track, click the Track butto i the Track Selector pael. For example, if you lasso segmets o V1, V2, ad A1, you ca click the V2 ad A1 Track buttos to leave oly the segmet o the middle track, V1, selected. t Click oe of the segmet tools o the Timelie palette, ad the Shift+click specific segmets o ay track. This deselects the segmets you click o ay track, leavig the remaiig tracks selected. If you have Lik Selectio eabled, all segmets liked to your selectio are deselected i the Timelie. 19

20 t To deselect a liked segmet if you have Lik Selectio eabled, Shift+Alt+click (Widows) or Shift+Optio+click (Macitosh) the segmet. Liked Clips 20 Media objects i bis ca cotai media o more tha oe track, such as a master clip with a video track ad two audio tracks. Whe you add media to a sequece that come from the same source ad share the same timecode, the Timelie displays the associated tracks. By default, the Avid editig applicatio treats these tracks as liked so that whe you select a segmet, the applicatio automatically selects ay liked segmets. You ca select liked clips for both segmet editig ad trim editig. The followig apply to liked clip selectio: Track likig affects segmets. If you use the same master clip i more tha oe place i your sequece, each segmet maitais its ow likig relatioship uless the segmets overlap i the Timelie. Whe you select a o-video track, clip likig selects oly the first appropriate video segmet. Other video segmets are ot selected. Whe you select a trim roller, clip likig selects trim rollers o all liked segmets. You ca tur off liked clip selectio i the Timelie by usig the Lik Selectio butto. If you eable Lik Selectio, you ca select a segmet without selectig all segmets liked to it by Alt+clickig (Widows) or Optio+clickig (Macitosh) the segmet. If you disable Lik Selectio, you ca select a segmet ad all segmets liked to it by Alt+clickig (Widows) or Optio+clickig (Macitosh) the segmet. A video segmet caot lik to aother video segmet. Lik selectio operates across tracks, ot alog the same track. However, if a video segmet liks to a audio segmet that icludes a cut poit, lik selectio operates o both audio segmets. Whe two or more video tracks from the same clip overlap i the Timelie ad syc is broke with the liked audio segmets, lik selectio liks to the video segmet with the smallest syc break poit. Whe you move a liked clip idepedetly of the tracks to which it is liked so it o loger vertically overlaps the liked segmets, the lik relatioship is broke. Selectig Liked Clips Lik selectio allows you to select segmets i the Timelie that are liked by commo source media ad timecode. Whe you select a o-video segmet that has more tha oe liked video segmet, the video segmet closest to the selected segmet is selected. If syc breaks exist, the video segmet with the smallest syc break is selected.

21 Workig with the Timelie Palette To eable or disable lik selectio i the Timelie, do oe of the followig: t t Click the Lik Selectio butto. Press Shift+L. To select liked clips: 1. Click a segmet with liked clips. The applicatio selects all liked segmets. 2. (Optio) If you wat to select additioal liked clips, Shift+click additioal segmets. 3. (Optio) If you wat to deselect selected segmets, Shift+Alt+click (Widows) or Shift+Optio+click (Macitosh) a liked segmet. Selectig Multiple Segmets Istead of lassoig segmets i the Timelie to edit, you ca select multiple segmets o eabled tracks quickly by usig the multiple segmet selectio buttos i the Edit tab of the Commad palette. This allows you to select segmets to the left or right of the positio idicator, or to select all segmets withi I ad Out marks. The multiple segmet edit buttos also appear i the Timelie top toolbar if you create a ew user profile (for iformatio o creatio user profiles, see Maagig User Profiles i the Help). Whe you use the multiple segmet selectio buttos, your Avid editig applicatio activates the Segmet Extract/Splice-i butto if you have ot selected oe of the segmet buttos o the Timelie palette. You ca also use the Shift key to add segmets o eabled tracks to the curret selectio. To select segmets o eabled tracks usig the multiple segmet selectio buttos: 1. Move the positio idicator to the first or last segmet you wat to select. 2. Select Tools > Commad Palette, ad click the Edit tab. 3. Do oe of the followig: t Click the Select Left butto to select segmets uder the positio bar ad all segmets to the left. t Click the Select Right butto to select segmets uder the positio bar ad all segmets to the right. t Click the Select I/Out butto to select segmets itersectig I ad Out marks if both marks are preset. If the Timelie has oly a I mark or a Out mark, or o I ad Out marks, the Select I/Out butto selects all segmets uder the positio bar. 21

22 Four-Frame Display Whe you begi to drag the segmets, the iterface chages to the four-frame display: The Source ad Record moitors chage to a four-frame moitor display. The two outer frames update while you drag the segmet forward or backward i the Timelie, idicatig the frames you pass as you drag the segmet. The two outer frames i the four-frame display allow you to view ad aalyze the frames betwee which you might wat to drop the selected segmet. A cetered umeric offset couter appears below the frame moitors. The offset couter tracks the umber of frames or feet+frames (24p ad 25p projects) that you move while draggig the selected segmet from its startig poit. Whe you drag segmets with oly the Record moitor displayed, the iterface chages to a two-frame display. Oly the outer two frames i the four-frame display appear i the Record moitor. Four-frame display. The two outer frames idicate edig ad begiig frames of clips before ad after the segmet. The two ier frames represet the start ad ed frames of the segmet. The offset couter is highlighted. Whe you drag the segmets, the origial highlighted segmet remais i place, while a ghost segmet eclosed i a dotted white box moves alog with the poiter util you release it at a ew edit poit. 22

23 Workig with the Timelie Palette Whe you release the segmet ito its ew positio, the actual lift (Overwrite) or extract (Splice-i) occurs. Util the, the segmet positio is preserved i the Timelie, allowig you to maitai your perspective of the sequece while selectig the ew edit poit. Suppressig Four-Frame Display The four-frame display of icomig or outgoig frames ca occasioally slow the movemet of segmets as you drag them through the sequece. You ca improve the speed of segmet editig by suppressig the four-frame display. To suppress the four-frame display: 1. Double-click Timelie i the Settigs list i the Project widow. The Timelie Settigs dialog box opes. 2. Deselect the Show Four Frame Display optio i the Display tab, ad click OK. 3. Select oe of the segmet tools o the Timelie palette. The mouse poiter arrow chages to a large red or yellow arrow whe iside the Timelie, depedig o where you positio the poiter or which segmet tool you click. 4. Click the segmet, ad drag it to its ew positio. As you drag the segmet, the moitors maitai their Source/Record cofiguratio rather tha shift to the four-frame display or two-frame display. Top: before segmet drag syc lock, showig the segmet that will move. Bottom: after segmet drag syc lock, showig the moved segmet ad filler added after the move (left), ad the filler left i the origial locatio (right). Maitaiig Syc with Segmet Edits Whe you use the Lift/Overwrite tool, the applicatio adds filler to the sequece to maitai syc. Whe you move segmets i the Timelie usig Extract/Splice-i, the syc might be broke. 23

24 To maitai syc whe you use Extract/Splice-i, select the Segmet Drag Syc Locks optio i the Edit tab of the Timelie Settigs dialog box. After you move a segmet i the Timelie with Extract/Splice-i, this optio maitais syc by addig filler to the followig locatios: Where the segmet was moved from i the sequece O all other syc-locked tracks that correspod to the ew locatio of the segmet you moved You ca move either a audio segmet or a video segmet. You ca also maitai syc for some edits if you eable lik selectio i the Timelie (see Liked Clips o page 20). To move a segmet ad keep syc: 1. Double-click Timelie i the Settigs list i the Project widow. The Timelie Settigs dialog box opes. 2. Select the Segmet Drag Syc Locks optio i the Edit tab. 3. Click OK. 4. I the Track Selector pael, click the Syc Lock butto for the video, audio ad data tracks that you wat to keep i syc. 5. Click the Extract/Splice-i butto. 6. Click a audio or video segmet, ad drag it to the ew locatio. I the followig example, a audio segmet i track A2 is moved. The ew locatio for the audio segmet has filler added to the video track. All segmets remai i syc. Top: before segmet drag syc lock, showig the segmet that will move. Bottom: after segmet drag syc lock, showig the moved segmet ad filler added after the move (left), ad the filler left i the origial locatio (right). 24

25 Workig with the Timelie Palette Editig Segmets Segmet editig provides two tools i the Timelie palette for editig segmets: Use the Extract/Splice-i tool to move the selected segmets i the same track i the Timelie. Like the stadard Splice-i fuctio, the Extract/Splice-i Timelie edit iserts the segmet ito the ew positio. However, as a additioal fuctio, it extracts (removes) the segmet from its previous positio ad closes the gap. Segmet selected for Splice-i edit i the Timelie Segmet after a Splice-i edit, with the selected clip moved to its ew locatio i the Timelie ad the surroudig clips uchaged If you tur o syc lock, the Splice-i edit adds black filler to maitai syc. For iformatio o maitaiig syc i the sequece whe usig Extract/Splice-i, see Maitaiig Syc with Segmet Edits o page 23. Use the Lift/Overwrite tool to replace existig material at the ew positio, while leavig blak space i the previous positio. This does ot affect the total duratio of the sequece ad the material i the sequece remais i syc. Like the stadard Overwrite fuctio, the Lift/Overwrite Timelie edit deletes ad replaces uderlyig material at the ew positio, effectively creatig ew edits. It also lifts the segmets from the previous positio, leavig black or silece of the same duratio. Segmet selected for Overwrite edit i the Timelie 25

26 Segmet after a Overwrite edit, with the selected clip moved to its ew locatio i the Timelie, replacig the existig clip ad leavig black filler i its origial positio You ca perform stadard segmet edits o multiple video ad audio segmets by selectig them ad the draggig them to ew positios i the Timelie. You ca select either video or audio segmets, or you ca select both video ad audio. If you eable lik selectio, you ca automatically select liked segmets. The followig limitatios apply: Selected segmets o the same track must be adjacet. If filler separates the segmets, you must select the filler to move them i the Timelie. You ca oly move video tracks to other video tracks i the Timelie, ad audio tracks to other audio tracks. You ca move moo audio tracks oly to other moo tracks ad stereo tracks oly to other stereo tracks. You caot drop selected segmets o locked tracks. If you select both a video ad a audio segmet, you ca click either the video or the audio ad drag it to ay available track while the accompayig segmet moves to the ew positio i the same track. This meas that if you select a video segmet, you ca drag it to aother track or a ew positio i the Timelie o the same track, but the selected audio segmet moves oly alog its origial track. If the segmet cotais trasitio effects, ad you move the segmet, the trasitio effect remais. For iformatio about how the system preserves trasitio effects, see Trasitio Effect Preservatio i the Help. You ca also drag clips from the Source moitor or from a bi ad drop them i the Timelie, movig the segmets to the positio i the sequece you wat. The followig limitatios apply whe you drag a clip from a bi or the Source moitor to the Timelie: The type of segmet edit you perform whe you drag from a bi or a moitor depeds o which segmet tool you eable o the Timelie palette. If you do ot select a segmet tool, or if you select both tools, your Avid editig applicatio uses the default segmet edit tool specified i the Edit tab of the Timelie Settigs dialog box. For more iformatio, see Settig the Default Segmet Edit Tool i the Help. You ca drop video clips o ay available video track. 26

27 Workig with the Timelie Palette If you move audio segmets oly, you ca drop the selectio o ay available audio tracks. If you move both audio ad video, you ca drop the audio oly o the highest-level audio tracks but you ca move moo audio oly to moo tracks ad stereo oly to stereo tracks. Audio added to the Timelie maitais syc with the associated video, regardless of the target track. If you eable video ad audio Source tracks i the Track Selector pael, video ad audio tracks i your clip are added to your sequece. If you disable either the video or audio tracks, oly the eabled tracks from your clip are added to the sequece. For example, if you disable all video tracks i the Track Selector pael, ad the drag a clip from the Source moitor to the Timelie, oly audio tracks are added to the sequece. Movig Segmets with Drag ad Drop You caot move segmets to locked tracks. If you attempt to drop a selectio o a locked track, the move fails ad all selected segmets retur to their origial positio i the Timelie. If you move audio segmets, you ca oly move segmets o moo tracks to other moo tracks ad segmets o stereo tracks to stereo tracks. To perform a segmet edit: 1. Do oe of the followig: t Select both of the segmet tools o the Timelie palette, ad the positio the mouse poiter over the top of the segmet (for Lift/Overwrite operatios) or the bottom of the segmet (for Extract/Splice-i operatios). t Select oe of the segmet tools o the Timelie palette. The mouse poiter arrow chages to a large red or yellow arrow whe iside the Timelie, depedig o where you positio the poiter or which segmet tool you click. 2. Click the segmet you wat to move (Shift+click to select multiple segmets), ad drag it to its ew positio. If you eable lik selectio, all liked segmets move whe you drag the selected segmet (see Selectig Liked Clips o page 20). Use the four-frame moitor display, the offset couter, ad the segmet image i the Timelie to carefully determie the ew positio. You ca also sap to the head or tail of the ew edit poit (see Cotrollig Movemet i the Timelie o page 16). If you select multiple segmets o the same track, they must be adjacet segmets (horizotally cotiguous). You ca select black filler segmets. 3. Release the mouse butto. If you used the Extract/Splice-i method, the system extracts the selected segmet from its old positio, closes the gap left by its removal, ad the splices the material back ito the sequece at the ewly selected locatio. 27

28 If you used the Lift/Overwrite method, the system lifts the selected segmet from its old positio, leavig black filler, ad the overwrites the material oto the sequece at the ewly selected locatio. If the segmet cotais trasitio effects, ad you move or extract the segmet, the trasitio effect remais. For iformatio about how the system preserves trasitio effects, see Trasitio Effect Preservatio i the Help. To cacel a segmet move, do oe of the followig: t t Deletig Segmets If you have ot dropped the selected segmet at a ew locatio, drag the selectio out of the Timelie widow ad release the mouse butto. If you have dropped the selected segmet at a ew locatio, select Edit > Udo. You ca use the segmet tools i the Timelie palette to delete whole segmets i the Timelie quickly without havig to mark I ad Out poits. You ca also select multiple segmets i separate tracks aywhere alog the Timelie to delete them all at oce. By default, your Avid editig applicatio deletes the selected segmet ad leaves blak space or silece i its place (a Lift segmet edit). You ca use I ad Out poits to perform a stadard Extract edit. You ca also delete segmets by usig the Cut commad. See Cuttig, Copyig, ad Pastig i the Timelie o page 30. To delete segmets quickly: 1. Do oe of the followig: t Select both of the segmet tools o the Timelie palette, ad the positio the mouse poiter over the top of the segmet (for Lift/Overwrite operatios) or the bottom of the segmet (for Extract/Splice-i operatios). t Select oe of the segmet tools o the Timelie palette. The mouse poiter arrow chages to a large red or yellow arrow whe iside the Timelie, depedig o where you positio the poiter or which segmet tool you click. - Lift/Overwrite (red) deletes the segmets but leaves blak space or silece i their place. The total duratio of the sequece remais the same, ad syc is maitaied. - Extract/Splice-i (yellow) deletes the segmets ad closes the remaiig gaps. The total duratio of the sequece is shorteed, ad ay sychroized tracks lose syc. 2. Select oe or multiple segmets. 3. Press the Delete key. 28

29 Workig with the Timelie Palette The system deletes the segmets ad ay effects applied to them. If the segmet cotais trasitio effects, ad you delete the segmet, the trasitio effect remais. For iformatio about how the system preserves trasitio effects, see Trasitio Effect Preservatio i the Help. Markig Clips ad Sequeces As a alterative to markig sectios of the Timelie i Source/Record mode for deletig, copyig, subclippig, rederig, or creatig a EDL or digital cut, you ca use the segmet tools to mark segmets quickly. To mark segmets i the Timelie: 1. Do oe of the followig: t Select both of the segmet tools o the Timelie palette, ad the positio the mouse poiter over the top of the segmet (for Lift/Overwrite operatios) or the bottom of the segmet (for Extract/Splice-i operatios). t Select oe of the segmet tools o the Timelie palette. The mouse poiter arrow chages to a large red or yellow arrow whe iside the Timelie, depedig o where you positio the poiter or which segmet tool you click. 2. Click oe or more segmets to highlight a sectio of the sequece. 3. Click the Mark Clip butto. The system marks a I poit at the start ad a Out poit at the ed of the selected segmets. If you selected more tha oe track, the I ad Out poits mark where the edit poits across tracks lie up. 29

30 Cuttig, Copyig, ad Pastig i the Timelie You ca use the shortcut keys for cuttig, copyig, ad pastig segmets selected i the Timelie. To cut or copy ad paste segmets: 1. Do oe of the followig: t t Select both of the segmet tools o the Timelie palette, ad the positio the mouse poiter over the top of the segmet (for Lift/Overwrite operatios) or the bottom of the segmet (for Extract/Splice-i operatios). Select oe of the segmet tools o the Timelie palette. The mouse poiter arrow chages to a large red or yellow arrow whe iside the Timelie, depedig o where you positio the poiter or which segmet tool you click. 2. Click the segmet to highlight it. 3. Press Ctrl+C (Widows) or Commad+C (Macitosh) to copy, or Ctrl+X (Widows) or Commad+X (Macitosh) to cut. 4. Move the positio idicator to the ew I poit, ad press Ctrl+V (Widows) or Commad+V (Macitosh) to paste the segmet i the Timelie. Bi Editig ito the Timelie You ca use the segmet tools o the Timelie palette to edit clips directly from a bi ito the sequece i the Timelie. Bi editig lets you bypass the process of loadig clips ito the moitor, settig marks, ad clickig the Splice-i butto or Overwrite butto. You ca also use keyboard shortcut keys to edit clips directly from a bi ito the sequece i the Timelie. For iformatio o editig multiple clips directly from the bi ito the RecordSource/Record moitor, see Creatig a Istat Rough Cut i the Help. To activate bi editig: 1. Double-click Bi i the Settigs list i the Project widow. The Bi settigs dialog box opes. 2. Select the Eable edit from bi (Splice, Overwrite) optio. 3. Click OK. 30

31 Workig with the Timelie Palette To perform a direct edit from a bi ito your Timelie: 1. (Optio) For a more accurate edit, mark I ad Out poits for each clip or create subclips. Otherwise, the etire clip is edited ito the sequece. 2. Click oe of the segmet tools i the Timelie palette: t Lift/Overwrite (red) acts as a overwrite edit, causig the clip to overwrite material of the same legth i the sequece while maitaiig the same duratio of the sequece. t Extract/Splice-i (yellow) acts as a splice edit, isertig the clip ito the sequece, movig existig material dow, ad legtheig the total duratio. If you do ot select a segmet tool, or if you select both tools, your Avid editig applicatio defaults to the segmet tool specified i the Timelie Settigs dialog box. For more iformatio, see Settig the Default Segmet Edit Tool i the Help. 3. Drag a clip from the bi ito the Timelie. You ca edit oly oe clip at a time. The poiter chages to the selected segmet ico, ad the iterface chages to the four-frame moitor display. As you drag, a white outlie of the clip idicates the segmet positio. 4. Whe you fid the right placemet for the clip, release the mouse butto. The Timelie reflects the ew edit. After the edit is completed, the segmet tool you selected remais active util you click the active segmet tool butto to deactivate it. To perform a direct edit from a bi ito a sequece: 1. Mark a I or Out poit i the Timelie, or move the positio idicator to the locatio where you wat the clip to appear. 2. Select a clip i the bi. 3. Do oe of the followig: t Press the V key to perform a splice-i edit, which iserts the clip ito the sequece ad moves existig material dow, legtheig the total duratio of the sequece. t Press the B key to perform a overwrite edit, which causes the clip to overwrite material of the same legth i the sequece while maitaiig the same duratio of the sequece. The Timelie reflects the ew edit. 31

32 Trimmig with the Timelie Palette You ca perform basic trim edits by usig the trim tools o the Timelie palette ad without eterig Trim mode. This lets you create trims quickly i your sequece which you ca later fie-tue by usig the full fuctioality of Trim mode. You ca make the followig kids of trim edits usig the Timelie palette: Trim away sigle-roller trims which add black while trimmig Ripple trim sigle-roller trims with o syc lock Dual-roller trim edits that move the trasitio boudary betwee segmets without affectig the duratio of the sequece Some trims, such as trim away edits, maitai syc betwee video ad audio clips. Other trims, such as ripple trims, might break syc. For more iformatio o keepig video ad audio clips i syc, see Maitaiig Syc While Trimmig i the Help. The followig limitatios apply to trim edits: You caot trim a clip so that its duratio equals zero frames. You ca oly trim util you ecouter aother segmet i the same track. If you trim multiple clips, you ca trim util ay of the trasitios ecouters a segmet i the same track or util the reach the duratio of the shortest clip i the group. You caot trim away beyod the duratio of the selected clip. Whe trimmig away, you might break syc if you trim the outgoig frames o the A-side of the trasitio whe you trim i the directio of the icomig frames o the B-side. To preserve syc, you ca use a dual-roller trim istead. Timelie Trim States Whe you trim usig the Timelie palette, the kid of edit you ca perform depeds o which trim tools you select ad the positio of the mouse poiter relative to the trasitio you wat to trim. If you eable both the Trim Away ad Ripple Trim buttos ad the hover the poiter over the upper half of your clip, you ca perform a trim away edit o either the outgoig frames (A-side) or the icomig frames (B-side). Whe you hover the poiter over the lower half of your clip, you ca perform a ripple trim. Positioig the poiter over the trasitio betwee clips lets you perform a dual-roller trim. Whe you select oe of the trim buttos o the Timelie palette, you ca perform oly that type of trim o your sequece. 32

33 Workig with the Timelie Palette As you move the poiter back ad forth across a trasitio, otice that the roller ico chages from a A-side roller (facig left), to a dual roller, to a B-side roller (facig right) to idicate the type of trim. Trim icos for the outgoig frames of the A-side clip (left) ad the icomig frames of the B-side clip (right) The followig table describes the kids of trim you ca perform i each zoe adjacet to your trasitio. Ico Trim Type Trim Zoe Trim away (outgoig) Upper right corer of the outgoig clip Trim away (icomig) Upper left corer of the icomig clip Ripple trim (outgoig) Lower right corer of the outgoig clip Ripple trim (icomig) Lower left corer of the icomig clip Dual-roller trim Trasitio betwee outgoig ad icomig clips Sigle-Roller Trimmig with Syc If you wat to trim oe side of a trasitio but still maitai sychroizatio betwee video ad audio, you ca create the trim o either the A-side (outgoig frames) or the B-side (icomig frames) of a trasitio while maitaiig the overall duratio of the track ad the syc relatioships. Sometimes simply called trimmig away, this procedure adds a black segmet to fill the duratio of trimmed frames. For more iformatio o preservig syc by addig black filler, see Maitaiig Syc While Trimmig i the Help. To add black filler usig the Timelie palette to trim segmets: 1. Click a trasitio to select it for trimmig. Shift+click to select multiple clips aliged at the same trasitio. If you eable lik selectio, clickig a trasitio also selects trasitios o liked segmets (see Selectig Liked Clips o page 20). 2. Do oe of the followig: 33

34 t If you selected the Trim Away butto o the Timelie palette, positio the mouse poiter over the trasitio you wat to trim. t If you selected both the Trim Away butto ad the Trim Ripple butto i the Timelie palette, positio the mouse poiter over the upper corer of either the outgoig or icomig clip ext to the trasitio you wat to trim. The cursor chages to a red sigle-roller trim ico. 3. Click ad drag i the directio you wat to trim. The ew icomig frame displays i the Record moitor as you trim, ad a black segmet is added without chagig the duratio of sequece. After you add black filler to a video track, you ca replace the filler with footage by performig a replace edit. For more iformatio, see Performig a Replace Edit i the Help. Sigle-Roller Trimmig with No Syc Lock If you make a sigle-roller trim o either the outgoig or the icomig frames of your trasitio o a ulocked track, you ca move the rest of the your sequece i the directio of the trimmed segmet while maitaiig the duratio of all other clips. This ripples the effects of your trim alog the sequece. However, ripplig a trim ca chage the duratio of your sequece if you select all tracks, ad it ca break sychroizatio with ay uselected track. For more iformatio about preservig syc, see Maitaiig Syc While Trimmig i the Help. To ripple a trim usig the Timelie palette to trim segmets: 1. Click a trasitio to select it for trimmig. Shift+click to select multiple clips aliged at the same trasitio. If you eable lik selectio, clickig a trasitio also selects trasitios o liked segmets (see Selectig Liked Clips o page 20). 2. Do oe of the followig: t If you selected the Trim Ripple butto o the Timelie palette, positio the mouse poiter over the trasitio you wat to trim. t If you selected both the Trim Ripple butto ad the Trim Away butto o the Timelie palette, positio the mouse poiter over the upper corer of either the outgoig or icomig clip ext to the trasitio you wat to trim. The cursor chages to a red sigle-roller trim ico. 3. Click ad drag i the directio you wat to trim. The ew outgoig frame displays i the Source moitor as you trim, ad all segmets located o the selected tracks move with the trim. 34

35 Workig with the Timelie Palette Timelie Shortcuts For more iformatio, see Usig the Timelie. i the Help. Widows Shortcut Macitosh Shortcut Result Ctrl + click ear trasitio i Timelie Alt + Ctrl + click ear trasitio i Timelie Commad + click ear trasitio i Timelie Optio + Commad + click ear trasitio i Timelie Saps to first frame of trasitio or mark or to ext audio keyframe Saps to last frame of trasitio or mark or to ext audio keyframe Shift+L Shift+L Eables or disables lik selectio. Alt + drag segmet i Timelie Optio + drag segmet i Timelie Eables sigle-frame motio for movig segmets Ctrl + L Commad + L Elarges highlighted track i Timelie Ctrl + K Commad + K Reduces highlighted track i Timelie Ctrl + ] (right bracket) Commad + ] (right bracket) Shows more detail i Timelie Ctrl + [ (left bracket) Commad + [ (left bracket) Shows less detail i Timelie Ctrl + F Commad + F Opes Fid Text dialog box for clip ame, locator, ad Timelie text searches Shift+Ctrl+N Shift+Commad+N Creates ew sequece Ctrl + Y Commad + Y Creates ew video track Ctrl + U Commad + U Creates ew audio moo track Shift+Ctrl+U Shift+Commad+U Creates ew audio stereo track Alt + New Video Track or New Audio Track (Clip meu) Optio + New Video Track or New Audio Track (Clip meu) Opes a dialog box with choice of track umber Ctrl + click Track Moitor ico Commad + click Track Moitor ico Solos video or audio track Shift + click segmets Shift + click segmets Eables selectio of multiple segmets Ctrl + Shift + drag segmet i Timelie Ctrl + drag segmet i Timelie Alt + Ctrl + drag segmet i Timelie Cotrol + drag segmet i Timelie Commad + drag segmet i Timelie Optio + Commad + drag segmet i Timelie Restricts motio to vertical Saps to head of trasitio, mark, or positio idicator Saps to tail of trasitio, mark, or positio idicator 35

36 Widows Shortcut Macitosh Shortcut Result Ctrl + drag Track Selector butto Ctrl + drag Track Selector border up or dow Lasso oe or more segmets by draggig poiter from left to right Optio + drag Track Selector butto Optio + drag Track Selector border up or dow Lasso oe or more segmets by draggig poiter from left to right Repositios tracks vertically i Timelie Resizes the track Activates the previously used segmet tool (Extract/Splice-i or Lift/Overwrite) ad selects all segmets iside lasso Alt + lasso oe or more segmets below the top track by draggig poiter from left to right Optio + lasso oe or more segmets below the top track by draggig poiter from left to right Activates the previously used segmet tool (Extract/Splice-i or Lift/Overwrite) ad selects all segmets iside lasso Lasso a trasitio Lasso a trasitio Activates Trim mode Lasso a segmet by draggig poiter from right to left Lasso a segmet by draggig poiter from right to left Activates Trim mode with slip rollers selected. Alt + lasso a segmet below the top track by draggig poiter from right to left Optio + lasso a segmet below the top track by draggig poiter from right to left Activates Trim mode with slip rollers selected. Lasso Track Selector pael Lasso Track Selector pael Reverses curret track selectio Ctrl + A Commad + A Selects all record tracks Ctrl + Shift + A Commad + Shift + A Deselects all record tracks Click segmet i Timelie, ad the: Click segmet i Timelie, ad the: Places match frame i Source moitor without markig IN poit at frame Alt + (i Fast meu) Optio + (i Fast meu) Timelie Palette Shortcuts Shortcut Shift + Tab Shift + A Shift + S Shift + D Result Turs off or restores active buttos i the Smart tool. Eables or disables the Lift/Overwrite tool. Eables or disables the Extract/Splice-i tool. Eables or disables the Trim Away tool. 36

37 File Based Metadata Ehacemets Shortcut Shift + F Shift + G Result Eables or disables the Trim Ripple tool. Eables or disables the Keyframe Selectio tool. File Based Metadata Ehacemets The followig icludes ew features ad ehacemets made to the Avid editig system, Avid EDL Maager ad Avid Filmscribe that iclude file based metadata, film, timecode, ad other miscellaeous items. File Based Metadata Chages - Avid Editor You ca ow eter bi metadata colum values for imported ad AMA liked media. Previous to this release you could oly perform chages to tape captured media. You ca use the Modify commad (Right-click a clip i the bi ad choose Modify) to chage the data of a imported or file-based clip. You ca ow use the AutoSequece commad (Bi >AutoSequece) o imported or AMA liked subclips i a sequece. The source fileame (user-defied ame) ow displays i a ew bi colum uder the headig Source File. Whe you perform a Reverse Match Frame, the system searches all selected tracks i the Record moitor for the frame o all selected tracks i the Source moitor. Previously, it oly searched the topmost selected track. You ca ow select multiple clips or subclips from multiple ope bis whe you perform a Clip > Relik. I the Relik dialog box, select the optio, Selected Items i All Ope Bis. You do ot have to move the selected clips ito oe bi, you ca select from multiple ope bis. You ca ow Relik a sequece to a imported or liked (AMA) clip, based o the Source File ame. Select Versio Separator to have the system igore characters i the file ame. This is helpful whe you eed to relik to a ewer versio of the sequece that has a differet ame. For example, if the origial source file ame was 1080p/24_Versio1 ad the ew source file ame is 1080p/24_Versio2, you ca eter a _ (uderscore) i the Versio Separator ad whe you relik, the system igores the characters after the _ (uderscore), overwritig Versio 1 with Versio 2. The Relik optio "Allow relikig to source tapes with compatible rates," has bee removed sice the system ow reliks clips ad subclips to a ew project format automatically. 37

38 Select Clip Text > Clip Tracks from the Timelie Fast meu to display the destiatio track (V1, A1, A2, etc.) for the clips i the Timelie. For example, if you patch the A1 audio track to A14 i the Timelie, if you select the optio Clip Tracks, A1 displays i the clip located o A14 i the Timelie. New AutoSyc optios added, they iclude: - Keep audio o clip with video: Use this optio if you wat to keep the selected video clip s audio tracks. Specify which audio tracks you wat to keep from the Start ad Ed rage. Off by default. - Iclude audio from audio-oly clips: Use this optio to keep the selected audio tracks with the audio-oly clip. Specify which audio tracks you wat to keep from the Start ad Ed rage. Off by default. - Collapse Audio Tracks: Use this optio to remove ay uused audio tracks ad the move the audio tracks to the ext available tracks. For example, if you have 8 audio tracks but tracks A2, A4, A6 ad A8 did ot have audio. If you select this optio, tracks A2, A4, A6 ad A8 would be removed ad A1, A3, A5 ad A7 would move ito the A1 through A4 tracks. Off by default. ALE ow supports file based clips i additio to tape based clips. To create a ALE from a shot log with file based clips, select "Source File" as a bi headig i the shot log. The coverted shot log (.ALE) will import ito a Media Composer bi ad Source File appears as a bi headig listig the origial file ames. To export a ALE from Avid Media Composer with Source File iformatio, display the Source File bi headig ad the export the bi as ALE. I the Effect Editor, whe you apply a Timecode Bur-I Effect, a ew selectio (Other Couters) has bee added to the Reader meu. Select Other Couters to display a submeu, the Bi Timecode Colum. Click this submeu to display auxiliary timecodes ad film related optios. Film Chages - Avid Editor You ca eter your ow custom key umbers for all clips (icludig captured, imported, ad file-based clips) i the KN Start colum i the bi. You o loger eed to provide a Tape ame. You ca eter custom timecodes for all clips (icludig captured, imported, ad file-based clips) i the Auxiliary TC ad Soud TC colums i the bi. You o loger eed to provide a Tape ame or Soudroll value (for Soud TC). To choose a differet timecode (other tha Start) or a differet tape ame whe you batch capture, use the ew optio Alterate Source Optios i the Batch Capture dialog box. See Alterate Source Capture i the Help for more iformatio. 38

39 Alterate Source Capture FilmScribe Chages FilmScribe ow supports file based media (imported or AMA liked media). The source fileame (user-defied ame) ow displays i a ew bi colum uder the headig Source File. EDL Maager Chages Removed the Update butto from the mai widow of the Avid EDL Maager. Whe you choose from the Source TC meu, for example the Source ad Record timecode or Tracks, the system automatically updates the iformatio, you do ot have to click the Update butto. Replaced the Right ad Left Arrow buttos with Get Sequece ad Sed Sequece buttos. Get Sequece takes the sequece you are curretly editig ad makes a EDL. Sed Sequece creates a Avid sequece from a imported EDL ad seds it to the Avid editor. Chaged the Master, Sources, ad Dupe View buttos i the Avid EDL Maager mai widow to tabs (Master EDL, Sources, Dupe List). Added a Source File optio to the Commets tab of the Optios widow. You ca ow select a Tape or File Name from the Reel ID Type meu of the Optios widow. Added ew EDL Types (edit cotroller format) to the EDL Type pop-up meu: File_16 - Equivalet to the CMX_3600 but with a 16-character source ame limit File_32 - Equivalet to the CMX_3600 but with a 32-character source ame limit Both of these edit cotroller formats support 24 audio chaels ad there is o limit to evets or sources. Use these ew formats (File_16 ad File_32) whe you create a file-based EDL. EDL Maager ow supports file based media (imported or AMA liked media). The source ame ad start ad ed timecode display i the EDL Maager widow. Alterate Source Capture Alterate source capture allows you to choose a differet source ame (Tape) ad timecode (Start) to use whe you perform a batch capture. This is helpful whe the clips used i your sequece are from a submaster source tape that is differet tha the origial master tape. For example, if durig productio you record RGB to HDCAM SR ad the make color corrected selects to HDCAM for the offlie workflow, whe masterig, it is best to go back to the origial master tape ad color correct from the HD RGB sources. Whe you create the origial HDCAM tapes, the metadata displays as: 39

40 TAPE START Camroll Auxiliary TC 1 Color corrected submaster Timecode from color corrected submaster Tape ame from origial field HDCAM SR master Timecode from origial field master Whe you perform a batch capture of the Timelie or source clips, you ca select ad frame accurately batch capture from either the HDCAM submaster or the HDCAM SR master. You ca also use a alterate tape ame if the origial tape ame was icorrectly logged. You ca use ay custom colum i the bi as a source ame whe you batch capture i additio to Labroll, Camroll, ad Soudroll, or you ca correct for timecode offsets ad store them i the Auxiliary TC colum ad batch capture from that. Whe you use a alterate tape source, the tape does ot have to display i the list of tapes. You ca create a temporary tape for the capture process ad remove it from the list oce the batch capture is complete. For more iformatio ad additioal steps to batch capture, see Preparig for Capture i the Help ad Batch Capturig Clips i the Help. To batch capture with a alterate source: 1. I a bi, select the clips you wat to batch capture. 2. Select Tools > Capture to ope the Capture tool. The Capture Tool opes. 3. Ope the bi that stores the clips you wat to batch capture. 4. Select the clips to batch capture: 5. Select Clip > Batch Capture. The Batch Capture dialog box opes. 40

41 Alterate Source Capture 6. Uder the Alterate Source Optios (Advaced), select the type of timecode from the Timecode Colum meu that you wat to batch capture from. Optios deped o your project type. Timecode optios ca iclude: Start, Auxiliary TC1- TC5, Soud TC. If you choose a timecode other tha Start, a message displays iformig you that a Alterate Source is eabled. 7. Select the tape source from the Source Colum meu that you wat to batch capture from. Optios deped o your project type ad custom colums. Tape optios ca iclude: Tape, Camroll, Labroll, Soudroll, Custom Tape. To set the Timecode Colum ad Source Colum meu selectios back to the defaults (Start ad Tape), click Reset. 8. Click OK. If ay clips you select do ot have the alterate source optios you selected (for example, a clip does ot have a Auxiliary timecode), a message displays ad asks you if you wat to skip those clips. Click Cotiue to cotiue with the batch process ad skip those clips. 9. A message opes ad asks you to mout the (alterate) tape. You ca choose to mout the tape or skip this particular clip. 10. Load the tape ito the tape deck ad click Mouted. The deck rolls to the alterate source timecode ad begis the capture process. 41

42 Your Avid editig applicatio captures each clip from the alterate source timecode ad tape. Selectig Clips ad Sequeces To select a clip or sequece i a bi, do oe of the followig: t t Click the clip or sequece ico (Brief view or Text view). Click i the picture area of the clip or sequece (Frame or Script view). Ctrl+click (Widows) or Cmd+click (Macitosh) toggles the selectio betwee selected ad deselected states. Double-clickig a clip loads it ito the Source moitor. To select multiple clips or sequeces i a bi, do oe of the followig: t t t Ctrl+click (Widows) or Cmd+click (Macitosh) clips to add them to your selectio. Select a clip, ad the Shift+click aother clip to select a rage of items. If you the Shift+click aother clip, the rage covers all clips from the oe you origially selected to the ew clip. I Frame view, the rage of items icludes all clips withi a rectagular regio bouded by the first ad last clips selected. Lasso several items. Click the mouse poiter outside the first item ad drag it to surroud the items with a white dotted lie. Selectig a sigle item deselects ay other selectios. To reverse your selectio: t Select Bi > Reverse Selectio. The items that you previously selected are deselected, ad those items that were previously deselected are selected. Sortig Clips ad Sequeces 42 You ca automatically sort clips ad sequeces i Brief view ad Text view oly. If you eed to view sorted clips i Script or Frame view, sort them i Text view first ad the retur to Script or Frame view. To sort clips i ascedig or descedig order: 1. With a bi i Text view, do oe of the followig: t Double-click the headig of the colum that you wat to use as the criterio. t Right-click the colum headig ad select Sort o Colum, Ascedig or Sort o Colum, Descedig.

43 Updatig ad Revertig Existig Effects i Sequeces If the Sort commad appears dimmed i the meu, you have ot selected a colum. 2. To reverse the order of the sort, do oe of the followig: t t Double-click the colum headig agai. Right-click the colum headig ad select the reverse order for the Sort o Colum commad. To reapply the last sort, do oe of the followig: t Select Bi > Sort Agai with o colum selected. This step is useful after you add ew clips to a sorted bi. t Click the colum headig ad select Bi > Sort. To perform a multilevel sort usig the iformatio i the bis: 1. With a bi i Text view, arrage the colums i the bi to establish the primary colum. The colum that appears farthest to the left i the bi has higher sort priority. 2. Select the headigs for the colums you wat to cotribute to the sort criterio. Cmd+click (Macitosh) or Ctrl+click (Widows) colums to add them to your selectio. You ca also Shift+click headigs to select a rage of colums. 3. Select Bi > Sort. The objects i the bi sort. To sort clips by color: 1. Click the Color colum headig i the bi. 2. Do oe of the followig: t Double-click the colum headig. t Select Bi > Sort. The objects i the bi sort by color. Colors sort by hue, saturatio, ad value. Updatig ad Revertig Existig Effects i Sequeces If you are workig with a sequece that already cotais effects, you might eed to update some of those effects. If you apply color correctios to a sequece i the curret versio of your Avid editig applicatio, you might eed to save a duplicate versio of the sequece with a reverted color correctios format that you ca ope i older versios of Avid editig applicatios. 43

44 The followig table summarizes the types of effects that you ca update or revert to their origial format: Effect Type Stadard keyframe effects Color Correctio Traditioal motio effects Promotable, missig AVX1 plug-is Descriptio I the curret versio of your Avid editig applicatio, may effects use advaced keyframes oly. You ca o loger apply or use stadard keyframe versios of those effects. If a existig sequece cotais stadard keyframe versios of ay effects that ow use advaced keyframes, you must update those effects to their advaced keyframe versios. This also applies to Title Effect clips i a sequece that still use stadard keyframes. Whe you update these, you chage the clip i the bi as well as the Title Effect segmet i the sequece itself. You ca update the stadard keyframe effects i a sequece by loadig the sequece or by usig the Update Effects commad. You must update color correctios i sequeces created i older versios of Avid editig applicatios that did ot support keyframeable color correctio before you ca work with them i the curret versio. Color correctios i recet versios store parameter iformatio differetly to support keyframig. If you apply color correctios to a sequece i the curret versio of your Avid editig applicatio ad wat to ope that sequece i a versio of a Avid editig applicatio that does ot support keyframeable color correctio, you must revert the color correctios to the earlier format. This creates a duplicate sequece that stores color correctio parameter iformatio i a appropriate format for use i the older versio. You ca update color correctios i a sequece by loadig the sequece or by usig the Update Effects commad. You ca update traditioal motio effects i a sequece to Timewarp effects by usig the Update Effects commad. This provides you with superior tools for adjustig the effects. You ca update these effects to AVX2 effects by usig the Update Effects commad. For more iformatio o AVX effects, icludig other optios for promotig AVX1 effects, see Workig with Plug-I Effects o page 169. To update stadard keyframe effects or color correctios by loadig a sequece: 1. Load the sequece, for example, by draggig it to a moitor. The Update Sequece dialog box opes. If the sequece cotais stadard keyframe versios of effects that are ow available i advaced keyframe versios, a message iforms you that you must update the effects. 44

45 Updatig ad Revertig Existig Effects i Sequeces If the sequece cotais icompatible color correctios from a older versio of your Avid editig applicatio, a message iforms you that you must update the color correctios. 2. (Optio) If you wat your Avid editig applicatio to update sequeces that you ope i the future without displayig the Update Sequece dialog box, select Do ot ask agai whe loadig a sequece. 3. Click OK. Your Avid editig applicatio creates a copy of the sequece, updates the effects ad color correctios i the copy that require updatig, ad opes the copy. The ame of the ew sequece uses a suffix idicatig that it is a updated sequece. If the origial sequece is amed MySequece, the updated copy is amed, for example, MySequece.updated.01. Both the origial sequece ad the updated copy are available i the bi. To update effects ad color correctios i a sequece usig the Update Effects commad: 1. Select the sequece i a bi. 2. Right-click the sequece, ad select Update Effects. The Update Sequece dialog box opes. Messages iform you if the sequece cotais stadard keyframe effects or color correctios that require updatig. If the sequece cotais motio effects or AVX effects that you ca choose to update, check boxes appear for those effect types. 3. (Optio) Select the optioal effect types that you wat to update. 4. Click OK to update the effects, or Cacel to take o actio. If you click OK, your Avid editig applicatio creates a copy of the sequece ad updates the effects ad color correctios i the copy that require updatig or that you chose to update. The ame of the ew sequece uses a suffix idicatig that it is a updated sequece. If the origial sequece is amed MySequece, the updated copy is amed, for example, MySequece.updated.01. Both the origial sequece ad the updated copy are available i the bi. To save a sequece with reverted color correctios that you ca ope i older versios of Avid editig applicatios: 1. Select the sequece i a bi. 2. Right-click the sequece, ad select Revert Effects. A message box appears. 45

46 3. Do oe of the followig: t t If the message box idicates that the sequece icludes color correctios that you must modify for use i versios of Avid editig applicatios that do ot support keyframeable color correctio, click OK to save a ew versio of the sequece, or Cacel to take o actio. If you click OK, your Avid editig applicatio saves a ew versio of the sequece. The ame of the ew sequece uses a suffix idicatig that it is a compatible copy, for example, MySequece.reverted.01. If the message box idicates that you do ot eed to revert ay effects, click OK. Usig the Ifo Widow The Ifo widow displays statistical iformatio about clips ad sequeces. You ca ope the Ifo widow from the Source moitor, the Record moitor, a pop-up moitor, a bi, or a Script widow. The Ifo widow updates the iformatio automatically. You ca cut, copy, ad paste iformatio from the Ifo widow, but you caot edit or chage ay iformatio withi the widow. To display iformatio from the Record moitor: 1. Do oe of the followig: t Right-click the moitor ad select Get Ifo. t Place the mouse poiter over the moitor ad press Ctrl+I (Widows) or Commad+I (Macitosh). The Ifo widow opes. Oly fields with data are displayed. To display iformatio from a bi: 1. Select a clip or sequece i a bi. You ca use ay bi view, ad you ca Ctrl+click to select multiple media objects. 2. Do oe of the followig: 46

47 AVCHD Import t Press Ctrl+I (Widows) or Commad+I (Macitosh). t Right-click the clip or sequece ad select Get Ifo. The Ifo widow opes. Oly fields with data are displayed. If you select more tha 8 media objects, a dialog box asks if you wat to ope iformatio widows for all selected items. AVCHD Import You ca ow import AVCHD material by selectig a AVCHD trasport stream (.mts) file i the Select Files to Import dialog box. To display oly AVCHD trasport stream files, select the AVCHD item from the Files of Type meu (Widows) or the Eable meu (Macitosh). For more iformatio, see "Importig Media Files" i the Help. If you are ot coected to the iteret the first time you import.mts files, you will receive the followig dialog box. Follow the oscree directios to activate this feature. If you are coected to the iteret, activatio is automatic. There is o additioal cost whe activatig this feature. 47

48 Basebad Capture to DVCPro HD ad XDCAM HD If you have appropriate Avid iput/output hardware, you ca ow capture to the DVCPro HD ad XDCAM HD 50 video resolutios over HD-SDI or HD compoet coectios. This capability is available i all 720p ad 1080i project types ad i the 1080p/29.97 project type. Select HD-SDI or HD Compoet i the Video meu of the Capture Tool, ad the select DVCPro HD MXF or XDCAM HD 50Mbit MXF. For more iformatio o resolutios, see Resolutio Specificatios i the Help. Capture to the XDCAM HD 50 resolutio is a processor-itesive operatio. You might experiece problems with capture to XDCAM HD 50 o slower systems. Mixig Dow Audio Tracks Whe you work with multiple audio tracks while editig your material, you might eed to mix dow the fial audio to a multichael track or to a moo track. Whe you mix dow audio, your Avid editig applicatio iserts the mixdow audio i the ext available track i the Timelie by default. You ca override the default target track by selectig aother oe i the Audio Mixdow dialog box. You caot mix dow compressed audio. 48

49 Mixig Dow Audio Tracks To mix dow several edited audio tracks to oe or two audio tracks: 1. Load a sequece ito the Record moitor. 2. Click the Track buttos i the Track Selector pael to select the audio tracks you wat to mix dow. 3. Mark a I poit ad a Out poit at the start ad ed of the material you wat to mix dow. If you do ot mark the sectio of audio you wat to mix dow, the system mixes dow all of the selected audio tracks. 4. Select Special > Audio Mixdow. The Audio Mixdow dialog box opes. The Source Tracks area lists the source audio tracks ad the Rage area lists the start ad ed timecodes for the sectio of audio you have selected to mix dow. 5. Select Moo or Stereo, ad select the target track to which you wat to mix dow the audio. A moo mixdow goes to the ext available moo track i the Timelie, ad a stereo mixdow goes to the ext available stereo track. If there are o appropriate tracks i the Timelie, the mixdow operatio creates them. 6. Select a drive ad a bi. The drive is the media drive where the system stores the media files for the mixed-dow audio. 49

50 50 7. Select Save Premix Sequece if you wat to save the sequece before mixig dow the audio. 8. Click OK. Your Avid editig applicatio mixes dow the audio, displays the ew master clip i the bi, ad edits the mixdow clip ito the sequece. Acillary Data Track With a Avid Nitris DX or a Avid Mojo DX you ca preserve acillary data with a Data track. A Data track adds a separate track to the Timelie ad allows you to capture ad store acillary data as a separate MXF file. For more iformatio, see Preservig HD Closed Captioig ad Acillary Data o page 55. Preservig HD Closed Captioig ad Acillary Data Ulike SD closed captioig data, which is trasferred i the vertical blakig iterval (VBI), HD closed captioig ad acillary data packets are trasferred i the HD-SDI data stream. I certai circumstaces, your Avid editig applicatio lets you capture closed captioig ad other acillary data i HD, preserve this data durig editig, ad output the data through the HD-SDI port of your Avid iput/output hardware. Your Avid editig applicatio lets you tur acillary data preservatio o ad off ad to cotrol which data is preserved. Depedig o your iput/output hardware ad the versio of software you have, there are two methods for preservig acillary data. The Legacy method embeds the acillary data i a DNxHD video file, ad the Data Track method adds a separate data track to the Timelie ad lets you capture ad store acillary data as a separate MXF file. You eed to choose whether you wat to use the ew Data Track method or the legacy embedded method. For both methods, you ca oly moitor ad view the data o a cliet moitor capable of hadlig acillary data. Your Avid editig applicatio ca capture ad preserve ay of the followig four types of acillary data by default: Closed Captioig (CEA 608, CEA 708): Closed captioig acillary data packets are captured from the HD-SDI source accordig to the SMPTE 334M stadard. Program Descriptio (AFD): AFD acillary data packets are captured from the HD-SDI source accordig to the SMPTE 334M stadard. Acillary Time Code (ATC): Acillary time code packets are captured from the HD-SDI source.

51 Acillary Data Track The optios that you set for acillary data preservatio are associated with the project. Whe you create a ew project, you must set the acillary data optios you eed for that project. Data Track Method The Data Track method stores acillary data as a separate MXF file. A D (Data) track is added to your sequece, alog with the video ad audio track. You ca edit clips o the D track, just as you would ay other clip. Whe you use the Data Track method, acillary data preservatio is subject to the followig requiremets ad limitatios: You ca capture ad output the MXF media usig Avid Nitris DX or Avid Mojo DX iput/output hardware oly. You ca cotrol which types of acillary data are captured through the Capture Settigs tab i the Media Creatio tool. The data you capture is the same as the data you output. Four data slots are available, ad the maximum size is selectable. To view ad moitor acillary data, you must coect a acillary data capable device to the output of your Avid hardware. You caot add a effect to the Data track. Acillary data is ot supported whe crosscovert or dowcovert are eabled. You caot patch a Data track. Multicamera (group clips) is ot supported with a Data track. A Data track is ot allowed whe you use mixed rate clips. You caot trascode a data clip. You must output through the HD-SDI port of your Avid iput/output hardware. Acillary data is oly supported through the HD-SDI iput/output of your Avid hardware. There is o support for a Data track i the Avid FilmScribe applicatio. At this time, the followig resolutios/projects are ot supported with a data track: RGB, 720p/23, 720p/25 ad 720p/ Data tracks are supported whe you export a sequece to a playback device through the Trasfer > Sed to Playback optio (exportig a sequece with Data tracks to a Avid Iterplay Trasfer eviromet). For iformatio about Sed to Playback with a Data track, see your Avid Iterplay documetatio. At this time, there is o support to export a sequece with a data track through the File > Sed To template optios (ProTools, DigiDelivery, etc.). 51

52 Addig a Data Track You ca add oe Data track directly to the Timelie or you ca extract the acillary data from a video clip to create the Data track. If you have a clip with acillary data that you brought i through the Legacy method, the best way to brig this clip oto a data track is to use the procedure by extractig acillary data from a clip. Whe you add a Data track by extractig a clip, the clip eeds to meet the followig criteria, or you will receive a error message: The clip must be a master clip The clip should ot have a Data track associated with it already The media eeds to be DNxHD format The media eeds to be olie To add the Data Track to a sequece i the Timelie: t With a sequece loaded i the Record moitor, select Clip > New Data Track. t Right-click i the Timelie, ad select New Data Track. The ew Data Track appears i the Timelie. To add a Data Track through extractig acillary data from a clip: 1. Select the clip (that icludes acillary data) i the bi. 2. Choose Clip > Extract DNxHD Data, or Right-click the clip i the bi ad choose Extract DNxHD Data. The Cofirm dialog box appears. If the clip does ot meet all the requiremets to extract a acillary data clip, a dialog box appears that iforms you of the problem. Ope the Cosole widow (Tools > Cosole) to get more iformatio about the problem. 3. Click Cotiue or Cacel. The system adds the Data track with the clip to the Timelie. The clip i the bi displays D1 i the Track colum. To playback the D1 track, you must have the acillary data tured o i the Media Creatio Settigs > Capture tab. See Cotrollig Acillary Data through a Settigs Widow - Data Track Method o page

53 Acillary Data Track Movig from Legacy Method to Data Track Method The followig explais what you eed to kow whe you capture acillary data with the Legacy method ad move to the Data Track method. You might eed to perform additioal steps whe you move sequeces or clips from the legacy method to the data track method. You should ot mix SMPTE 436M (data track) acillary data media with legacy method media. If you have a sequece that icludes media from both methods, oly oe method plays. If you select SMPTE 436M (data track) i the Media Creatio Capture tab, oly the SMPTE 436M (data track method) clip plays. If you select Legacy method i the Media Creatio Capture tab, oly the Legacy method clip plays. If you wat to play both methods, you eed to perform a Clip > Extract DNxHD Data o the Legacy clip ad cut that clip ito your sequece. Subclips created i the legacy method will ot iclude a data track whe you brig the subclip ito a sequece or bi with data tracks. Oly the master clip will iclude the data track. You caot add a data track to a legacy subclip. You eed to recreate the subclips agai to add the data track. Acillary Data ad Avid Editig Fuctios The table below describes if you ca use a particular editig fuctio with the ew Data Track method or with the Legacy method. How Data Tracks Are Hadled i the Data Track Method ad the Legacy Method Data Track Method Legacy Method Create a D track Yes No Play Yes (Avid Nitris DX or Avid Mojo DX oly) No Edit Yes Yes Capture Yes (Avid Nitris DX or Avid Mojo DX oly) No Trascode No No Cosolidate Yes No Mixdow Yes No Import (AAF) Yes Yes Export (AAF) Yes No 53

54 How Acillary Data Embedded i DNxHD Media Is Hadled i the Data Track Method ad the Legacy Method Data Track Method Legacy Method Create a D track Not Applicable Not Applicable Play Not Applicable Yes (with Avid Nitris DX, Avid Mojo DX or Avid Adrealie oly) Edit Not Applicable Not Applicable Capture Not Applicable Yes (with Avid Nitris DX, Avid Mojo DX or Avid Adrealie oly) Trascode Not Applicable Not Applicable Cosolidate Not Applicable Yes Mixdow Not Applicable Yes Yes (with Avid Nitris DX, Avid Mojo DX, or Avid Adrealie ad source ad destiatio media must be DNxHD) Import (AAF with embedded media) Export (AAF with embedded media) Not Applicable Yes (with Avid Nitris DX, Avid Mojo DX or Avid Adrealie oly) Not Applicable Yes (with Avid Nitris DX, Avid Mojo DX or Avid Adrealie oly) Not Applicable Yes (with Avid Nitris DX, Avid Mojo DX or Avid Adrealie oly) Not Applicable Yes (with Avid Nitris DX, Avid Mojo DX or Avid Adrealie oly) Eve though Avid preserves acillary data, if you move a sequece with a data track to ad from differet systems (with ad without supported Avid iput/output hardware), be aware that whe you perform the editig fuctios listed i the above tables, acillary data might ot always be preserved the way you expect. 54

55 Acillary Data Track Legacy Method Whe you use the legacy method, acillary data preservatio is subject to the followig requiremets ad limitatios: You must capture ad output the HD media usig Avid Nitris DX, Avid Mojo DX, Avid Adrealie or Avid DNxchage iput/output hardware. Avid Nitris (classic) or software oly systems do ot support capture ad output of HD acillary data. Due to software DNx codec performace requiremets, you must have a dual quad core system i order to capture DNxHD 220 or 220x with acillary data o the Avid Nitris DX or the Avid Mojo DX platform. Acillary data ca oly be preserved whe it resides o the V1 video track. You ca cotrol which types of acillary data you capture through the Capture Settigs tab i the Media Creatio tool or by usig Cosole commads. The data you capture is the same as the data you output. Four data slots are available, ad the maximum size of the four data slots combied is 256 bytes, of which 7 bytes per eabled slot is for Avid cotrol data. You might eed to disable some data slots i order to have eough space for the data you eed to preserve. (Avid Adrealie) You must limit your editig to Full Quality. Ay other actios make the acillary data uusable ad prevet it from beig preserved. You must output through the HD-SDI port of your Avid iput/output hardware. Acillary data is oly supported through the HD-SDI iput/output of your Avid hardware. Acillary data is ot supported whe crosscovert or dowcovert is eabled. You caot playback a D-track i Legacy mode. Cotrollig Acillary Data through a Settigs Widow - Data Track Method This feature is oly available with a Avid Nitris DX or a Avid Mojo DX. Choose SMPTE 436M to capture acillary data to a MXF file (data track method) or choose Legacy to capture acillary data to a DNxHD video file (legacy method). You ca also set the slots through the Media Creatio Settigs. To switch the acillary data feature o ad set optios for acillary data i a Settigs widow: 1. Do oe of the followig: t Double-click Media Creatio i the Settigs list. t Select Tools > Media Creatio. 55

56 2. Click the Capture tab. 3. From the Acillary Data Mode Settig, select SMPTE 436M or Legacy. The system eables all four slots. 4. Select a Data Type for each slot you wat to display acillary data for. The default DID ad SDID umber displays for that slot. 5. Select Eabled ext to the appropriate slot. 6. Deselect Eabled for those slots you do ot wat to capture acillary data for. 7. Click OK. For more iformatio about acillary data optios, see Media Creatio Settigs i the Help. Cotrollig Acillary Data through a Settigs Widow - Legacy Method This feature is oly available with a Avid Adrealie. You ca tur the acillary data optio o ad off ad set the slots through the Media Creatio Settigs. To switch the acillary data feature o ad off through a Settigs widow: 1. Do oe of the followig: t Double-click Media Creatio i the Settigs list. t Select Tools > Media Creatio. 2. Click the Capture tab. 3. Select Acillary Data Eabled. A check mark appears. The system eables all four slots. 4. Click OK. 5. To tur off the acillary data feature, click Capture Acillary Data agai to deselect the feature. To set optios for acillary data preservatio: 1. Double-click Media Creatio i the Settigs list. 2. Click the Capture tab. 3. Select Capture Acillary Data. A check mark appears. 4. Select a Data Type for each slot you wat to display acillary data for. The default DID ad SDID umber displays for that slot. 56

57 Acillary Data Track The DID ad SDID iformatio captured with the data clip displays i the bi. 5. Select Eabled ext to the appropriate slot. 6. (Optio) Select Custom from the Data Type ad eter the custom DID ad SDID umbers. 7. Deselect Eabled for those slots you do ot wat to capture acillary data for. 8. Click OK. For more iformatio about acillary data optios, see Media Creatio Settigs i the Help. Cotrollig Acillary Data with a Cosole Commad (Legacy Method oly) You ca tur the acillary data optio o ad off ad set the slots with Cosole Commads. To switch the acillary data feature o ad off with a Cosole commad: 1. Select Tools > Cosole. 2. Type the followig commad: Embeddxcc To set the default for acillary data preservatio for all four slots: 1. Select Tools > Cosole. 2. Type the followig commad: Embeddxccdefault The default for all four slots is set to the values listed i the table below. The followig table lists the DID ad SDID umber values for the four acillary data packets that your Avid editig applicatio ca capture ad preserve by default: Data Packet DID SDID CEA CEA AFD ATC The slot 3 default has chaged from DTV to AFD, which is differet from previous releases. 57

58 To set optios for acillary data preservatio for a sigle slot: 1. Select Tools > Cosole. 2. Type the followig commad with the appropriate optios: Embeddxccoptios <slot> <o/off> <optioal DID & SDID> The followig table describes the optios you ca set i the commad: Optio Slot Descriptio A value from 1 to 4 that specifies a data slot O/Off A value of 1 or 0 DID A hex umber (for example, 0x61) SDID A hex umber (for example, 0x60) For example: - To tur off data slot 1, type Embeddxccoptios To set data slot 2 to hold CEA 708 data, type Embeddxccoptios 2 1 0x61 0x01 - To set data slot 4 to hold a custom data type, type Embeddxccoptios 4 1 0xaa 0xbb where aa ad bb are the DID ad SDID of the custom data type To view the curret status of each slot: 1. Select Tools > Cosole. 2. Type the followig commad: Embeddxccoptios Capturig Acillary Data with a Data Track While you capture video ad audio clips, if your Avid editig system has a Avid Nitris DX or a Avid Mojo DX attached, you ca also capture clips with acillary data. You perform the same steps icluded i Preparig for Capture i the Help ad Capturig Media i the Help to capture video ad audio media. Make sure you select the Data track (D) Chael Selectio i the Capture tool. You also eed to select the appropriate acillary data optios i the Capture tab of the Media Creatio Settigs widow. 58

59 Acillary Data Track To capture clips with acillary data: 1. Prepare your deck for capture. Follow the steps i Preparig for Capture i the Help ad Settig Up the Capture Tool o page 141. This icludes selectig the D Chael Selectio butto i the Capture Tool. 2. Select SMPTE 436M ad the type of acillary data you wat to capture i the Capture tab of the Media Creatio Settigs widow. Follow the steps i Cotrollig Acillary Data through a Settigs Widow - Data Track Method o page Decide o your method of capture, see Capturig Media i the Help for more iformatio. Depedig o the optios you select, acillary data clips alog with the video ad audio clips you selected to capture, appear i the bi. Performig a Data Mixdow With the Data Track method, a data mixdow lets you combie several clips ito oe ew master clip. You ca use data mixdow after you fiish buildig your sequece ad wat to make it ito oe piece. Data mixdow is useful whe you wat to: Combie multiple acillary data clips ito oe master clip. Fialize a complex sequece before you cosolidate, export, or trasfer. With data mixdow, your ed result is a ew master clip made up of all the data clips o the data track. That track becomes oe clip. You caot geerate a edit decisio list (EDL) for a sequece that cotais a data track. To work aroud this, you ca either remove the data track or maitai a versio of the sequece that does ot cotai a data track. To perform a data mixdow: 1. Select the Record Track Moitor butto i the Track Selector pael for the data track. 2. Mark a I poit ad a Out poit aroud the area to mix dow, or clear the I ad Out poits to mixdow the etire sequece. 3. Select Special > Data Mixdow. The Data Mixdow dialog box opes. 4. Select a target bi ad target drive for storig the ew master clip, ad the click OK. A progress idicator appears. Whe the data mixdow fiishes, a ew clip appears i the bi alog with the sequece, ad a ew media file is created o the target drive. 59

60 Exportig a Sequece with Data Tracks Whe you have completed work o a sequece with a data track, you ca export the data track sequece to create a XDCAM HD file. You must use a XDCAM HD device. The XDCAM HD file serves as a wrapper for iformatio about the sequece, with liks to the media i the sequece. The XDCAM HD file exports with the data track ad acillary data, however, if you attempt to import the same file ito your Avid editig system, the data track ad acillary data do ot import. For complete iformatio about the export process, see Uderstadig Export i the Help. To export to a XDCAM device: 1. Coect your XDCAM HD device. 2. Select the appropriate mode o your XDCAM HD device that correspods to the video format that you will be exportig. For example, set your XDCAM device to 1080i if you wat to export a clip or sequece at XDCAM I/ Select the sequece or clips to export, or select the data track. 4. With a XDCAM HD HD device coected to your system, select Output > Export to Device > XDCAM. If you have a sequece loaded i the Record moitor, the sequece is exported whe you select Export to Device. You ca also right-click the clip or sequece i a bi ad select Export to Device. The XDCAM Export Settigs dialog box opes. 5. (Optio) Select Use Marks. 60

61 Settigs Whe Use Marks is selected, the curret IN ad OUT poits i the selected clip or sequece determie startig ad edig frames for the export. 6. (Optio) Select Use Eabled Tracks. Whe Use Eabled Tracks is selected, the system uses tracks that are eabled i the Timelie. To export all the tracks i the sequece, deselect this optio. 7. Select a XDCAM HD disk from the Target XDCAM Disk list. If the target XDCAM disk you are exportig to already has other clips o it, you are oly allowed to export a clip with the same umber of audio tracks. For example, if the target XDCAM disk has a clip with 4 tracks of audio, you caot export a ew XDCAM clip with 2 tracks. You either have to reformat the disk ad wipe it clea or add two dummy tracks to your 2-track sequece before you export. 8. Select a video format. Select XDCAM-50, XDCAM-35, XDCAM-25, or XDCAM-17. For HD, a sigle disk ca have clips with mixed bit rates (17.5, 25, ad 35 Mbits). Additioally, a sequece that is beig exported to a HD XDCAM disk ca have mixed bit rates, as well. If you use the Soy PDW HD1500 or the Soy PDW 1500 XDCAM device, export of up to 8 tracks of audio is supported for the MPEG IMX ad XDCAM HD 50 Mbits formats. For other formats or devices that do ot support 8 tracks, the system mixes dow to audio tracks 1 ad 2 durig export. 9. Select a Sample Bit Depth: 16 or 24 bits. For HD projects, select 16 bits. XDCAM HD devices are ot capable of hadlig 24 bits, except for the Soy PDW HD1500 device, which is capable of hadlig 24 bits. 10. Click OK. Soy applies its ow file-amig covetio. All exported clips are give a ew sequetial ame of Cxxxx.mxf, for example, C0019.mxf. A progress bar appears displayig the ew Soy XDCAM HD sequetial clip ame. The sequece is exported. Settigs The Settigs dialog box lets you cofigure your Avid editig applicatio so that it ca otify you by whe a reder operatio completes. Some mobile telephoe services ca deliver as a text message or otify you by text message whe a has bee received. If your service icludes this feature, cosider usig it as a coveiet way to receive your reder otificatio. 61

62 Optio Server Settigs SMTP Server Port Autheticate with userame/password Store password after closig project Use SSL Descriptio Use the optios i this area to defie the server settigs that your Avid editig applicatio uses to commuicate with your accout ad sed otificatios. Check the documetatio for your applicatio, or talk to your iteret service provider or iformatio techology departmet, to obtai the iformatio you eed to defie these settigs correctly. Your accout must use the SMTP protocol for outgoig mail. Defies the SMTP (outgoig mail) server address for your accout. Typically, this address has oe of the followig formats: smtp.service_ame.com or smtp.mail.service_ame.com. Defies the port that the SMTP server uses. The default value, 25, is used by several commo services, but your server might require a differet port umber. Whe this optio is selected, your Avid editig applicatio icludes userame ad password iformatio to autheticate ay it seds. Type the userame ad password for your accout i the Userame ad Password text boxes. Some services require autheticatio as a security measure. Whe this optio is selected, your Avid editig applicatio saves the password i the Password text box whe the curret project closes. This elimiates the eed to re-eter the password each time you ope a project. Whe this optio is selected, your Avid editig applicatio uses the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) security protocol whe sedig otificatios. Some services require this as a security measure. Settigs From Name From Address To Address Defies the ame that appears i the From header field of a your Avid editig applicatio seds. Defies the address for the accout that your Avid editig applicatio uses to sed the . Defies the address to which your Avid editig applicatio seds the . Sed Evets Reder Complete Whe this optio is selected, your Avid editig applicatio seds a otificatio whe a reder operatio completes. You must have the Server Settigs ad Settigs optios cofigured correctly, ad the Eable Sedig of optio selected. Master Cotrol Eable Sedig of Whe this optio is selected, your Avid editig applicatio is able to sed otificatios. 62

63 File Based Media - AMA Optio Sed Test Descriptio Click this butto to sed a test usig the curret Server Settigs ad Settigs optios. File Based Media - AMA You ca lik, import, or export clips ad sequeces from may third-party volumes or third-party files to ad from the Avid editig system. You ca maipulate ad edit this media as you would ay other clip or sequece. You obtai this media from a third-party device (a camera, reader, or drive), from a CD or DVD, from a folder o your system, or from a virtual volume (a server coected to your system). To move the media ito your Avid editig system, you have the optio to use the AMA method (Avid Media Access) which liks the file based media directly ito a bi through a AMA plug-i, or you ca use the o-ama method which imports the media oto your system. Whe you work with high-resolutio media, the AMA method is the preferred ad the faster method. This chapter describes the AMA method ad those plug-is Avid supports. For iformatio to import ad export XDCAM ad P2 media, see Importig Files i the Help ad Exportig Frames, Clips, or Sequeces i the Help. The followig topics provide iformatio o the file based media Avid supports: XDCAM ad XDCAM EX Media P2 Media Cao XF Media GFCAM Media RED Media The Avid Media Access (AMA) Workflow Workflows for Editig with AMA XDCAM ad XDCAM EX Media The Soy XDCAM decks ad camcorders use a optical disk with either a capacity of 23.3 or 50 GB to store recorded media. The XDCAM devices record media i high-resolutio MPEG IMX, DVCAM, ad XDCAM HD formats or correspodig 63

64 low-resolutio or compressed (proxy) media (MPEG-4). This lets you work with the compressed or low-resolutio media i a off-lie editig sessio ad the later coform or lik the compressed media to the correspodig high-resolutio media. Your Avid editig applicatio supports high-resolutio XDCAM EX media. Soy s XDCAM EX media is stored o a card. Soy's XDCAM EX cameras ad readers ad JVC s cameras ad readers ruig i XDCAM EX mode, use a SxS card to store recorded media. The XDCAM EX devices ca record media i high-resolutio XDCAM HD formats. The XDCAM ad XDCAM EX AMA plug-i should be istalled o your system. To lik XDCAM, XDCAM EX or low resolutio (proxy) XDCAM media through the AMA method, use Lik to AMA Volumes. For more iformatio, see The Avid Media Access (AMA) Workflow o page 94 ad Likig Media with AMA o page 97. For specific XDCAM ad XDCAM EX workflow steps, see Workflow for Editig XDCAM ad XDCAM EX Clips with AMA o page 107. XDCAM ad XDCAM EX Formats ad Resolutios Resolutio/Bit Rate XDCAM HD: XDCAM HD 17.5 Mbits XDCAM HD 25 Mbits XDCAM HD 35 Mbits Frame Rate/Raster 1080i/59.94, 1080i/50, 1080p/23.976, 720p/50, 720p/59.94, 1440 x 1080, 1280 x 720 (25/35mb) Number of Audio Chaels (maximum) 2 or 4 2 or 4 2 or 4 2 or 4 XDCAM HD 50 Mbits (24-bit audio) XDCAM EX 25Mbits 1080i/59.94, 1080i/50, 1080p/23.976, 1080p/25, 1080p/29, 720p/59.94, 720p/50, 1920 x 1080, 1280 x i/59.94, 1080i/50, 1080p/ or 4 XDCAM EX 35 Mbits 1080i/59.94, 1080i/50, 1080p/23.976, 1080p/25, 1080p/29.97, 720p/59, 720p/50, 720p/29.976, 720p/25, 720p/23.98, 1920 x 1080, 1440 x 1080, 1280 x or 4 64

65 File Based Media - AMA Resolutio/Bit Rate XDCAM EX DV-AVI: DV DV DVCAM: DV DV MPEG IMX (16 ad 24-bit audio) MPEG 30 MPEG 40 MPEG 50 Frame Rate/Raster SD NTSC 30i SD PAL 25i SD NTSC 30i SD PAL 25i SD NTSC 30i ad PAL 25i SD NTSC 30i ad PAL 25i SD NTSC 30i ad PAL 25i Number of Audio Chaels (maximum) or 8 MPEG-4 (compressed media) SD NTSC 30i ad PAL 25i 4 or 8 The above listed formats ad resolutios support 16-bit audio, except where oted. Workig with XDCAM HD Media Your Avid editig applicatio supports likig of both low-resolutio (proxy) ad high-resolutio XDCAM HD media. XDCAM HD media is recorded i oe of the followig resolutios: XDCAM HD LP (log play) (17.5 mb/sec) XDCAM HD SP (stadard play) (25 mb/sec) XDCAM HD HQ (high quality) (35 mb/sec) XDCAM HD HQ (high quality) (50 mb/sec) You ca play XDCAM HD media to a Cliet moitor or output a digital cut as Best Performace (yellow/yellow) or Draft Quality (yellow/gree). However, if you work with Adrealie hardware, to play or output as Full Quality (gree/gree), you must trascode the XDCAM HD media to a DNxHD resolutio or aother compatible resolutio. If you use Avid Nitris DX or Avid Mojo DX, you ca play out the back of the HD-SDI. Workig with AMA XDCAM Multiple Resolutio Media The XDCAM AMA plug-i allows you to lik to low-resolutio (proxy) or high-resolutio audio or video media. To lik to the AMA XDCAM multiple resolutio media, see Workig with AMA Multiple Resolutio Media o page

66 The AMA multiple resolutio feature supports specific XDCAM devices which iclude a /PROAV folder. For example, the Soy PDWU1 Professioal Disc Drive Uit. See your Soy documetatio for iformatio o how to eable the /PROAV directory for your device. Avid editig systems do ot support XDCAM proxy audio. Istallig the XDCAM Drivers Before you use XDCAM or XDCAM EX devices, you eed to load the appropriate drivers. Your XDCAM device should iclude a CD that icludes the driver. To istall XDCAM or XDCAM EX drivers: t Follow the istructios icluded with your XDCAM or XDCAM EX device. Dowload the most up to date driver from the Soy website, Coectig the XDCAM or XDCAM EX Device Use a IEEE-compliat 1394 (i.link) port o your computer to coect the XDCAM device to your system, or use a USB port o your computer to coect the XDCAM EX device to your system. The XDCAM iterface is cofigured to use the SBP2 protocol so you ca access the XDCAM device as a disk volume o your system. If you use Avid Adrealie, Avid Mojo, or Avid Mojo SDI iput/output hardware, the 1394 port o your computer must be o a bus separate from the oe used by the hardware. (XDCAM disk oly) Multiple XDCAM devices ca coect to your system at oe time. Each device appears as a separate optical drive, similar to a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. The drive s volume label carries a XDCAM idetifier for example, XDCAM (E:). XDCAM EX devices use a USB 2.0 coectio oly. (XDCAM oly) To use the XDCAM device with your Avid editig applicatio, you eed to istall the appropriate device driver icluded with the Soy XDCAM deck or camera. For more iformatio, see Istallig the XDCAM Drivers o page 66. Spaed Clips ad XDCAM EX Spaed clips are clips that exted from oe card to aother. Avid supports workig with spaed XDCAM EX clips i your Avid editig applicatio. For more iformatio about spaed clips, see Spaed Clips ad P2 o page

67 File Based Media - AMA Ejectig a XDCAM EX Card To properly eject a card from a XDCAM EX device while your Avid editig applicatio is ruig, choose to Safely Remove Hardware from your Widows Vista or Widows 7 system. This commad removes the actual XDCAM EX device from your system, ot just the card. However, it prevets the occurrece of ay umout messages from your Avid editig applicatio. To eject a XDCAM EX card from its device: 1. With a XDCAM EX card iserted i the XDCAM EX device ad your Avid editig applicatio ruig, click the Safely Remove Hardware ico located at the bottom right-had corer of the taskbar. 2. Select Safely Remove XDCAM EX device ame. This removes the XDCAM EX device from your system. 3. To use the card agai, uplug ad the plug-i the XDCAM EX device from your system usig the USB cable. This allows your Avid editig applicatio to read the XDCAM EX card. Copyig XDCAM or XDCAM EX Files to a FireWire or Network Drive After you isert the XDCAM EX cards or XDCAM disk, you ca copy the media to a FireWire drive or a etwork drive ad the eject the card or disk. You might fid it coveiet to copy several cards or disks to other drives so you ca reuse the cards or disks. Your Avid editig applicatio supports XDCAM ad XDCAM EX copies as though they were actual cards or disks. You ca work with media o a card/disk or work with media o aother drive, but you caot work with media that is stored i both places simultaeously. To avoid the problem, eject the card or disk after you copy the XDCAM or XDCAM EX files to the other drive. To copy the XDCAM EX card or XDCAM disk to aother drive: 1. O the drive, set up a folder for each XDCAM EX card or XDCAM disk you wat to copy. Avid recommeds that you do ot place the media folder at the top level of the drive. 2. Give each folder a uique ame that idetifies the XDCAM EX card or XDCAM disk. The ame does ot have to be the same as the actual card or disk ame. 3. Navigate to the actual XDCAM EX card or XDCAM disk ad select the folder with the media. 67

68 P2 Media 4. Do oe of the followig: t Copy ad paste the cotets of the card or disk media folder to the folder o the other drive. t Click the card or disk folder ad drag it to the folder o the other drive. 5. Eject the card or disk. Paasoic s P2 equipmet records DV, DVCPRO, ad DVCPRO 50 media o compact, solid-state memory cards (P2 cards). Avid editig applicatios support editig of media directly from these memory cards, without the eed to capture. You ca also write your sequece back to the P2 card. The followig are recogized as P2 cards by your Avid editig applicatio: Paasoic P2 cards i a attached reader or camera or i a laptop PC Card slot. Sythetic P2 cards. A complete copy of a P2 card copied to the root of a drive or mouted as a drive, for example, by mappig to a drive letter. The P2 AMA plug-i should be istalled o your system. To lik P2 media through the AMA method, use Lik to AMA Volumes. For more iformatio, see The Avid Media Access (AMA) Workflow o page 94 ad Likig Media with AMA o page 97. For specific P2 workflow steps, see Workflow for Editig P2 Clips with AMA o page 110. Paasoic P2 Formats Avid editig applicatios support the followig resolutios, captured by Paasoic P2 equipmet at frame rates of 30i NTSC ad 25i PAL: Paasoic Format Avid Format Number of Audio Chaels DV DVCPRO DVCPRO HD DV (NTSC) DV (PAL) DV (NTSC ad PAL) 720p 1080i DVCPRO 50 DV 50 (NTSC ad PAL) 4 68

69 File Based Media - AMA Avid editig applicatios support oe video track ad up to four tracks of 48 khz, 16-bit audio, the maximum you ca record o Paasoic P2 equipmet. P2 Files ad Folders Paasoic P2 video ad audio media is recorded i MXF format, oe of the two media file formats you ca use i Avid editig applicatios. Each P2 card stores MXF files i two folders: (Widows) drive:\cotets\audio (Macitosh) Macitosh HD/Cotets/Audio (Widows) drive:\cotets\video (Macitosh) Macitosh HD/Cotets/Video Examples of MXF audio ad video files cotaied i the Audio ad Video folders. Top: four audio tracks for a sigle clip. Bottom: the correspodig video track. Paasoic P2 devices write idividual MXF audio ad video media files for each track of each clip. For example, a P2 clip that icludes oe track of video ad four tracks of audio is stored o the P2 card as five idividual media files. Withi your Avid editig applicatio the five media files are represeted as a sigle clip with audio ad video. Istallig the Paasoic P2 Drivers Before you use a Paasoic P2 device, load the appropriate drivers. Your P2 device should iclude a CD that icludes the driver. 69

70 To istall Paasoic P2 drivers: t Follow the istructios icluded with your P2 equipmet. Dowload the most up-to-date driver from the Paasoic website, Preparig to Mout P2 Cards as Drives You ca mout P2 cards as drives o your desktop. To your Avid editig applicatio, these mouted cards fuctio as idividual media drives. P2 cards ca fuctio as media drives eve though the MXF files are ot cotaied i a Avid MediaFiles folder. After you istall the appropriate Paasoic driver, you ca mout the cards as drives from ay of these devices: Device Descriptio PCMCIA card slot Notebook computers typically iclude a PCMCIA card slot that will accept idividual P2 cards. P2 drive P2 camera or deck Paasoic offers P2 card-readig peripherals such as the AJ-PCD10 memory card drive. You ca coect this drive, or card reader through a USB port, or you ca istall it as a iteral drive o a desktop PC. This card reader provides access to five P2 cards at oe time. Paasoic cameras ad decks, such as the AJ-SPD850, provide access to P2 cards through a USB port. Settig up a P2 Card Reader (Widows oly) Before usig a P2 card reader with a Widows system, you eed to set Autoplay optios. To set up a P2 card reader for the first time: 1. Make sure your Avid editig applicatio is ot ruig. 2. Make sure the appropriate driver is istalled. See Istallig the Paasoic P2 Drivers o page Coect the card reader to a USB port. 4. Isert a P2 card ito each slot. Each P2 card displays as a sigle lettered drive o the Widows desktop. 5. Ope Widows Explorer, right-click a drive letter, ad select Autoplay from the meu. 70

71 File Based Media - AMA 6. I the Autoplay dialog box, select Take o actio ad the Always do the selected actio. 7. Repeat the last two steps for each drive letter associated with the reader. Moutig P2 Cards as Drives If you do t have eough cards to fill all the slots, you ca reuse a card i multiple slots to perform the followig drive letter setup. (Widows oly) Some card slots of the P2 drive might require drive letters that have already bee assiged to existig etwork drives. If your computer does ot display all five card slots as drives, reassig the etwork drives or restart your system. To mout oe or more P2 cards as drives: 1. Make sure your Avid editig applicatio is ot ruig. 2. Make sure the appropriate driver is istalled. See Istallig the Paasoic P2 Drivers o page Coect the card reader, camera, or deck to a USB port. 4. (Widows) Set up the P2 card reader. See Preparig to Mout P2 Cards as Drives o page Isert oe or more P2 cards (up to five). (Widows) Each P2 card displays as a sigle lettered drive o the Widows desktop. (Macitosh) Each card appears as a sigle drive with the label No Name. Volumes with duplicate ames are reamed sequetially (No Name1, No Name2, ad so o). However, this is ot visible to the editor. Before you start your Avid editig applicatio, Avid recommeds that you reame each P2 card to its uique serial umber as show o the card edge whe it s mouted i the reader. For example, P21 = Card1, P22 = Card2, P23 = Card3. The P2 ame chages back to No Name whe you reformat the card i the camera. 6. Start your Avid editig applicatio ad ope a project. 7. Isert the P2 cards. The P2 cards automatically display o the desktop. To umout a P2 drive: 1. Select File > Umout. The list displays all drives curretly available. 71

72 2. Select the P2 drive you wat to umout. 3. Ctrl+click (Widows) or Shift+click (Macitosh) to select additioal drives. 4. Select Umout. The drives are o loger available to your Avid editig applicatio ad you ca safely eject the P2 card from the reader o your Widows or Macitosh system. Copyig P2 Files to a FireWire or Network Drive After you mout the P2 drives, you ca copy the P2 media to a FireWire drive or a etwork drive ad the eject the card. You might fid it coveiet to copy several P2 cards to other drives so you ca reuse the cards. Your Avid editig applicatio supports P2 copies as though they were actual P2 cards. You ca coect a FireWire drive, for example, ad store the cotets of several P2 cards o it so you ca keep usig the cards i the camera. You ca work with media o a P2 card or work with media o aother drive, but you caot work with media that is stored i both places simultaeously. To avoid the problem, eject the P2 card after you copy the P2 files to the other drive. To copy the P2 cards to aother drive: 1. O the drive, set up a folder for each P2 card you wat to copy. Avid recommeds that you do ot place the media folder at the top level of the drive. 2. Give each folder a uique ame that idetifies the P2 card. The ame does ot have to be the same as the actual P2 card ame. 3. Navigate to the actual P2 card ad select the Cotets folder. 4. Do oe of the followig: t Copy ad paste the Cotets folder to the folder o the other drive. t Click the Cotets folder ad drag it to the folder o the other drive. 5. Eject the P2 card. Chagig P2 Cards i the Card Reader You ca chage ( hot-swap ) cards while you work i your Avid editig applicatio. To chage oe or more cards i the P2 card reader: 1. Remove the old card or cards ad isert the ew oes. 2. Select File > Mout All. 72

73 File Based Media - AMA Sharig P2 Clips ad Sequeces If you work i a Avid Uity workgroup eviromet, you ca share sequeces that cotai P2 clips i a Avid Uity workspace. However, you ca share P2 clips oly if you trascode or cosolidate them to a workspace. I a MXF workgroup, you ca either cosolidate or trascode P2 clips to a workspace. If you trascode, you must trascode P2 MXF files to aother MXF resolutio. I a OMF workgroup, you must trascode P2 clips to a workspace. You must trascode P2 MXF files to OMF files. If you cosolidate or trascode clips to a Avid Uity workspace, it automatically checks all related metadata ito the asset maager. This makes the clips accessible to other users. For more iformatio o workgroup support, see the Avid Iterplay Help. Some card slots of the P2 drive might require drive letters that have already bee assiged to existig etwork drives. If your computer does ot display all five card slots as drives, reassig the etwork drives or restart your system. Spaed Clips ad P2 Spaed clips are clips that exted from oe card to aother. Avid supports workig with spaed P2 clips i your Avid editig applicatio. The followig illustratio shows how clips ca spa multiple cards. 73

74 Example of spaed P2 clips. The white rectagles represet P2 cards ad the gray rectagles represet clips. The first ad third clips spa multiple cards. Whe you work with spaed clips, cosider the followig: If you remove a card that cotais a spaed clip, for example Card 2 i the above example, ad you try to play Clip 1, it plays util it reaches the portio of the clip that resides o Card 2. Media Offlie appears util you reach the media o Card 3. Avid recommeds that you do ot place aother card i the removed card s place uless you remove all the cards that cotai the spaed clip (Cards 1 ad 3 i this example). You ca mix cards that cotai spaed ad uspaed master clips. However, if you eject a card which cotais a chuk of a spaed clip ad isert aother card, the master clips i the ewly iserted card are ot visible i the Media Tool but the media files are visible. To work aroud this, remove all the cards which cotai chuks of the spaed clip ad choose File > Umout followed by File > Mout All (o-ama method). All the master clips are visible. P2 ad XDCAM EX spaed media covers multiple drives, but the bi displays oly oe drive letter. The drive letter i the bi might be ay of the drives, but is usually the highest lettered drive where the media exists. If ecessary, copy all spaed clips to aother drive to esure a clip s itegrity before you swap out the cards. 74

75 File Based Media - AMA Cao XF Media The Cao XF305 ad Cao XF300 camera records MPEG-2 media oto compact flash cards. Through the Cao XF AMA plug-i ad the MXF AMA plug-i, you ca lik to Cao MPEG-2 media through the AMA method. You ca edit directly from a flash card, without havig to capture. You ca lik to a Cao XF flash card ad reader attached to your system or copy a Cao XF flash card to the root of a drive. The Cao XF AMA plug-i ad the Avid MXF AMA plug-i should be istalled o your system. To lik media through the AMA method, use Lik to AMA Volumes. For more iformatio, see The Avid Media Access (AMA) Workflow o page 94 ad Likig Media with AMA o page 97. For specific Cao XF workflow steps, see Workflow for Editig Cao XF Clips with AMA o page 111. Cao XF Formats ad Resolutios The followig table lists the formats ad resolutios available whe you work with GFCAM media: Resolutio/Bit Rate MPEG-2 HD 50 ad 35Mbits 25Mbits Raster/Frame Rate 1920 x 1080, 1280 x x 1080 Number of Audio Chaels (maximum) 4 Cao XF Files ad Folders Cao XF video ad audio media files record i MXF format. Each card stores the video ad audio files i: (Widows) drive:\contents\clips (Macitosh) Macitosh HD/CONTENTS/CLIPS AMA does ot recogize clips if the folder ames i the selected path cotai double-byte characters (DBCS). AMA recogizes folders with the directory path that icludes ASCII alphaumeric characters. 75

76 Coectig the Cao XF Camera or CF Card Reader You ca coect the Cao XF camera or a CF card reader directly through a idustry-stadard USB 2.0 port o your computer. See the Cao XF documetatio for iformatio o coectig the camera or a card. The flash card mouts as idividual media drives o your desktop ad the lik to your Avid editig system through AMA. Spaed Clips ad Cao XF Spaed clips are clips that exted from oe card to aother. Avid supports workig with spaed Cao XF clips i your Avid editig applicatio. For more iformatio about spaed clips, see Spaed Clips ad P2 o page 73. Copyig Cao XF Files to a FireWire or Network Drive After you mout the flash card, you ca copy the Cao XF media to a FireWire drive or a etwork drive ad the eject the flash card. You might fid it coveiet to copy several flash cards to other drives so you ca reuse the cards. You ca coect a FireWire drive, for example, ad store the cotets of several flash cards o the drive so you ca keep usig the flash cards i the camera. To copy the Cao XF flash cards to aother drive: 1. O the drive, set up a folder for each flash card you wat to copy. Avid recommeds that you do ot place the media folder at the top level of the drive. 2. Give each folder a uique ame that idetifies the flash card. The ame does ot have to be the same as the actual flash card ame. 3. Navigate to the actual flash card ad select the CONTENTS folder. 4. Do oe of the followig: t Copy ad paste the CONTENTS folder to the folder o the other drive. t Click the CONTENTS folder ad drag it to the folder o the other drive. 5. Eject the flash card. GFCAM Media The Ikegami GFCAM HDS-V10 is a tapeless camera/recorder that uses flash memory istead of video tapes as a recordig medium. GFCAM devices record MPEG-2 Log GOP/I-Frame media oto a GFPAK, a removable high-speed storage medium. 76

77 File Based Media - AMA You ca edit directly from a GFPAK, without havig to capture. You ca lik to a GFPAK attached to your system or copy a GFPAK to the root of a drive. GFCAM is oly available through the AMA method. The GFCAM AMA plug-i should be istalled o your system. To lik GFCAM media through the AMA method, use Lik to AMA Volumes. For more iformatio, see The Avid Media Access (AMA) Workflow o page 94 ad Likig Media with AMA o page 97. For specific GFCAM workflow steps, see Workflow for Editig GFCAM Clips with AMA o page 111. GFCAM Formats ad Resolutios The followig table lists the formats ad resolutios available whe you work with GFCAM media: Resolutio/Bit Rate MPEG-2 HD LogGOP 50 Mbits, 102 Mbits Raster/Frame Rate (1080i/59.94, 1080i/50, 1080p/23.98 pulldow, 1080p/29.97, 1080p/25, 720p/59, 720p/50, 720p/25, 720p/23.98 pulldow) 1440 x 1080 Number of Audio Chaels (maximum) p/23.98 pulldow ad 720p/23.98 pulldow record at 59.94fps ad are oly compatible with 1080i/59.94 ad 720p/59.94 projects. 1080p/29.97 records as PSF at 59.94fps ad is oly compatible with 1080i/59.94 projects. 1080p/25 ad 720p/25 record as PSF at 50fps ad are oly compatible with 1080i/50 ad 720p/50 projects. DVCAM: DV DV MPEG IMX (NTSC ad PAL): MPEG 30 MPEG 40 MPEG 50 SD NTSC 30i, PAL 25i SD PAL 25i 4 4 MPEG-2 HD I-Frame 100 Mbits 4 77

78 GFCAM Files ad Folders GFCAM video ad audio media files record i MXF format. Each GFPAK stores the video MXF files i: (Widows) drive:\binxxx\video (Macitosh) Macitosh HD/BINxxx/VIDEO Each GFPAK stores the audio MXF files i: (Widows) drive:\binxxx\audio (Macitosh) Macitosh HD/BINxxx/AUDIO The GFCAM video file directory stores MXF files regulated by SMPTE 390M (MXF OP-Atom) ad SMPTE 381M (MXF mappig MPEG streams ito MXF GC). If a video clip eeds to split, such as uder the FAT32 file system, the system creates multiple MXF files for that clip. The GFCAM audio file directory stores MXF files regulated by SMPTE 382 (MXF mappig AES3 ad BWF ito the MXF GC). Each file has a AES chael that cosists of two audio chaels. For example, the system creates two MXF files from two AES chaels (four audio chaels). If a audio clip splits, the system creates multiple audio files for that clip. Coectig the GFPAK Device You coect the GFPAK directly through a idustry-stadard USB 2.0 port o your computer. Use a cable to coect the GFPAK to a Widows system or a Macitosh system. The GFPAK mouts as idividual media drives o your desktop ad the lik to your Avid editig system through AMA. Spaed Clips ad GFCAM GFCAM allows gapless recordig over several GFPAKs, however, each GFPAK hadles the cotets as a separate clip. If you record across three GFPAKs, you create three separate clips. You ca the edit those clips together ito oe cotiuous sequece. Copyig GFCAM Files to a FireWire or Network Drive After you mout the GFPAK, you ca copy the GFCAM media to a FireWire drive or a etwork drive ad the eject the GFPAK. You might fid it coveiet to copy several GFPAKs to other drives so you ca reuse the GFPAK. Your Avid editig applicatio supports GFCAM copies as though they were actual GFPAKs. 78

79 File Based Media - AMA You ca coect a FireWire drive, for example, ad store the cotets of several GFPAKs o the drive so you ca keep usig the GFPAKs i the camera. To copy the GFPAK to aother drive: 1. O the drive, set up a folder for each GFPAK you wat to copy. Avid recommeds that you do ot place the media folder at the top level of the drive. 2. Give each folder a uique ame that idetifies the GFPAK. The ame does ot have to be the same as the actual GFPAK ame. 3. Navigate to the actual GFPAK ad select the cotets of the folder. 4. Do oe of the followig: t Copy ad paste the cotets of the GFPAK media folder to the folder o the other drive. t Click the GFPAK folder ad drag it to the folder o the other drive. 5. Remove the GFPAK. Workig with Shot Marks ad Check Marks with GFCAM Media RED Media GFCAM products use Shot Marks ad Check Marks to store metadata about media clips. Shot Marks allow GFCAM cameras to mark evets such as clip start poits or audio clippig. Press the RET butto o the GFCAM device while you record or playback to set a Shot Mark. For a descriptio of Shot Marks, see your GFCAM documetatio. I the AMA method, Shot Marks are brought over automatically ad appear as locators i your Avid editig applicatio. There is o text associated with a Shot Mark, just a marked locatio (or a locator). For iformatio about editig locators, see Usig Locators i the Help. A Check Mark flags a good shot. The AMA method traslates this good shot clip with the word true i a ew bi colum amed Check Mark. If there are o Check Marks associated with a clip, a Check Mark headig does ot appear. The RED Digital Ciema Compay produces a high performace digital ciema camera with the quality of 35mm film ad the coveiece of pure digital. The RED ONE camera geerates a 4K (or 2K - 4.5K) full resolutio REDCODE RAW (.R3D) file. Media is stored o a REDFlash card or a RED drive. You ca lik to a specific R3D file o the volume or lik to the etire volume. 79

80 RED ONE cameras record metadata which displays i a Avid bi. The metadata icludes: edge code, timecode, les parameters, audio settigs ad ay video image processig iformatio. Your Avid editig applicatio supports RED R3D files as high quality HD media. Oce you lik the clips through AMA, you ca chage ad fie-tue the clip color settigs through the Source Settigs dialog. The RED AMA plug-i should be istalled o your system. To lik RED media through the AMA method, use Lik to AMA Volumes. For more iformatio, see The Avid Media Access (AMA) Workflow o page 94 ad Likig Media with AMA o page 97. For specific RED workflow steps, see Workflow for Editig RED Clips with AMA o page 112. Avid supports the use of the REDRocket Accelerator card for trascodig, rederig ad mixdow at half or full debayer settigs. Playback is ot supported. We do ot use the video output coectios o the card. The card is ot supported o 32-bit Widows operatig systems. RED Formats ad Resolutios The followig table lists the formats ad resolutios available whe you work with RED media: Media Type Resolutio Number of Audio Chaels (maximum) RED R3D 2K 2:1 2K 16:9 2K ANA 3K 2:1 3K 16:9 3K ANA 4K 2:1 4K 16:9 4K ANA 4.5K 4 RED Files ad Folders The RED Camera records a uique clip ame ad additioal files that iclude the REDCODE RAW files ad a optioal QuickTime referece file placed i a clip folder (.RDC). 80

81 File Based Media - AMA The system ames clips by Camera Letter + Reel Number + Moth + Day + a two digit alphaumeric radom umber. For example: A001_C002_0502A6.RDC A = camera A, 001 = reel 001, C002 = clip 002, ad 0502 = May 2, A6 = two digit radom umber (to help avoid duplicate files ames). Each clip folder (.RMD) is at the root directory. I each of these folders is the.rdc folder which cotais the video, audio, ad metadata files: (Widows) rive:\camera+reel_date.rmd\camera+reel_clip_date+radom d umber.rdc (Macitosh) Macitosh HD/camera+reel_date.RMD/camera+reel_clip_date+radom umber.rdc AMA detects folders amed with RMD ad RDC ad files amed.r3d. Coectig the RED ONE Drive or Card Coect the RED Drive directly through a idustry-stadard USB or FireWire port o your computer, or isert the RED Card ito the RED camera ad coect to your computer. The drive or card mouts as idividual media drives o your desktop ad the lik to your Avid editig system through AMA. See RED documetatio for specific iformatio about the RED ONE camera, REDFlash card ad RED drive. Spaed Clips ad RED You caot spa media across multiple cards. Each clip is recorded as a separate clip, regardless of how may cards you use. There is a 2GB limit o a sigle master clip. As you record footage, oce a 2GB file is captured, a R3D file is created (.001). The camera cotiues to record ad the ext 2GB (or less) of media creates aother R3D file (.002) util you ed recordig. So, you ca have several R3D files i oe clip folder but they are all associated with oe master clip. Whe you lik these files/folders through the AMA method, oe master clip appears i your bi Copyig RED Files to a FireWire or Network Drive After you attach the RED drive or isert a REDFlash card, you ca copy the RED media to a FireWire drive or a etwork drive ad the discoect the drive. You might fid it coveiet to copy several cards to other drives so you ca reuse the cards quickly. 81

82 You ca coect a FireWire drive, for example, ad store the cotets of several cards o it so you ca keep usig the cards i the camera. To copy the REDFlash cards to aother drive: 1. O the drive, set up a folder for each card or drive you wat to copy. Avid recommeds that you do ot place the media folder at the top level of the drive. 2. Give each folder a uique ame that idetifies the card or drive. The ame does ot have to be the same as the actual drive or card ame. 3. Navigate to the actual drive or card ad select the cotets of the folder. You ca select the top directory of several RDC folders (cotaiig a R3D file ad a color metadata file such as RSX or RMD). 4. Do oe of the followig: t t Copy ad paste the cotets of the folder to the folder o the other drive. Click the drive or card folder ad drag it to the folder o the other drive. 5. Remove the drive. Adjustig RED Source Settigs Whe you lik to R3D (RED) files, the Avid editig system reads each REDCODE RAW file directly. You ca the chage the clip s color values: color balace, exposure, ad cotrast i the Source Settigs widow. This color value iformatio is ecoded with the R3D file through a RLX, RSX or RMD file. These files hold the camera s origial color values of your clip. The RLX, RSX or RMD files might be created if you set the color values outside of the Avid editig applicatio. These files ca be loaded ad applied to the associated RED clip through the Source Settigs widow. Whe a RED clip displays i the bi, the system displays the metadata colums of the clip s color values. For example: Color Space, Gamma Space, Kelvi, Tit. You ca export this iformatio to ALE (Avid Log Exchage) ad XML (through Avid FilmScribe) for dowstream use i your workflow. The Source Settigs widow also has three color spaces to choose from: REDSpace, Camera RGB, ad REC.709. You ca set up differet color optios (or presets) i each of these color spaces ad the apply their color values to multiple clips. 82

83 File Based Media - AMA To chage the RED source settigs: 1. Lik the RED clip through the AMA Lik to Volume optio. See The Avid Media Access (AMA) Workflow o page 94 ad Likig Media with AMA o page 97 for iformatio o likig. 2. Right-click the RED clip i the bi ad select Set Source Settigs. The Source Settigs dialog box opes. The clip displays i the video area. You ca choose from the Settigs meu to select a camera metadata settig or a RSX, RLX or RMD settig (template), or adjust your ow custom parameters. This procedure details the custom parameters. For iformatio o settigs (templates) i the Settigs meu ad how to apply a settig, see Usig Source Settigs o page 86 ad Applyig a Source Settig o page Drag the video slider to the frame you wat to view. The ew frame displays ad the histogram updates. The histogram is a tool that helps you more precisely adjust Source Settigs. For more iformatio about the histogram, see Uderstadig the Source Settigs Histogram o page

84 4. Set the appropriate optios: Optio Color Space Gamma Curve Kelvi Tit Descriptio Choose from: Camera RGB: as close to RAW REC.709: SMPTE stadard color space for HD REDcolor: ewest, more accurate color sciece from RED REDSpace (default): based o the camera s RGB but more saturated Lets you override the gamma curve. Choose from: REC.709: a REC.709 gamma curve with a liear portio at black ad a gamma at 2.2 curve REDLog: maps the 12-bit sesor data o to a 10-bit curve with miimal loss REDSpace: (default) based o REC.709 but with more cotrast REDGamma: gamma curve from RED with a smoother highlight rolloff Adjusts the RGB color to compesate for red - blue titig of the scee at differet color temperatures of the ambiet light while you shoot. Commo values are 3200 (tugste) ad 5600 (daylight). Click ad drag the slider from 1700 to Default is Adjusts the RGB color to compesate for yellow - gree titig of the scee at differet color temperatures of the ambiet light while you shoot. This is valuable whe the ambiet light source cotais a sigificat amout of yellow or gree, such as fluorescet. Click ad drag the slider from -100 to 100. Default is ISO Allows the ISO level to chage from 50 to Default is 320. FLUT Shadow DRX Debayer Detail The latest color sciece developed by RED. Allows you to balace your mid-grays i the ceter of the histogram without pushig highlight details over the edge. Adjusts the overall black level of the image without affectig the white level. Click ad drag the slider from 0.00 to Default is Lets you recover potetially lost dyamic rage by extedig ad balacig highlights, takig ito accout the rederig itet of the desired Klevi ad Tit white balace. Click ad drag the slider from 0.00 to Default is Choose from High (default), Medium, or Low. This settig is igored whe you use REDRocket. 84

85 File Based Media - AMA Optio Chroma Deoise OLPF Exposure Brightess Cotrast Saturatio Red Gree Blue Descriptio Choose from Off (default), Miimum, Milder, Mild, Strog, or Maximum. Cotrols the optical low-pass filter. Choose from Off (default), Low, Medium, or High. The system igores this settig whe you use REDRocket. Allows adjustmet to the clip exposure. Click ad drag the slider from to Default is Adjusts the overall brightess of the image. Lifts blacks without affectig the white level. Click ad drag the slider from to Default is Adjusts the toal rage of the image, which usually improves sharpess ad detail. Whe you icrease the Cotrast, it icreases toal separatio betwee adjacet gray levels but decreases the total umber of discreet gray levels i the image. Click ad drag the slider from to Default is Affects the itesity of the red, gree ad blue chaels. As the value icreases color saturatio icreases. As the value decreases, so does the color decrease. If the value is set to high, colors might clip. If the level is set to 0.00, a moochromatic image with oly gray toes appear. Click ad drag the slider from 0.00 to Default is 1.00 Icreases or decreases the camera s sesitivity to red light by amplifyig the R chael digital video sigal received from the sesor. A 0 (zero) o Red is visible, the image has a strog cya cast. Click ad drag the slider from 0.00 to Default is Icreases or decreases the camera s sesitivity to gree light by amplifyig the G chael digital video sigal received from the sesor. At 0 (zero), o gree is visible, the image has a strog mageta cast. Click ad drag the slider from 0.00 to Default is Icreases or decreases the camera s sesitivity to blue light by amplifyig the B chael digital video sigal received from the sesor. At 0 (zero), o blue light is visible, the image has a strog yellow cast. Click ad drag the slider from 0.00 to Default is Click Apply. The chages apply to your clip. You ca cotiue to make additioal chages. 85

86 If the clip is i the Source viewer, the chages are reflected i the Source viewer ad i the Cliet moitor (if you have oe attached). If you click Cacel after you click Apply, the Set Source Settigs widow closes with the chages you made. 6. Click OK to save your chage ad close the widow. The system updates the bi colum metadata with the ew parameters. If you make chages i the Source Settigs widow ad the relik the clip through AMA agai, you still keep all the parameters that you set. Usig Source Settigs Source Settigs lets you choose from a selectio of preset templates or you ca create your ow look. Each source settig has its ow color values associated with it. There are a few differet ways to obtai source settigs: Camera ad default source settigs are icluded with the RED AMA plugi Lik a RED clip from RED Alert! (imports the RSX source settig) Load a source settig oto your system (for example, a RLX, RSX, or RMD) Create a custom source settig You caot chage the default RSX ad RLX source settigs, these are predefied. Oce you make a chage to a parameter, the settig becomes a Custom settig. At this time, you ca oly have oe Custom settig. You ca load multiple RSX ad RLX source settigs. As you lik a RED clip from RED Alert! (RSX) or load a RLX file, the settig appears i the Source Settigs meu. Source Settigs are helpful whe you wat to apply oe settig to multiple clips i your bi. Differet subclips from the same master clip ca have differet source settigs. Whe you edit a clip ito a sequece, the material you edit i uses the clip s curret attribute values or RED source settigs. If you chage the RED source settigs at a later poit i your workflow, the sequece does ot automatically adjust for the chage. If you wat the sequece to use the RED source settigs for clips that you have chaged sice you edited, you must refresh the sequece. For procedures o how to refresh your sequece, see Refreshig Sequeces to Use Curret Clip Attributes i the Help. 86

87 File Based Media - AMA Applyig a Source Settig To apply a source settig to a RED clip: 1. Right-click a RED clip i the bi (or Shift-click multiple clips), the choose Set Source Settigs. The Set Source Settigs widow opes ad your clip displays i the viewer. 2. Select a settig (template) from the Source Settigs meu. Source Settigs vary depedig o the files or templates loaded o your system. Settig Camera Metadata Settigs Default Settigs Grade (RSX) Settigs fileame RLX Settig Grade (RMD) Settig Custom Origi Default Default RED Alert! RED Alert! REDCINE-X User created i Avid 3. Click Apply. The settigs apply to the clip ad if the clip is loaded i the Timelie, the video updates ad displays i a Cliet moitor (if oe is attached) ad the Source moitor. 4. Click OK to save your settigs ad close the widow. The system updates the bi colum RED metadata with the parameters. If you make additioal chages after you select a settig, the system creates a Custom settig ad Custom appears i the Settigs list. You caot make chages to a system geerated settig, however you ca use a system settig ad make chages to create your ow Custom settig. To import additioal source settigs: 1. From the Source Settigs widow, click the Load butto. The Load Exteral Settigs widow opes. 2. Browse to the Settigs file. 3. Chage the filter to display RSX, RLX or RMD files. 4. Select your settig ad click OK. 87

88 The ew source settig appears i the Source Settigs meu, ad is immediately applied to the clip. Uderstadig the Source Settigs Histogram The histogram i the Source Settigs widow helps you visualize the distributio of color values i a image. You ca use the histogram to adjust the Source Settigs of your AMA media more precisely while avoidig clippig ad color imbalace. Example of a Source Settigs histogram. The histogram plots color values o the horizotal axis ad the percetage or proportioal umber of pixels o the vertical axis. The vertical lies represet the black poit (left) ad the white poit (right), so the area betwee them is the safe color rage. The histogram plots color values that ca be represeted by the image bit-depth o the horizotal axis. Therefore, the width of the histogram is the same as the width of the image. The histogram plots the percetage, or proportioal umber of pixels i the image, with each particular color value o the vertical axis. The vertical axis is scaled accordig to the height of the maximum value i the plot. Wheever the histogram chages, the vertical axis rescales accordig to the ew maximum. Pixels with color values that are out of rage are grouped ito either the maximum or miimum color values o the plot. Spikes i either the highest or lowest color values might idicate loss of color iformatio due to clippig. Your Avid editig applicatio draws separate histograms for the red, gree, ad blue color compoets. The histograms for each color stack o top of oe aother, with the fill color chagig appropriately to idicate overlap. The followig illustratio shows the colors produced by overlap. 88

89 File Based Media - AMA Adjustig the Source Settigs Histogram You ca adjust the Source Settigs Histogram i two ways. You ca toggle drawig a histogram for a idividual color, ad you ca zoom the vertical axis. To adjust the Source Settigs Histogram: t Right-click aywhere iside the histogram graph, ad the select oe of the followig optios. Optio Red Gree Blue Zoom I Zoom Out Reset Zoom Result Eables or disables the histogram display for the selected color. A check mark idicates that the histogram for that particular color displays. Zooms i o the lower half of the vertical axis. Chages the scalig of the vertical axis so that the height is half that of the maximum value i the plot. You ca zoom i idefiitely to display, for example, 1/4, 1/8, or 1/16 of the maximum value. Zooms out of the vertical axis by a factor of two. Chages the scalig of the vertical axis to be twice that of the maximum value i the plot. You ca zoom out idefiitely to display, for example, 4, 8, or 16 times the height of the maximum value. Resets the zoom so that the vertical axis boudary is equal to the maximum value i the plot. 89

90 Preparig your RED Clip for Trascode, Mixdow, or Reder If you wat to take a RED clip ad offlie it to aother applicatio, you ca create a differet resolutio RED file, depedig o your requiremets. This chages the speed ad quality of the clip, which could affect the playback performace. The higher the video quality the slower the process (trascode, mixdow, reder). The lower the video quality the faster the process. Before you trascode, mixdow or reder your clip or sequece, set the appropriate quality i the Media Creatio dialog box. If you apply ay Reformat optios (stretch, letterbox, etc.) to your clip, whe you perform a trascode, the reformattig optios will apply. To prepare your RED clip for trascodig, mixdow or rederig: 1. Before you trascode, mixdow or reder, select Tools > Media Creatio. 2. Click the Mixdow & Trascode tab or click the Reder tab. 3. Select the playback quality from the R3D Source Quality (Debayer) meu. t Full t Half (Best Quality) t Half (Good Quality) t Quarter t Eighth t Sixteeth 4. Click OK. 5. Trascode, mixdow or reder your clip or sequece as required. For iformatio about trascodig, see Usig the Trascode Commad i the Help. For iformatio about mixdow, see Performig a Video Mixdow i the Help. For iformatio about reder, see Basics of Effects Rederig i the Help. 90

91 File Based Media - AMA QuickTime Media To lik QuickTime media through the AMA method, you first eed to create a QuickTime movie from a third-party applicatio or through the Avid editig system. The third-party applicatios that supports creatig a QuickTime movie iclude Adobe AfterEffects ad Fial Cut Pro. This is doe through the QuickTime Export dialog box which uses the Avid QuickTime Codecs. These codecs automatically istall o your Avid editig system. At this time, Avid supports the Same as Source ad Custom export settigs optios whe you export with the Avid QuickTime codecs. This process creates a Avid compressed QuickTime media file, with a.mov extesio. AMA oly detects ad liks to Avid compressed QuickTime media. For iformatio about exportig a QuickTime movie, see Exportig QuickTime Movies i the Help. QuickTime files use the.mov file ame extesio. After you lik a QuickTime file through AMA, the file drops the.mov file ame extesio. QuickTime media is liked at the data rate at which it was recorded. The Quicktime AMA plug-i should be istalled o your system. To lik QuickTime media through the AMA method, use Lik to AMA File(s). For more iformatio, see The Avid Media Access (AMA) Workflow o page 94 ad Likig Media with AMA o page 97. For specific QuickTime workflow steps, see Workflow for Editig QuickTime Clips with AMA o page 113. Supported QuickTime AMA Codecs ad Resolutios You ca create a QuickTime movie o a Avid editig system or from a third-party applicatio such as Adobe After Effects with a supported QuickTime AMA codec. QuickTime codecs are istalled automatically o your Avid editig system, or you ca istall the Avid codec o the system which rus the third-party applicatio. If you ca play the QuickTime movie with the QuickTime player, you should be able to lik ad play the same file with Avid s QuickTime AMA Plug-i. Performace will vary depedig o the codec ad the CPU. The 1:1 SD 8-bit (Meridie) codec is ot supported with QuickTime AMA. Twety-four is the maximum umber of audio chaels supported for all resolutios. For iformatio o how to istall the QuickTime codecs, see Istallig or Copyig the Avid Codecs for QuickTime o Other Systems i the Avid Help. 91

92 MXF Media Material Exchage Format (MXF) is a wrapper or cotaier format which ecapsulates media ad rich productio metadata ito a sigle file, which is useful for media storage ad exchage. It is a ope techology that ca is implemeted by differet maufacturers. MXF is desiged to be flexible eough for use i all stages of cotet creatio, from acquisitio, to authorig, to distributio. The primary beefit of MXF is that it provides greater workflow efficiecy by preservig useful metadata as media files make their way through the cotet creatio process. The MXF format is idepedet of the type of cotet that it cotais, so a MXF file ca cotai video ad/or audio at ay resolutio or compressio. I may istaces MXF files ecapsulate media which is already formatted to oe of the existig idustry stadards. MXF allows for easy exchage of material betwee file servers, tape streamers ad digital archives. MXF is a ideal iterchage format to eable workflow efficiecies i ews broadcastig, post productio, asset maagemet, ad archivig applicatios. You ca select the MXF format whe you capture, lik, create titles, or reder effects. See Media Creatio Settigs i the Help. The MXF AMA plug-i should be istalled o your system. To lik MXF media through the AMA method, use Lik to AMA File(s). For more iformatio, see The Avid Media Access (AMA) Workflow o page 94 ad Likig Media with AMA o page 97. For specific MXF workflow steps, see Workflow for Editig MXF Clips with AMA o page 114. MXF Media ad AMA To lik supported MXF media through the AMA method, you first eed to obtai a MXF file from a supported vedor or through the Avid editig system. The use the AMA MXF plug-i to lik to Avid supported MXF files. For the list of supported MXF files, see MXF Formats ad Resolutios o page 92. MXF Formats ad Resolutios The followig table lists the formats ad resolutio by vedor that have bee qualified with the MXF plug-i: 92

93 File Based Media - AMA Compay Resolutio/Bit Rate Raster/Frame Rate Number of Audio Chaels (maximum) Omeo, Rhozet D10 SD 30i 4 or 8 Soy XDCAM HD XDCAM HD 17.5 Mbits XDCAM HD 25 Mbits XDCAM HD 35 Mbits HDV (25 Mbits CBR) 1080i/59.94, 1080i/50, 1080p/23.976, 1440 x i59, 1080i XDCAM HD 50 Mbits 1080i/59.94, 1080i/50, 1080p/23.976, 1080p/25, 1080p/29, 720p/59, 720p/50,1920 x 1080, 1280 x Soy XDCAM EX 25Mbits 1080i/59.94, 1080i/50, 1080p/ Soy XDCAM EX 35 Mbits 1080i/59.94, 1080i/50, 1080p/23.976, 1080p/29.97, 1080p/25, 720p/59, 720p/50, 1920 x 1080, 1440 x 1080, 1280 x or 4 2 or 4 Soy XDCAM EX DV-AVI: DV DV SD NTSC 30i ad PAL 25i SD PAL 25i 2 Soy, Cao DVCAM: DV DV SD NTSC 30i ad PAL 25i SD PAL 25i 4 Cao DVCPRO: DV SD NTSC 30i ad PAL 25i 2 Cao DVCPRO HD 720p 1080i 4 Cao DVCPRO 50: DV 50 SD NTSC 30i ad PAL 25i 4 93

94 Compay Resolutio/Bit Rate Raster/Frame Rate Number of Audio Chaels (maximum) Soy, Ikegami MPEG IMX: MPEG 30 MPEG 40 MPEG 50 SD NTSC 30i ad PAL 25i SD NTSC 30i ad PAL 25i SD NTSC 30i ad PAL 25i 4 or 8 Soy MPEG-4 (proxy media) SD NTSC 30i ad PAL 25i 4 or 8 Cao XF MPEG-2 HD 50 ad 35Mbits 25Mbits 1920 x 1080, 1280 x x Ikegami MPEG-2 HD LogGOP 50 Mbits 1080i/59.94, 1080i/50, 1080p/23.98 pulldow, 1080p/29.97, 1080p/25, 720p/59, 720p/50, 720p/25, 720p/23.98 pulldow, 1440 x p/23.98 pulldow ad 720p/23.98 pulldow record at 59.94fps ad are oly compatible with 1080i/59.94 ad 720p/59.94 projects. 1080p/29.97 records as PSF at 59.94fps ad is oly compatible with 1080i/59.94 projects. 1080p/25 ad 720p/25 record as PSF at 50fps ad are oly compatible with 1080i/50 ad 720p/50 projects. 4 Ikegami MPEG-2 HD I-Frame 100 Mbits 4 The Avid Media Access (AMA) Workflow 94 Avid Media Access (AMA) is a plug-i architecture that lets you lik directly to clips from a third-party volume (for example, a P2, XDCAM or GFCAM device) or to a file based media clip (for example, QuickTime or MXF) ito a bi without storig the media directly o your system. AMA lets you be more productive by browsig ad editig directly from the device or volume. The bi lets you log, browse, ad view these clips i the usual way. Oce the third-party device is discoected, the bi still exists with the clips, although the media displays as offlie. Whe you recoect the device, the media appears olie. The system automatically displays the media; you do ot eed to mout the drives. The AMA method also allows for more metadata to be brought ito the bi which gives you more iformatio about the media. For example, essece marks (or locators) associated with the clip are automatically brought ito your bi.

95 File Based Media - AMA To display metadata iformatio i your bi, see Addig a Metadata Bi Colum Headig i the Help. The followig cosideratios ad limitatios apply: Whe the AMA settig is activated, the o-ama method does ot appear i the File meu. Deactivate the AMA settig to display the File > Import P2 (ad Import XDCAM Proxy) optio. The AMA settig is o by default. The Lik to AMA File(s) meu choice is available for third-party AMA file based media plug-is. To see the available AMA plug-is available for your Avid editig applicatio, go to You must have a third-party plug-i istalled o your system for the optio to display. Widows UNC (Uiversal Namig Covetio) paths are ot supported with AMA media. To lik AMA media, map it to the drive. Whe you reder a audio effect o a AMA media clip, all audio media files are writte as PCM (MXF), regardless of what you set for the audio file format. The Dyamic Relik optio is ot supported with AMA clips. Avid does ot support MultiCamera editig with AMA clips. You should ot mix workflows. Either use the AMA method or use the traditioal import/batch import method. Selectig the AMA Settigs You ca set optios i the AMA Settigs dialog box to tur AMA o or off (o by default), to automatically mout your volumes, ad to customize your bi. To check for ad dowload additioal or updated AMA plug-is, click the lik to To set up AMA: 1. I the Project widow, click the Settigs tab. 2. Double-click AMA. The AMA Settigs dialog box appears. 95

96 3. Click the Volume Moutig tab. 4. Select Eable AMA Volume Maagemet. By default, this optio is selected. If you deselect the optio ad the reselect it, you must quit ad restart your Avid editig applicatio. Whe this optio is selected, the File > Import meu item is o loger available. 5. If you wat the system to automatically sca drives (volumes) every time, select the optio Whe moutig previously mouted volumes, do ot check for modificatios to the volume. This optio is off by default. 6. If you remout a volume, deselect the optio Whe moutig previously mouted volumes, do ot check for modificatios to the volume, ad the system checks the modificatio date of the device or drive agaist the last time the clips were liked. If the date is the same, the clips come back olie. If the date is differet, the system liks the clips agai, ad liks ay ew clips added to the volume. This optio is off by default. If you restart your Avid editig applicatio, the system automatically rescas the drives regardless of the optios you ve selected. 7. To customize your bi, click the Bis tab. By default, the system liks your clips ito a ew bi usig the same ame as your project ame. If you wat to chage the bi ame or wat to use a already existig bi, you ca make these chages i the Bis tab. For more iformatio o Bis optios, see AMA Settigs: Bis Tab i the Help. 96

97 File Based Media - AMA Depedig o your AMA Settigs, every time you isert a card ito a reader, the system creates a ew bi whether the same card or device has bee previously iserted or ot. 8. Click OK. Viewig Istalled AMA Plug-is Oce you dowload ad istall a third-party plug-i from you ca eter a cosole commad to view a list ad the versio umber of the plug-is istalled o your system. To display the list of istalled AMA plugis: 1. Select Tools > Cosole. 2. I the commad etry text box, type: AMA_ListPlugis 3. Press Eter (Widows) or Retur (Macitosh). AMA_ListPlugis displays a list of the plugis istalled o your system. Uderstadig Likig with AMA Likig lets you poit to media o a device or poit to the media directly o your system. The media physically resides o your system or it ca reside o a exteral device. The device ca be a camera, a card reader, a optical disk, a virtual volume o your desktop or o a server. The media poits to the most recet source. For example, if you lik the clips to a virtual volume o your desktop, the drive colum displays the desktop as the locatio where the clips are liked to. If you the isert a card ito a reader with the same media, the clips poit to the media o the card. If you remove the card, the clips poit to the media o the card ad the clips appear offlie. The card beig the most recet source. Oce the card is reiserted, the clips i the bi appear olie. Likig Media with AMA If you lik to media which origiates o a volume (P2, XDCAM EX, XDCAM, or GFCAM), use the File > Lik to AMA Volume(s) optio. If you lik directly to the media file clip (QuickTime or MXF), use the File > Lik to AMA File(s) optio. For optimum viewig ad playig, Avid recommeds a sigle clip legth should ot exceed more tha 12 hours. The decompose optio from the Clip meu is ot available with AMA. You do ot eed to decompose clips whe you use the AMA method. 97

98 To lik clips o a volume automatically with AMA: 1. Isert a P2 card, a XDCAM EX card, a XDCAM disk, RED card, ito the device. The system scas the device ad liks the clips ito a bi (based o the AMA settigs). To maually lik clips from aother volume with AMA: 1. Select File > Lik to AMA Volumes. The Browse For Folder dialog box opes. 2. Navigate to the P2, XDCAM, RED or GFCAM clips, ad the click OK. For P2, avigate oe level above the Cotets folder. For XDCAM disks, avigate to oe level above the Clip folder. For XDCAM EX, avigate to oe level above the BPAV folder. For RED, avigate to the root directory of the RED card. For GFCAM, avigate to the root directory of the GFPAK. Depedig if you are usig a existig bi or creatig a ew bi, the Bi Selectio dialog box opes. 3. Select Bi Selectio optios. Optio Descriptio Sigle Bi Based O Selected Folder Places all liked clips ito oe default bi. Sigle Bi Named Bi(s) Based o Curret AMA Settig Bi(s) Based o Subfolders Lets you create a ew bi ad type i a ew bi ame. Places all liked clips ito that bi. Places the clips i the bi(s) you set up i the AMA Settigs Bis tab. Places the clips i bi(s) based o their subfolders. 98

99 File Based Media - AMA Optio Top Bi Widow Descriptio Places the clips i the active bi. If you relik a sequece ad the bi that stores the AMA refereced clips is closed, the media does ot relik. Before you relik, ope the bi of the refereced clips. 4. Click OK. The clips appear i the bi or bis depedig o the optios you selected, they highlight i yellow. To maually lik clips from a file with AMA: 1. Select File > Lik to AMA File(s). You ca also right-click a bi ad select Lik to AMA File(s). The system igores the settigs you have selected i the AMA Volume Moutig settigs. 2. If there is o active bi, a dialog box appears askig you to select a bi. The Select file(s) for AMA likig dialog box opes. 3. From the AMA Plugi Filter meu, select the type of file. Optio All AMA Plugis Files QuickTime MXF RED R3D Descriptio Searches ad displays all files. Searches ad displays oly QuickTime files. Searches ad displays oly MXF files. Searches ad displays oly RED files. 4. Select the file(s) you wat to lik. Ctrl+click or Shift+click to select multiple files. 5. Click Ope. The clips appear i the active bi, they highlight i yellow. If the system caot lik a file, a error message displays iformig you to ope the Cosole widow for more iformatio about the file(s) i error. If you move the clip from the origial drive to aother drive o your system, the clip displays as offlie i your bi. 99

100 If you move a source file from oe locatio to aother ad the back to the origial locatio, you might eed to refresh the bi to redisplay the clip. Close ad reope the bi to refresh the bi. Workig with AMA Multiple Resolutio Media If you choose to lik to low-resolutio media, you ca lik to ay combiatio of proxy or high-resolutio audio or video media. For istace, you ca lik to the most compressed (proxy) video ad the highest quality audio. Disks ca take some time spiig up to lik the high-resolutio media, so likig to the low-resolutio media saves you time. You ca edit with the low-resolutio media ad oce you are fiished, you ca relik to the high-resolutio media. At this time, Avid AMA supports likig to multiple resolutio XDCAM media oly. For specific XDCAM multiple resolutio workflow steps, see Workflow for Editig XDCAM Multiple Resolutio Clips with AMA o page 108. Likig to AMA Multiple Resolutio Media Before you lik to low-resolutio or high-resolutio media, you eed to select the video ad audio quality i the AMA Settigs Quality tab. The steps below highlight likig to low-resolutio media. You ca also lik to high-resolutio media. For iformatio about likig with AMA, see The Avid Media Access (AMA) Workflow o page 94. To lik to low-resolutio media: 1. I the Project widow, click the Settigs tab. 2. Double-click AMA. The AMA Settigs dialog box appears. For iformatio about the AMA Settigs, see AMA Settigs i the Help. 3. Click the Quality tab. 100

101 File Based Media - AMA 4. Click the appropriate resolutio for your video i the AMA Lik Preferece sectio, ad click OK. If a particular resolutio is ot available, it will be grayed out. 5. Isert the disk ito the device. 6. Select Bi Selectio optios from the Bis tab. For iformatio o bi selectio optios, see Likig Media with AMA o page Select File > Lik to AMA Volume. The Browse for Folder dialog box opes. 8. Navigate to the clips, ad the click OK. The clips appear i the bi or bis depedig o the bi optios you select. Clips highlight i yellow. The Video colum i the bi displays the project type of the clip. Switchig Betwee Multiple Resolutio Media Oce you lik to the low-resolutio or high-resolutio media ad complete your edits, you ca easily switch from low to high ad high to low-resolutio media. Whe you switch to a differet resolutio, the system replaces the clip i the bi with the ew clip ad resolutio. 101

102 The steps below highlight switchig from low-resolutio to high-resolutio media. You ca also switch from high-resolutio to low-resolutio. For XDCAM, if you use the Soy PDZ-1 software to assig a User Disc ID, the Avid editig system displays this iformatio i a bi colum ad kows what disk ame is associated with each clip. To switch from low-resolutio to high-resolutio media: 1. Isert the disk i the device. 2. Select the low-resolutio clips i the bi. 3. Right-click the bi ad select Modify AMA Resolutios. The AMA Resolutios Quality dialog box appears. 4. Click the Highest Quality for your video (audio is always set to Highest Quality) ad click OK. The highest quality clips replace the most compressed (low-resolutio) clips i the bi, they highlight i yellow. If the bi cotais clips from multiple volumes, you will be prompted to isert aother disk. Cosolidatig Multiple Resolutio Media Whe you are ready to move your media to shared storage, you ca lik to your resolutio ad cosolidate at the same time. The steps below highlight cosolidatig high-resolutio media. You ca also cosolidate low-resolutio media. For iformatio o why you should cosolidate, see Cosolidatig Media i the Help. 102

103 File Based Media - AMA To cosolidate high-resolutio media: 1. I the Project widow, click the Settigs tab. 2. Double-click AMA. The AMA Settigs dialog box appears. For iformatio about the AMA Settigs, see AMA Settigs i the Help. 3. Click the Quality tab. 4. Click the appropriate resolutio for your video i the Cosolidate Preferece sectio, ad click OK. If a particular resolutio is ot available, it will be grayed out. 5. To cosolidate the clip, follow the steps i Usig the Cosolidate Commad i the Help. The resolutios you select i the Cosolidate Preferece area of the AMA Settigs Quality tab displays i the Trascode/Cosolidate dialog box whe you cosolidate or trascode. Relikig to AMA Files After you lik AMA QuickTime files ito your sequece, you have the optio to make chages (i a third party applicatios, such as Adobe After Effects) to that file. If you chage the fileame or chage the locatio of the file, the best way to lik that clip back ito your 103

104 sequece is through the relik optio. Relikig to a AMA file allows you to lik to a differet file. This process oly works if the targeted file is compatible with the old file, for example the file has the same duratio, edit rate or umber of tracks. This feature is helpful whe you have a group of liked clips that were moved to a differet folder or drive. You ca relik the clips to the ew locatio. You ca also use this feature to toggle betwee differet versios of a QuickTime movie, for example a low-resolutio versio of the movie is mymovie_dv.mov ad the high-resolutio versio of the movie is mymovie_1to1.mov. You ca relik to both of these versios, to see which clip works better i your sequece. At this time, Relik to AMA File(s) is oly available with AMA QuickTime files. To relik to a AMA QuickTime file: 1. Lik to a AMA QuickTime file. The clips highlight yellow i the bi. For iformatio o likig, see Likig Media with AMA o page If you the decide to chage the origial clip i the bi i your third-party applicatio, create the ew movie file. 3. I your bi, select the clip or clips you wat to relik. 4. Select File > Relik to AMA File(s). The Select file to relik AMA clip dialog box opes askig you to locate the ew file. 5. Locate the ew file. If you have multiple clips selected i the bi, the system prompts you for the locatio of each file, oe at a time. 6. Click Ope. The ew clip highlights i the bi. If the ew file is ot compatible with the clip i the bi (it does ot have the same duratio, edit rate or umber of tracks), the clip i the bi retais its origial lik. 104

105 File Based Media - AMA The AMA Plug-i Log File The Avid system creates a AMA plug-i log file whe you lik clips. The log file records errors ad iformatio about the clips. If you experiece ay problems while you lik clips or if you receive a error message, check the AMA log file to get more iformatio about the error (for example: a corrupt file or a bad fileame). You ca view the log file from the followig locatio o your system: (Widows) drive:\program Files\Avid\Media Composer\Avid FatalError Reports. The ame of the log file is AMALoggerMM_DD_YY.log. (Macitosh) Volume/Users/Shared/AvidMediaComposer/Avid FatalError Reports. The ame of the log file is AMALoggerMM_DD_YY.log. Usig Virtual Volumes You ca use a virtual volume to copy media from a card or disk. This lets you use the card or disk agai. A virtual volume ca be a folder o your desktop or a folder located o a server. However, the virtual volume folder should reside oe level dow from the root level i order for the system to display it as a virtual volume. The followig are examples of virtual volumes: C:\Desktop\BPAV Z:\P2\Card 1 Z:\GFPAK\ With the AMA method, all drives ad virtual volumes associated with your bi mout automatically. You caot remove a volume while i AMA, however you ca remove a virtual volume. To umout a virtual volume: 1. Choose File > Umout. The Umout dialog box opes. 2. Select the virtual volume you wat to remove. 3. Click OK. The system removes the virtual volume from your system ad clips liked to this virtual volume appear offlie. Whe you restart your Avid editig applicatio, the system scas the system for virtual volumes ad the clips appear olie. 105

106 Virtual Volumes ad AMA Bis Deletig Clips If you select Volume Name i the AMA Bi Settigs tab, the system ames the bi the same ame as the virtual volume drive ame. If you cotiue to use the same virtual volume to lik other media through AMA, the system cotiues to place the liked media i the same bi. If you wat to create a ew bi for differet types of media you lik through AMA, you ca either create a ew virtual volume drive for each type of media (XDCAM, XDCAM EX, P2, GFCAM, etc.) or you ca create a ew bi every time you lik to ew media o a virtual volume. To create a ew bi o the same virtual volume: 1. Before you lik your media through AMA, click the Settigs tab i the Project widow. 2. Double-click AMA. 3. Click the Bis tab. 4. Select Create a ew bi ad specify a ew bi ame. 5. Click OK. 6. Select File > Lik to AMA Volumes. The media appears i the ewly created bi. Repeat these steps for each type of media. You ca delete master clips, but you caot delete media files that reside o drives. Your Avid editig applicatio treats files as read-oly devices. You ca delete master clips ad media files the same way you delete other master clips ad media files. However, you might ot be able to delete files that you moved rather tha copied. If you caot delete master clips ad media files, first ulock the clips as described i the secod procedure, ad the delete them. To delete files from cards/volumes: 1. Quit your Avid editig applicatio. 2. O the desktop, avigate to the drive. 3. Select the files you wat to delete ad press the Delete key. To delete files o a local drive i your Avid editig applicatio: 1. I a bi, select the clips you wat to delete. 2. (Optio) Right-click ad select Ulock Bi Selectio. 3. Press the Delete key. The Delete dialog box opes. 106

107 File Based Media - AMA 4. Select Delete master clips ad Delete associated media files. 5. Click OK. Workflows for Editig with AMA The followig topics iclude high-level procedures of a typical workflow you might use whe you edit with a particular media type ad AMA. Workflow for Editig XDCAM ad XDCAM EX Clips with AMA The followig steps describe a typical workflow for editig XDCAM ad XDCAM EX clips with AMA. Do ot mix AMA ad traditioal workflows. Either use AMA whe you work with a XDCAM device or use the traditioal import/batch import workflow. You should be aware of the followig: Playback performace from a optical disk is very slow. To create a sequece with multiple effects or layered tracks, Avid suggests that you cosolidate the media to a local drive, istead of workig directly from the optical disk. Avid has tured off redrawig of waveforms i the Timelie whe you lik to XDCAM clips that reside o a disk. This allows for a faster likig process. Whe the media is cosolidated, the waveforms redraw. Whe you lik XDCAM clips from a optical disk, Avid recommeds that you do ot display the bi i Frame view or Script view due to performace issues. A typical workflow is as follows: 1. The Soy XDCAM ad XDCAM EX AMA plug-i should be istalled o your system. 2. For XDCAM, istall the appropriate Soy XDCAM drivers. You do ot eed drivers for XDCAM EX. 3. Isert the XDCAM disk or XDCAM EX card. The system liks the XDCAM clips ito a bi. The media itself remais o the disk. The clips poit directly to the high-resolutio media o the disk. For XDCAM clips from a optical disk, a progress bar appears to show you how much time is left to lik the media. If you use multiple cards ad you remove oe of the cards, your media displays offlie. 4. Use the master clips to edit the sequece. 5. (Optio) Reame the clips to help orgaize your material. 107

108 6. You ca either trasfer your media to your hard drive ad the trascode or cosolidate your sequece or clips, or cosolidate directly from the XDCAM disk. Whe you cosolidate, if you wat to keep your AMA clips liked to the origial source, select the optio Keep Master clips liked to media o the origial drive, i the Copyig Media Files dialog box. Cosolidatig your media helps whe you work with multiple cards. If you remove a card from the reader, cosolidatig lets you view your sequece with all the media olie. Due to the desig of the Nitris iput/output hardware, playback of XDCAM or XDCAM EX media o a Avid Symphoy usig Nitris causes dropped frames. To allow for full performace playback, trascode the XDCAM media ito DNxHD media to play the video o your Avid Symphoy system with Avid Nitris iput/output hardware. For iformatio o cosolidatig your sequece, see Cosolidatig Media i the Help. For iformatio o trascodig your sequece, see Usig the Trascode Commad i the Help. 7. Remove the XDCAM disk or XDCAM EX card. Workflow for Editig XDCAM Multiple Resolutio Clips with AMA The followig steps describe a typical workflow for editig XDCAM multiple resolutio clips with AMA. Do ot mix AMA ad traditioal workflows. Either use AMA whe you work with a XDCAM device or use the traditioal import/batch import workflow. You should be aware of the followig: Playback performace from a optical disk is very slow. To create a sequece with multiple effects or layered tracks, Avid suggests that you cosolidate the media to a local drive, istead of workig directly from the optical disk. Avid has tured off redrawig of waveforms i the Timelie whe you lik to XDCAM clips that reside o a disk. This allows for a faster likig process. Whe the media is cosolidated, the waveforms redraw. Whe you lik XDCAM clips from a optical disk, Avid recommeds that you do ot display the bi i Frame view or Script view due to performace issues. 108

109 File Based Media - AMA A typical workflow is as follows: 1. Use Soy s PDZ-1 software to associate your low-resolutio clips with metadata to idetify the clip i the Avid bi. This icludes eterig a User Disc ID i the Disc Properties widow. 2. The Soy XDCAM ad XDCAM EX AMA plug-i should be istalled o your system. 3. Istall the appropriate Soy XDCAM drivers. 4. I the Project widow, click the Settigs tab. 5. Double-click AMA. The AMA Settigs dialog box appears. 6. Click the Quality tab. 7. Click the appropriate resolutio for your video ad audio i the AMA Lik Preferece sectio, ad click OK. 8. Isert the XDCAM disk i the XDCAM device. 9. Select Bi Selectio optios from the Bis tab. For iformatio o bi selectio optios, see Likig Media with AMA o page Select File > Lik to AMA Volume. The Browse for Folder dialog box opes. 11. Navigate to the XDCAM clips, ad the click OK. The clips appear i the bi or bis depedig o the bi optios you selected, they highlight i yellow. 12. Edit the sequece. 13. Right-click the bi ad select Modify AMA Resolutios to relik your low-resolutio to high-resolutio media. 14. To cosolidate your media, see Cosolidatig Multiple Resolutio Media o page 102. Whe you cosolidate, if you wat to keep your AMA clips liked to the origial source, select the optio Keep Master clips liked to media o the origial drive, i the Copyig Media Files dialog box. 15. Click the Highest Quality for your video ad audio ad click OK. The highest quality clips appear i the bi alog with the low resolutio (most compressed) clips, they highlight i yellow. If the system caot fid the correspodig low-resolutio clip, it might be because you iserted the wrog XDCAM disk. If you isert the wrog disk, the system displays a message that iforms you to isert the correct disk. If you used Soy s PDZ-1 software 109

110 ad provided a disk ame i the User Disc ID field, the system message displays the disk label ame. If you did ot use the PDZ-1 software, the system asks you to isert the disk cotaiig the (low-resolutio) clip selected i the bi. 16. Remove the XDCAM disk. Workflow for Editig P2 Clips with AMA The followig steps describe a typical workflow for editig P2 clips with AMA. Do ot mix AMA ad traditioal workflows. Either use AMA whe you work with a XDCAM device or use the traditioal import/batch import workflow. A typical workflow is as follows: 1. The Paasoic P2 AMA plug-i should be istalled o your system. 2. Istall the appropriate Paasoic P2 driver. 3. Mout oe or more P2 cards (up to five). The system liks the P2 clips automatically ito a bi. If you use multiple P2 cards ad you remove oe of the cards, your media displays offlie. 4. Use the master clips to edit ad output a sequece. 5. (Optio) Reame the clips to orgaize your material. 6. Cosolidate or trascode your sequece or clips. The media cosolidates to the destiatio you set i the Media Creatio dialog box. Cosolidatig your media helps whe you work with multiple P2 cards. If a card is removed from the reader, cosolidatig lets you view your sequece with all the media olie. Whe you cosolidate, if you wat to keep your AMA clips liked to the origial source, select the optio Keep Master clips liked to media o the origial drive, i the Copyig Media Files dialog box. Whe you trascode a sequece, the system automatically defaults to covert both audio ad video. You caot trascode video oly with P2. For iformatio o cosolidatig your sequece, see Cosolidatig Media i the Help. For iformatio o trascodig your sequece, see Usig the Trascode Commad i the Help. 7. Remove the P2 card. 110

111 File Based Media - AMA Workflow for Editig Cao XF Clips with AMA A typical workflow is as follows: 1. The Cao XF AMA plug-i ad the MXF AMA plug-i should be istalled o your system. 2. Mout the flash cards. The system liks the Cao XF clips automatically ito a bi. If you use multiple flash cards ad you remove oe of the cards, your media displays offlie. 3. Use the master clips to edit ad output a sequece. 4. (Optio) Reame the clips to orgaize your material. 5. Cosolidate or trascode your sequece or clips. The media cosolidates to the destiatio you set i the Media Creatio dialog box. Cosolidatig your media helps whe you work with multiple P2 cards. If a card is removed from the reader, cosolidatig lets you view your sequece with all the media olie. Whe you cosolidate, if you wat to keep your AMA clips liked to the origial source, select the optio Keep Master clips liked to media o the origial drive, i the Copyig Media Files dialog box. For iformatio o cosolidatig your sequece, see Cosolidatig Media i the Help. For iformatio o trascodig your sequece, see Usig the Trascode Commad i the Help. 6. Remove the flash card. Workflow for Editig GFCAM Clips with AMA A typical workflow is as follows: 1. The GFCAM AMA plug-i should be istalled o your system. 2. Isert the GFPAK. Your Avid editig system liks the GFCAM clips automatically ito a bi. The media itself remais o the disk. The clips poit directly to the high-resolutio media o the disk. If you use multiple GFPAKs ad you remove oe of the GFPAKs, your media displays offlie. 3. Use the master clips to edit the sequece. 111

112 4. (Optio) Reame the clips to orgaize your material. 5. Cosolidate or trascode your sequece or clips. Cosolidatig your media helps whe you work with multiple GFPAKs. If a GFPAK is uplugged, cosolidatig lets you view your sequece with all the media olie. Whe you cosolidate, if you wat to keep your AMA clips liked to the origial source, select the optio Keep Master clips liked to media o the origial drive, i the Copyig Media Files dialog box. Whe you trascode a sequece, the system automatically defaults to covert both audio ad video. You caot trascode video oly with GFCAM. 6. Discoect the GFPAK. Workflow for Editig RED Clips with AMA Oce you have liked the RED clips from a RED drive or card, you ca trascode the media from your sequece. Trascodig your media is helpful whe you work with multiple resolutios. You caot cosolidate the RED media i your Avid editig applicatio. A typical workflow is as follows: 1. The RED AMA plug-i should be istalled o your system. 2. Attach the RED drive or isert a REDFlash card. Your Avid editig system liks the RED clips automatically ito a bi. The media itself remais o the disk. The clips poit directly to the high-resolutio media o the disk. All metadata iformatio displays as colums i the bi. If you use multiple cards ad you remove oe of the cards, your media displays offlie. 3. Right-clip the clip i the bi ad select Set Source Settigs. For detailed iformatio to set clip parameters, see Adjustig RED Source Settigs o page Use the master clips to edit the sequece. 5. (Optio) Reame the clips to help you orgaize your material. 6. Choose the video quality from the Trascode & Cosolidate tab of the Media Creatio settig. For more iformatio, see Preparig your RED Clip for Trascode, Mixdow, or Reder o page

113 File Based Media - AMA 7. Trascode your sequece or clips to a HD or SD resolutio. Avid supports the use of the REDRocket Accelerator card for trascodig, rederig ad mixdow at half or full debayer settigs. Playback is ot supported. We do ot use the video output coectios o the card. The card is ot supported o 32-bit Widows operatig systems. If you eed to output to a resolutio higher tha HD, the export a AFE of your sequece for the coform process o a Avid DS. If your high-resolutio media is o a shared storage device ad Avid DS has access to the device, Avid DS automatically reliks to the RED files. 8. Remove the RED drive or card. Workflow for Editig QuickTime Clips with AMA There are a few guidelies you should follow whe you lik QuickTime files through AMA. Whe the QuickTime clip appears i your bi, you ca make chages to the clip i After Effects or Fial Cut Pro, ad have those chages update i the bi. Follow these steps to uderstad the QuickTime AMA workflow. A QuickTime AMA workflow is as follows: 1. The Avid QuickTime AMA plug-i should be istalled o your system. 2. Create a QuickTime movie with a supported codec i Adobe AfterEffects or Apple s Fial Cut Pro. Avid supports the Same as Source ad Custom export settigs optios whe you export with Avid QuickTime codec. See Adobe ad Apple documetatio for iformatio o how to create a QuickTime movie. 3. Move the created.mov file oto your Avid editig system. 4. Ope a bi. If there is o active bi, a dialog box appears askig you to select a bi. 5. Select File > Lik to AMA File(s). You ca also right-click a bi ad select Lik to AMA File(s). For iformatio about AMA, see The Avid Media Access (AMA) Workflow o page 94. The Select file(s) for AMA likig dialog box opes. 6. From the AMA Plugi Filter meu, select QuickTime. 7. Locate ad select the.mov file(s) you wat to lik. Ctrl+click or Shift+click to select multiple files. 113

114 8. Click Ope. The clips appear i the active bi, ad highlights i yellow. 9. Use the liked clips to edit your sequece. 10. If you eed to chage the QuickTime clip i After Effects or FCP, ope the existig file i After Effects or FCP ad make the chage. If you chage the umber of tracks, chage the duratio of the clip or chage the clips file ame, whe you relik through AMA, the system creates a ew clip ad will ot overwrite or replace the existig clip i the bi. If you chage the umber of tracks, the duratio, or edit rate, but ot the file ame, ay clips liked to the sequece will ulik ad the clips display Media Offlie. If you chage the file ame or the locatio of the clip, you ca Relik to AMA files. For more iformatio, see Relikig to AMA Files o page From your Avid editig applicatio, select Clear Moitor from the Clip Name meu above the moitors. This clears the moitors ad Timelie of ay old clips. 12. Reder or export the ewly chaged QuickTime movie out of AfterEffects or FCP to the same folder locatio as the origial file. Accept all overwrite prompts. Oce the chaged QuickTime movie is exported or redered, refocus or ope (if FCP or AfterEffects are o the same system) your Avid editig applicatio. The updated clip appears i your bi (ad sequece) ad replaces the old clip. If the clip is i the Source or Record moitor, it also will update. 13. Cotiue to edit your sequece or cosolidate or trascode your sequece or clip. Whe you cosolidate, if you wat to keep your AMA clips liked to the origial source, select the optio Keep Master clips liked to media o the origial drive, i the Copyig Media Files dialog box. For iformatio o cosolidatig your sequece, see Cosolidatig Media i the Help. For iformatio o trascodig your sequece, see Usig the Trascode Commad i the Help. Workflow for Editig MXF Clips with AMA 114 A typical workflow is as follows: 1. The MXF AMA plug-i should be istalled o your system. 2. Create a supported MXF file (create a supported MXF file from your third party applicatio, for example: Rhozet or Omeo).

115 Multichael Audio 3. Move the.mxf file oto your Avid editig system. 4. Usig the AMA method, lik to the MXF clips automatically ito a bi. 5. Use the liked clips to edit your sequece. 6. (Optio) Reame the clips to help orgaize your material. 7. Cosolidate or trascode your sequece or clips. The media cosolidates to the destiatio you set i the Media Creatio dialog box. Whe you cosolidate, if you wat to keep your AMA clips liked to the origial source, select the optio Keep Master clips liked to media o the origial drive, i the Copyig Media Files dialog box. Multichael Audio Workig with Multiple Tracks Your Avid editig applicatio lets you edit up to 24 tracks of video ad 24 tracks of audio, icludig multichael audio tracks, ad oe data track. While workig with multiple tracks, you ca use the Track Selector pael to select, maipulate, delete, lock, patch, ad moitor your tracks. You ca use multiple tracks to layer audio effects ad soud or to add video titles ad other effects. Multichael audio tracks cotai more tha oe chael of audio i a sigle track. Stereo multichael tracks, for example, cotai two stereo chaels i oe track. You ca edit multichael audio tracks i the same way that you edit moo audio tracks. Multiple video tracks do ot immediately play back at the same time util you apply a appropriate effect that composites the layers. Multiple audio layers, however, do play back immediately if correctly moitored. Occasioally, effects editig ivolves a procedure kow as estig. Nestig ivolves steppig ito existig tracks to reveal added layers for combiig multiple images ad digital video effects. Whe you apply a effect, you ca step out to view ad reder the effect as oe segmet o the track. You ca est up to 24 additioal tracks withi each track. For more iformatio o estig techiques, see Nestig Effects i the Help. 115

116 Uderstadig the Track Selector Pael The Track Selector pael provides a quick display of track iformatio. You ca see which tracks are available, active, patched, moitored, or locked o the source ad record sides at ay time. The Track Selector pael ca look very differet depedig o the ature of the source material or the work uderway i the sequece. The followig cofiguratio shows oly oe example. You caot patch a data (D) track. Track Selector ad Track Cotrol paels, with Source tracks (left) ad Record tracks (right). See the followig table for a list of Track Selector buttos. Ico Butto Video Track Moitor butto Video Track, Source ad Record Syc Lock butto Audio Moo Track Moitor butto Audio Stereo Track Moitor butto Audio Track, Source ad Record Timecode butto The source side of the pael displays oly those tracks available for the clip curretly loaded. For example, a clip that has audio captured oly for track A1 does ot display a A2 track i the Track Selector pael. 116

117 Multichael Audio Selectig Tracks The record side of the pael displays oly those tracks curretly i use for the sequece. Whe you edit source material with a track selected that does ot yet exist o the record side, by default the track appears o the record side after the edit takes place. You ca select tracks o the source side or the record side of the Track Selector pael to cotrol your optios for editig. For example, you might select the source ad record tracks for V1, A1, ad A2 to edit picture ad audio from the source clip ito the sequece. To edit the picture without soud, select oly V1 source ad record tracks. To edit the soud without the picture, select oly A1 ad A2 source ad record tracks. The followig guidelies apply to track selectio whe you edit: You ca edit selected tracks o the source side directly ito the sequece, assumig you have selected parallel tracks o the record side. You caot edit deselected tracks o the source side ito the sequece, regardless of record track selectios. You caot edit deselected tracks o the record side ito the sequece, regardless of source track selectios. The Tracks tab of the Commad Palette cotais buttos for all available Timelie tracks. You ca map these buttos to ay mappable butto locatio or to the keyboard, or you ca use them directly i the Commad Palette. For more iformatio, see Mappig User-Selectable Buttos i the Help ad Activatig Commads from the Commad Palette i the Help. Track buttos i the Tracks tab of the Commad Palette To select oe or more tracks, do oe of the followig: t Click the Track butto of ay iactive track to select the track. t Drag a lasso aroud multiple tracks to select them at oce. t With the Timelie active, select Edit > Select All Tracks to select all tracks o the record ad source sides. 117

118 t Click the Cycle Picture/Soud butto i the Edit tab of the Commad palette to cycle amog selected video tracks, audio tracks, data track, or all tracks. To use a Commad Palette butto for track selectio, do oe of the followig: 1. Click the appropriate butto i the locatio to which you have mapped it. 2. Press the key o the keyboard that you have associated with the track butto. 3. I the Tracks tab of the Commad Palette, select Active Palette, ad the click the track butto. To deselect a track: t Click the Track butto of ay active track. Uderstadig Track Moitorig The followig iformatio describes how track moitorig fuctios ad your optios for moitorig tracks. For procedures o moitorig or soloig tracks, see Moitorig ad Soloig Tracks o page 120. Moitorig Video The Video Track Moitor butto determies whether you see video durig playback. You ca tur it off at ay time to moitor oly audio durig editig. Whe there are multiple video tracks, all tracks below the moitored track are active durig playback. The Video Track Moitor butto displays a Moitor ico whe the track is moitored for playback ad output. Whe you edit with multiple tracks, you ca activate the moitorig of a lower track to moitor oly the video o that track ad below. You ca use this feature whe you have multiple layers of video effects ad eed to isolate lower tracks for viewig. You ca also moitor a solo track. If you moitor a video track below the topmost track, retur moitorig to the topmost track to view, export, mix dow, or record all the tracks together. Umoitored tracks are ot icluded i playback. 118

119 Multichael Audio Moitorig Audio You ca moitor up to 16 audio tracks at a time. The followig characteristics apply to audio track moitorig: The system pas odd-umbered moo tracks to the left speaker ad eve-umbered moo tracks to the right speaker by default. Stereo tracks iclude chaels for the left ad right speakers, with the stereo mix paed to the ceter. If your sequece icludes more tha 16 audio tracks, you ca select ay 16 tracks to moitor at oe time by selectig the Audio Track Moitor butto for each audio track you wat to moitor. The Audio Track Moitor butto displays either with a black border (primary moitored audio track) or without the black border (moitored audio track), whe you select the audio track for moitorig playback ad output. A Audio Track Moitor butto with a black border idicates that the tracks are the primary moitored tracks ad audio iformatio is ot dropped whe the play speed icreases durig scrubbig. By default, the Avid editig applicatio sets the two top audio tracks as the primary moitored tracks. For more iformatio about settig a audio track to esure it is ot dropped durig scrubbig, see Selectig Tracks for Audio Scrubbig i the Help. To hear more tha 16 tracks at oce, you must mix dow some of them to a maximum of 16. For more iformatio, see Mixig Dow Audio Tracks o page 48. By default, all moitored audio tracks are selected for scrubbig. To isolate specific audio tracks for scrubbig, see Soloig Audio Tracks o page 158. By default, Direct Out maps all audio tracks i umerical sequece to existig output chaels. You ca customize the output of audio tracks, as described i Settig Audio Output Optios o page 134. Advatages of Solo Moitorig Whe editig, you ca isolate idividual video or audio tracks for moitorig without havig to deselect moitorig of all other tracks. Solo moitorig provides several advatages: You ca elimiate slow cueig ad playback whe workig with a complex sequece by moitorig a specific track. You ca view ay idividual layer of a composited effect. 119

120 You ca isolate a idividual audio track with a sigle mouse click (without maually deselectig the other audio tracks). You ca isolate audio tracks for audio scrubbig without havig to deselect moitorig of all other audio tracks. Moitorig ad Soloig Tracks The Track Moitor buttos allow you to choose which tracks to moitor i the Source moitor, the Record moitor, ad the speakers. You ca moitor a sigle track or moitor multiple tracks at the same time. You ca also isolate, or solo, a idividual track for moitorig without havig to deselect other tracks. For more iformatio o moitorig video ad audio tracks, ad o the beefits of solo moitorig, see Uderstadig Track Moitorig o page 118. You caot moitor or solo a data (D) track. To activate or deactivate moitorig for a track: t Click the Track Moitor butto for the track o either the source-side or the record-side. Track Selectio pael, with video ad audio tracks selected for moitorig To select a track for solo moitorig: 1. Ctrl+click (Widows) or Commad+click (Macitosh) the Track Moitor butto for the video track you wat to solo moitor. 2. Click the Solo butto for the audio track you wat to solo moitor. The Track Moitor butto chages to gree with a black Moitor ico (video track) ad the Solo butto chages to gree (audio track) to idicate solo moitorig. The Mute butto o all other audio tracks chages to orage. 120

121 Multichael Audio Track Selectio pael, with video ad audio tracks selected for solo moitorig To deselect solo moitorig: t Patchig Tracks Click the Track Moitor butto or the Solo butto agai. Whe workig with multiple tracks, you ca ecouter a circumstace i which you must edit source audio or video oto a track other tha the parallel track displayed i the Track Selector pael. To edit the source material oto aother record track above or below it, you must patch the source track to the targeted record track. c You ca perform oly oe patch per edit, but there is o limit o the umber of times you ca patch from the same source track. Audio ca patch oly to audio, ad video oly to video. Also, you ca oly patch multichael audio tracks to multichael audio tracks, or moo tracks to moo tracks. Your Avid editig applicatio dims the track selector buttos o tracks with usupported track formats whe you patch tracks. You ca also patch tracks by usig the Auto-Patchig optio i the Edit tab of the Timelie Settigs dialog box. For more iformatio, see Timelie Settigs i the Help. Whe you patch from oe video track to aother, the Video Track Moitor ico moves to the track you are patchig to if you selected the Auto-Moitorig optio i the Edit tab of the Timelie Settigs dialog box. Retur to moitorig the topmost track, whe ecessary, to play back ad output all video tracks. You caot patch a data (D1) track to aother track. To patch a track: t Drag from a source track (audio or video) to the targeted record track (a white arrow appears durig the patch). You ca also drag from a record track to a targeted source track. Track selectio buttos for tracks with usupported track formats dim as you drag the source track to a record track ad you caot patch to those tracks. For example, if you patch a source moo audio track, the all record stereo ad record video tracks are disabled ad you ca oly patch to a record moo audio track. 121

122 If you move the mouse poiter over a track selector butto, ad the press ad hold the mouse butto, a list of available tracks displays. Audio patch from a source track to a audio record track (left) ad the ew source track order idetifyig the patch (right). After you patch tracks, it is helpful to display the destiatio track of the clips i the Timelie. Select Clip Text > Clip Tracks from the Timelie Fast meu to display the destiatio track. To udo a patch: 1. Click i the Record moitor or Timelie. 2. Select Special > Restore Default Patch, or maually repatch to the previous track. The selected source track moves beside the record track to which it is patched as soo as you draw the arrow ad release the mouse. The patched track remais highlighted i preparatio for your edit. You ca proceed to select ay other tracks required for the edit. After you make the edit, you ca cotiue to work o the same track or patch to a differet track as ecessary. Uderstadig Lockig ad Syc Lockig Your Avid editig applicatio provides two ways of lockig tracks, lockig tracks ad syc lockig tracks. You ca syc lock selected tracks so that trimmig oe track also trims the other tracks. Syc lockig is useful whe you work with multiple tracks ad wat to maitai syc betwee two or more tracks. 122

123 Multichael Audio Lockig tracks prevets further editig from beig performed o them ad ca help i the followig workflows: For video or picture editig, you ca lock tracks whe you have completed a set of complex, multilayer edits ad wat to avoid makig accidetal chages while you work o adjacet tracks. For audio editig, you ca lock audio tracks cotaiig syc dialog that should be maitaied while you edit adjacet video tracks or audio tracks. For projects ivolvig multiple editors, you ca lock tracks to prevet uecessary or accidetal chages. For more iformatio o usig the syc lock feature i Trim mode, see Uderstadig Syc Lock i the Help. The Syc Lock ad Lock buttos of the Track Selector pael display differet icos for syc-locked ad locked tracks. For more iformatio o applyig the locks, see Lockig ad Syc Lockig Tracks o page 123. Lockig ad Syc Lockig Tracks The followig illustratio shows the locatio of the Syc Lock ad Lock buttos i the Track Selector pael, ad the icos that appear o these buttos. For more iformatio o your optios for lockig tracks, see Uderstadig Lockig ad Syc Lockig o page 122. Top to bottom: Lock ico, Syc Lock ico, ad Syc Lock All butto i the Track Selector pael To lock tracks: 1. Select the tracks you wat to lock (Source, Record, or both). 2. Do oe of the followig: t Select Clip > Lock Tracks. t Right-click i the Timelie, ad select Lock Tracks. t If you wat to lock a sigle track, right-click the track selector butto ad select Lock Track. The Lock ico idicates that the selected tracks are locked. No further editig ca occur o locked tracks util you ulock them. 123

124 To ulock tracks: 1. Select the tracks you wat to ulock. 2. Do oe of the followig: t Select Clip > Ulock Tracks. t Right-click i the Timelie, ad select Ulock Tracks. t If you wat to ulock a sigle track, right-click the track selector butto ad select Ulock Track. The Lock ico disappears ad the tracks are ulocked. To syc lock tracks, do oe of the followig: t Click a Syc Lock butto to activate the Syc Lock ico for each sychroized track. t Click the Syc Lock All butto to switch syc lock o ad off for all tracks. To resume editig o idividual tracks: t Click a Syc Lock butto or the Syc Lock All butto to remove the Syc Lock ico. Addig ad Deletig Tracks Your Avid editig applicatio lets you create up to 24 video ad 24 audio tracks i the Timelie whe buildig a sequece. (You ca moitor 16 audio tracks at a time.) You ca add meta tracks, which are used with the MetaSyc applicatio. For more iformatio, see MetaSyc Guide i the Help. You ca also add a data track, which is used for acillary data. For more iformatio, see Preservig HD Closed Captioig ad Acillary Data o page 50. By default, ew tracks are umbered cosecutively. For example, if a sequece cotais video tracks umbered V1 ad V2, a ew video track is umbered V3. However, you ca customize the umberig, ad you ca also assig custom ames to tracks. You ca remove oe or more tracks from a sequece if you o loger eed the tracks. Whe you delete a track, you remove it permaetly from the sequece. If you wat to remove the track temporarily, hide the tracks as described i Customizig Timelie Views i the Help. To add a ew track to a sequece, do oe of the followig: t With a sequece loaded i the Record moitor, select the type of track you wat to add: - Select Clip > New Video Track. - Select Clip > New Audio Track Moo. - Select Clip > New Audio Track Stereo. - Select Clip > New Meta Track. 124

125 Multichael Audio t - Select Clip > New Data Track. Right-click i the Timelie, ad select oe of the followig: - New Video Track. - New Audio Track Moo. - New Audio Track Stereo. - New Meta Track. - New ata D rack. T The ew track appears i the Timelie. To add a ew track to a sequece ad customize its umberig: 1. Press ad hold the Alt key (Widows) or Optio key (Macitosh) ad select the type of track you wat to add: t Select Clip > New Video Track. t Select Clip > New Audio Track Moo. t Select Clip > New Audio Track Stereo. t Select Clip > New Meta Track. t Select Clip > New Data Track. The Add Track dialog box opes. 2. (Optio) Select the type of track you wat to add (for example, a video or a audio stereo track) by clickig the Track Type meu, ad selectig that optio. 3. (Optio) Select a track umber other tha the default umber displayed i the dialog box by selectig aother umber from the Track Number meu. 4. Click OK. Oe of the followig occurs: - The ew track appears i the Timelie ad i the Track Selector pael. Stereo tracks i the Timelie display with a horizotal divider, idicatig two chaels of audio. 125

126 - If you selected the umber of a existig track i step 3, a dialog box asks if you wat to isert the ew track. Click Isert to add the ew track below the curret track with that umber. Your Avid editig applicatio labels the ew track with the umber you selected ad reumbers the existig tracks i cosecutive order. To add a custom ame to a track i the Timelie: 1. Right-click the Track Selector butto, ad select Reame Track. The Commets widow opes. 2. Type a ew ame for the track. 3. Click OK. To remove a custom track ame: 1. Right-click the Track Selector butto, ad select Reame Track. The Commets widow opes. 2. Click Remove. The track ame returs to the default track ame, such as V1. To delete oe or more tracks from a sequece: 1. Click oe or more Track Selector buttos to select the tracks you wat to delete. 2. Press the Delete key. The Delete Track(s) dialog box opes. 3. Click OK. The tracks are deleted. Splittig Stereo Tracks to Moo Tracks You ca split a stereo audio track i the Timelie ito separate moo tracks if you wat to edit separate audio chaels or if you eed to export a sequece either to a older versio of the Avid editig applicatio or to Avid Pro Tools. You ca also split a clip or sequece with stereo tracks to moo from a bi. You ca split idividual stereo tracks to moo, or you ca split all stereo tracks i your sequece. Whe you split a stereo track, the origial stereo track becomes a moo track ad a ew moo track is added below the origial track. For example, if you split a stereo track o A1 i the Timelie, the applicatio makes A1 a moo track holdig oe stereo chael ad adds a secod moo track o A2 for the other stereo chael. If A2 already exists i the Timelie, the applicatio reumbers tracks to allow for the split moo tracks. Also, the applicatio reumbers tracks to preserve the odd ad eve track umbers for left ad right moo chaels. Reumbered tracks start at the highest track available. 126

127 Multichael Audio If you duplicate a clip i a bi ad split the copy to moo, or if you edit a stereo clip ito a sequece o multiple tracks ad split oe track to moo, your sequece ca cotai both a stereo ad a moo istace of the same master clip. This does ot cause a problem with editig, playback, or ay other operatio. If splittig stereo tracks to moo tracks causes your sequece to exceed 24 audio tracks, or if splittig to moo caot maitai the relative order of tracks or the left/right chael aligmet, the Avid editig applicatio caot complete the operatio ad a error message displays. You ca reduce the umber of audio tracks i your sequece ad retry the operatio. Stereo track A4 (left) split ito moo tracks A4 ad A5 (right) Whe the Avid editig applicatio splits a stereo track to two moo tracks, it chages some audio properties of the track: Removes stereo track effects such as RTAS plug-i effects. Coverts stereo AudioSuite plug-i effects to moo effects. Applies ay existig gai automatio to the resultig moo tracks. Applies ay existig pa automatio to the resultig moo tracks, paig odd-umbered tracks to the left ad eve-umbered tracks to the right. Clears redered effects. If you have effects o audio segmets o stereo tracks, you eed to reder them after splittig the tracks to moo. Whe you split all tracks i a sequet to moo, the Avid editig applicatio automatically duplicates your origial sequece ad saves a copy to your bi before splittig stereo tracks to moo. To split a stereo audio track to moo, do the followig: t Right-click the stereo track you wat to split, ad select Split Track to Moo. t Right-click a stereo clip i a bi that you wat to split, ad select Split Track to Moo. 127

128 Backtimig Edits The stereo track splits ito two moo tracks, with the secod moo track added below the origial stereo track. A copy of your origial sequece is saved to your bi as [sequece_ame].copy.[umber]. To split all stereo audio tracks i the Timelie to moo, do oe of the followig: t Right-click i the Timelie, ad select Split All Tracks to Moo. t Select Clip > Split All Tracks to Moo. All stereo tracks i the Timelie split ito two separate moo tracks, with the ew moo tracks added below each origial stereo track.. A copy of your origial sequece is saved to your bi as [sequece_ame].copy.[umber]. Backtimig a edit is effectively the reverse of the process you ormally use for markig footage: istead of markig from the I poits forward, you mark accordig to the Out poits. For example, you might have a track of audio (music or voice) that eds at a specific poit, ad you wat to sychroize a video clip to ed o a particular clip. You ca backtime the edit to match the ed poits of the tracks. Cosider the followig: Your Avid editig applicatio eeds oly three marks to perform a backtimed edit. The I ad Out poits set o the record side always take precedece. If you do ot mark a I poit i the sequece, your Avid editig applicatio uses the I poit ad Out poit i the source clip (if both are marked) to determie the I poit i the sequece. If you do ot set both marks i the source clip, the system uses the positio idicator as the I poit. If you do ot mark a Out poit i the clip ad a Out poit i the sequece, your Avid editig applicatio uses the ed of the source clip as the Out poit. If you mark Out poits i both the Source moitor ad i the Record moitor, your Avid editig applicatio uses the Out poit o the record side. To backtime a edit: 1. Mark I ad Out poits i the sequece where you wat the edit to start ad ed. 2. Select the appropriate tracks. 3. Load the source clip ito the Source moitor. 4. Mark a Out poit for the source clip to sychroize to the Out poit i the sequece. 5. Click the Overwrite butto. The source material is added to the sequece, with the sychroized edig. 128

129 Multichael Audio Workig with Multichael Audio Tracks Audio tracks i the Timelie represet either a sigle chael of audio (moo) or multiple chaels (such as two stereo chaels). You ca edit multichael audio tracks i the same way you edit moo audio tracks. Avid editig applicatios curretly oly support stereo multichael tracks. For iformatio o usig surroud soud multichael audio, see Workig with Surroud Soud or 5.1 Audio (Avid Nitris DX ad Avid Mojo DX Oly) o page 136. The Track Formats colum i the bi Text view displays the format for all multichael audio tracks i a master clip. You ca modify the audio format by groupig or ugroupig selected audio tracks. You ca modify audio formats for master clips oly. Track formats for sequeces, group clips, or subclips caot be modified. You use the Modify commad to set or chage the multichael formats for your audio tracks. For example, this lets you create a stereo track from two associated moo tracks or to split a stereo track ito two separate audio tracks. You ca set the multichael format for multiple master clips at the same time. You ca also split stereo tracks i the Timelie ito two moo tracks. for more iformatio, see To set the multichael audio format for audio tracks: 1. Ope the bi ad click the Text tab. 2. Click the ico to the left of the clip you wat to modify. Ctrl+click (Widows) or Cmd+click (Macitosh) each additioal object you wat to modify. 3. Select Clip > Modify. The Modify dialog box opes. 4. Click the Modify Optios meu, ad select Set Multichael Audio. The Modify dialog box displays the audio tracks for all selected clips with format buttos beeath paired tracks. If a audio track is ot used by the selected clips, it does ot appear. 129

130 Track formats for sequeces, group clips, or subclips caot be modified. 5. Click the Format buttos to cycle through the available optios util you fid the appropriate format: Optio Descriptio Mixed tracks Moo tracks Stereo track Does ot modify the audio track formats. The Mixed Format Tracks butto appears oly whe you select more tha oe clip ad the clips cotai both moo ad stereo tracks. Sets the paired audio tracks to two moo tracks. Sets the paired audio tracks to oe stereo track. 6. Click OK. The bi iformatio updates to reflect the audio format modificatios. Check the Track Formats colum i bi Text view to see all multichael audio tracks. Displayig Track Formats i Bis You ca select a bi headig to display the track formats i the bi. Multichael formats appear i the Track Formats colum for master clips ad list the audio tracks i the clip that combie multiple chaels i a sigle audio track. For example, a track format marked as Stereo A1A2 idicates that the clip icludes a stereo track with two chaels. To add the Track Formats colum to a bi: 1. With a bi i Text view, select Bi > Choose Colum. The Bi Colum Selectio dialog box opes. 130

131 Multichael Audio 2. Click Track Formats i the list to select it. 3. Click OK. The Track Formats colum appears i the bi. Audio Displays i the Timelie You ca display audio waveforms i the Timelie to help you visually locate poits i a audio track for editig or trimmig. There are two types of waveform plots, Eergy or Sample, which you select from the Timelie Fast meu. For more iformatio, see Displayig Audio Waveforms o page 131. If you have a sequece with several differet sample rates, you ca idetify a specific sample rate by color. For more iformatio, see Idetifyig Sample Rates by Color i the Help. Waveforms for stereo tracks i the Timelie display waveforms for both chaels withi a sigle track, separated by a horizotal divider. Displayig Audio Waveforms To display audio waveforms: 1. To search for a poit i a kow sectio of the tracks, zoom i ad show more detail i the sequece to isolate a sectio of the audio. With less audio to display, the system draws the waveform plot faster. 2. Click the Timelie Fast meu butto, ad select Audio Data > waveform plot. Your choice of plot type is a matter of visual preferece: - Eergy plot displays oly the peaks of the audio amplitude i the waveform from the baselie. It is a graphical represetatio of the mathematical Eergy Fuctio for audio waveforms. Waveform Eergy Plot, Moo ad Stereo Tracks - Sample plot displays the etire amplitude of the audio waveform. This is the same as the sample voltage values see o a aalog oscilloscope waveform. 131

132 Waveform Sample Plot, Moo ad Stereo Tracks After you make a selectio, the waveform appears i the selected tracks. Press Ctrl+period (Widows) or Commad+period (Macitosh) at ay time durig the redraw of the waveform plot to stop the redraw. 3. (Optio) Maximize the visibility of your waveform display usig oe of the followig procedures: t Cotiue to expad or shrik your view of the Timelie by usig the scale bar, spreadig out the waveform plots to show detailed variatios i the audio levels. t To elarge the height of selected audio tracks ad subsequetly the waveform displays, press Ctrl+L (Widows) or Commad+L (Macitosh). t To reduce the height of selected audio tracks ad subsequetly the waveform displays, press Ctrl+K (Widows) or Commad+K (Macitosh). t To elarge the size of the sample plot image without elargig its track, press Ctrl+Alt+L (Widows) or Commad+Optio+L (Macitosh). This procedure is useful whe you view detail i loud passages. t To reduce the size of the sample plot image without reducig its track, press Ctrl+Alt+K (Widows) or Commad+Optio+K (Macitosh). This procedure is useful whe you view detail i quiet passages. You ca select Show Marked Waveforms i the Timelie Settigs dialog box to arrow the view of the tracks i the Timelie. This optio allows the Timelie to display faster because the waveform displays oly betwee the Mark I ad the Mark Out poits. 4. Move through the audio show i the waveform usig ay of the playback methods. You hear soud as you track the audio visually. Whe the positio idicator reaches the poit you wat i the waveform, you ca mark, trim, or perform ay other fuctio. Audio waveform plots ca slow your avigatio through the Timelie. Therefore, you might wat to use them selectively. To do this, you ca create a custom Timelie view, as described i Customizig Timelie Views i the Help. After you have created a customized waveform view, you ca select it from the Timelie View meu whe eeded ad retur to aother view whe you fiish. 132

133 Multichael Audio Modifyig How Your Avid Editig Applicatio Iterprets Pa The way you record footage i the field ad capture it with your Avid editig applicatio affects the way soud pas betwee the speakers. By default, the system pas moo audio tracks 1 ad 3 to the left speaker output ad pas moo tracks 2 ad 4 to the right speaker output. Whe you adjust pa values o multichael stereo tracks, you pa the stereo mix of the left/right audio pair for the clip. For example, whe you pa to the right output chael, you move the full stereo mix further to the right chael. You ca set global pa settigs before or durig editig by usig the Audio Settigs dialog box or the Audio Project Settigs dialog box. You ca also set pa for idividual moo clips by usig the Ceter Pa commad. To modify the way the system iterprets pa durig playback: t Set the default pa values i the Audio Settigs dialog box, which you access from the Settigs list i the Project widow. By default, the moo audio tracks for clips alterate with track 1 o the left speaker ad track 2 o the right speaker for moitorig ad output. The All Tracks Cetered optio istructs the system to ceter the pa of all tracks betwee the two speakers for moitorig ad output. The system pas stereo tracks to the ceter by default, with the left speaker paed full left ad the right speaker paed full right. t Click the Mix Mode Selectio Meu butto i the Output tab i the Audio Project Settigs widow, ad select oe of the followig modes: Mode Stereo Moo Direct Out Descriptio Uses the default pa settigs ad lets you create pa effects. Pas all moo tracks to ceter durig output. This mode igores pa effects. This mode uses the default pa settigs ad igores pa/vol effects. Usig Automatio Gai ad Pa Automatio gai ad pa lets you chage the volume or pa values of a segmet by addig ad maipulatig automatio gai or automatio pa keyframes i the Timelie. The followig illustratio shows a expaded audio track cotaiig gai keyframe iformatio. 133

134 Your Avid editig applicatio uses a liear ramp to chage the volume or pa from oe keyframe to the ext. You adjust automatio gai ad pa directly i the Timelie or by usig the Audio Mixer tool. Settig Audio Output Optios The Audio Project Settigs dialog box cotais optios for audio output, such as how audio tracks i the sequece are mapped to output chaels. To set audio output optios: 1. Double-click Audio Project i the Settigs list i the Project widow. The Audio Project Settigs dialog box opes. 2. Click the Output tab. 134

135 Multichael Audio Audio Project Settigs dialog box: Mixed Mode Selectio Meu butto (top), All or Timelie Track Maps meu ad Which Set of Track Maps butto (left), Output Track Maps (right), Output Format ad Chaels optios (bottom) 3. Click the Mix Mode Selectio Meu butto, ad select a type of output. - Select Stereo to mix the moitored audio tracks ito a stereo pair (two paired moo chaels) with applied pa effects. - Select Moo to map all the moitored tracks to a pair of moo chaels, with all chaels paed to ceter ad pa effects bypassed. - Select Direct Out to map moitored tracks directly to up to sixtee chaels of output (depedig o how may audio output chaels are curretly eabled i your hardware cofiguratio). By default, Direct Out maps all audio tracks i umerical sequece to existig output chaels. Moo tracks are mapped to sigle output chaels, ad stereo tracks are mapped to pairs of output chaels. You ca remap a track to ay chael by clickig a Chael Assigmet meu ad by selectig aother chael. Direct out igores pa effects. You caot map a moo track to a chael pair or a stereo track to a sigle chael. If you wat to output 16 chaels, click the Allow 16 chael output butto. For more iformatio, see Eablig 16-Chael Audio Output i the Help. 4. (Optio) Depedig o your type of output, you ca make additioal adjustmets: - By default, Stereo directs the mixed tracks to moo output chaels 1 ad 2. You ca also direct mixed tracks to output chaels 3 & 4, 5 & 6, or 7 &

136 - If you select Direct Out, you ca select All or Timelie from the All or Timelie Track Maps meu - All lets you preset values for all possible audio tracks, with each track treated as a moo track. - Timelie lets you assig output chaels to the tracks moitored i the Timelie, with multichael stereo pairs mapped by default to chael pairs. Click the Reset butto to reassig the tracks to the default chaels that are curretly available. You might eed to reset the defaults track mappigs if your hardware cofiguratio has chaged. If you wat to map output chaels to audio tracks ot listed i the Output Track Maps area, click the Which Set of Track Maps butto to display other available audio tracks. The maximum umber of available tracks is Select the output format ad assig the output chaels i the tabbed iterface at the bottom of the dialog box. Optios vary depedig o the type of iput/output hardware you have attached to your system. For more iformatio, see Audio Project Settigs: Output Tab i the Help. 6. (Optio) To disable the customized volume, real-time EQ, or automatio gai effects you applied with the other audio tools, click the Effects tab ad select Clip Gai, RT EQ, or Auto Gai i the Effect Bypass pael. 7. Close the Audio Project Settigs dialog box. Workig with Surroud Soud or 5.1 Audio (Avid Nitris DX ad Avid Mojo DX Oly) Avid editors with certai Avid iput/output hardware attached let you receive audio as chaels of premixed surroud soud. You ca hear this audio as either mixdow stereo or as true 5.1 surroud soud usig six speakers. 136

137 Multichael Audio Six-chael digital surroud soud systems use the 5.1 speaker format ad costitute a stadard i major motio pictures, music, ad digital televisio. This format cosists of three speakers across the frot, two speakers i the rear, ad a sixth chael called Low-Frequecy Effects (LFE) set to a subwoofer. Whe you do ot use 5.1 surroud soud, the Direct Out stereo mix of the output moo chaels have all odd chaels mixed to the left ad all eve chaels mixed to the right. Output stereo chaels use the left ad right speaker chaels, with the stereo mix paed to the ceter. The Output tab i the Audio Project settigs dialog box lets you select the 5.1 optio to desigate a project with surroud soud audio. If you have more tha six tracks, or the tracks are give i a differet order, you ca use the Direct Out chael map to desigate which tracks of the sequece go to which chaels. The followig table lists the default format for moo tracks. Track A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 Chael Left (L) Right (R) Ceter frot (C) Low Frequecy Effects (LFE) Left Rear (LR) Right Rear (RR) The Direct Out chael map affects the audio o the desktop moitors ad the output to your tape deck. You may eed to reset the chaels prior to a Digital Cut to preserve a required chael order o the output tape. Stereo tracks use the followig default mappig: Track Chael A1 Left/Right frot (1-2) A2 Ceter/Low Frequecy Effects (LFE) (3-4) A3 Left/Right Rear (5-6) 137

138 To desigate a project as surroud soud audio: 1. Double-click Audio Project i the Settigs tab of the Project widow. The Audio Project Settigs widow opes. 2. Click the Output tab. 3. Click the Mix Mode Selectio Meu butto to select Direct Out. 4. Select First six tracks are 5.1 surroud: L, R, C, LFE, LR, RR. A check mark appears. 5. If ecessary, assig the tracks ad chaels through the Direct Out chael meu. Deselect this optio if you are editig stereo media. For the moitors ad headphoes, the moo audio is mixed dow to stereo by paig the ceter ad LFE chaels to the ceter ad the LR ad RR chaels to the L ad R. For surroud soud outputs, the stereo chaels are routed to the correct speakers. Audio Project Settigs: Output Tab The optios that appear i this tab deped o your audio cofiguratio ad the hardware istalled o your system. Your optios might differ from those listed here. The followig table describes optios available i the Output tab of the Audio Projects Settigs dialog box. Optio Output Gai Moitors Volume Descriptio Lets you set the volume of global audio output. Available with software-oly cofiguratios. Lets you adjust the volume of the desktop speakers. Use the Mute butto to mute audio output to speakers or headphoes. 138

139 Multichael Audio Optio Mix Mode Selectio butto Stereo Mix Tracks First six tracks are 5.1 surroud: L, R, C, LFE, LR, RR All or Timelie Track Maps Descriptio Modifies the way that the system iterprets audio values durig playback: Stereo: Mixes the curretly moitored audio tracks ito a stereo pair. Depedig o your Avid iput/output hardware, you ca customize the mix usig the Stereo Mix Tracks optio. Moo: Pas all the curretly moitored tracks to ceter. This mode also igores pa effects. Direct Out (available depedig o your Avid iput/output hardware): Maps moo ad multichael tracks directly to up to sixtee chaels of output. By default, Direct Out maps the first eight audio tracks i umerical sequece to the first eight output chaels. You ca remap a track to ay chael by clickig the Chael Assigmet meu ad selectig aother chael. Pa settigs are igored durig a Direct Out operatio. This optio is available depedig o your Avid iput/output hardware. Lets you customize the mix of moo tracks with Stereo selected i the Mix Mode Selectio Meu butto. Your Avid editig applicatio seds a stereo mix to the two moo chaels you select. Material paed to the left are set to the odd chael, ad material paed to the right are set to the eve chael. The umber of chaels available depeds o the audio output you select or o the optios you select i the SD SDI tab. Available whe you select Direct Out with the Mix Mode Selectio Meu butto. Available whe you use or a Avid Mojo DX. You ca use this optio whe the media i the Timelie is set up as surroud soud media eve if your speakers are set up as stereo. You ca use the Direct Out chael selectios to reset which tracks go to which chaels. Deselect this optio if you are usig stereo media i the Timelie. Available whe you select Direct Out with the Mix Mode Selectio Meu butto. Lets you map the track ad output chaels: All: Lets you select betwee all available tracks, with each track treated as a moo track. Timelie: Lets you assig output chaels to the tracks moitored i the Timelie, with multichael stereo pairs mapped by default to the available stereo chaels. Which Set of Track Maps Available whe you select Direct Out with the Mix Mode Selectio Meu butto. Lets you select which group of output tracks to map to audio chaels. Groups of tracks display i multiples of 8, up to the maximum of 24 available audio tracks. 139

140 Optio Reset Output type optio tab: Aalog Output type optio tab: SD SDI Output type optio tab: HD SDI Descriptio Available whe you select Direct Out with the Mix Mode Selectio Meu butto. Reassigs the audio tracks of the sequece to the default chaels that are curretly available. Turs aalog output o or off. Provides cotrols for SD SDI audio output. This optio is available depedig o your Avid iput/output hardware. Some optios available deped o the umber of audio chaels you are usig, as follows: 8 chael: Use the O or Off optio to cotrol whether to embed the audio with the video i SDI output 16 chael: Use the Off optio to tur SD SDI output off. Use the O outputs 1-8 or O outputs 9-16 optio to assig the output chaels to 1-8 or Select oe of the followig based o the umber of chaels you wat ad the sample rate you wat o the outgoig SDI sigal: 4 chaels 20-bits 4 chaels 24-bits 8 chaels 20-bits 8 chaels 24-bits With some Avid iput/output hardware devices, you must use 48-kHz audio whe SDI is eabled. With Avid Nitris DX, you do ot eed 48-kHz audio sice audio output automatically sources to 48-kHz. Digital outputs such as AES, ADAT, SPDIF also source to 48-kHz. Provides cotrols for HD SDI audio output from HD projects. (Whe you are i a HD project you ca output either SD SDI or HD SDI.) Use the O or Off optio to tur HD SDI output o or off. Select oe of the followig to specify the umber of chaels you wat o the outgoig SDI sigal: 4 chaels 24-bits 8 chaels 24-bits 12 chaels 24-bits (oly available whe you are usig 16-chael audio) 16 chaels 24-bits (oly available whe you are usig 16-chael audio) If you are usig Avid Nitris DX hardware, a project sample rate of 48 khz is required for 12- ad 16-chael output. 140

141 Multichael Audio Settig Up the Capture Tool The Capture tool provides cotrols for cueig, markig, ad loggig footage, ad specifies capturig parameters such as source ad target locatios. The topics i this sectio describe how to ope ad set up the Capture tool. I Capture mode, the Cliet moitor displays the playback footage wheever the video track is selected i the Capture tool. The followig illustratios show the Capture tool for a HD project. Some items might ot be available or might have mior differeces i your Adit editig applicatio model Top of Capture tool 1 Capture idicator 9 Record butto 2 Trash 10 Chael Selectio buttos 3 Capture/Log Mode butto 11 Audio Chael Groupig buttos 4 Toggle Source butto 12 Message bar 5 Video tool 13 Video ad Audio Iput meus 6 Audio tool 14 Subclip status idicator 7 Passthrough Mix tool 15 Video Lock ico 8 Edit to Timelie buttos (optioal) 141

142 Bottom of Capture tool 1 Clip Name text box 6 Deck cotrols 2 Clip commet text box 7 Deck Selectio meu 3 Resolutio meu 8 Source Tape Display butto 4 Sigle/Dual Drive Mode butto 9 Time remaiig o target drives 5 Target Drive meus Whe you are workig i a 24p NTSC project, the Capture tool icludes a pulldow butto. For more iformatio, see Settig the Pulldow Switch i the Help. Whe you are workig i a Avid Iterplay eviromet, the Capture tool lets you select either Local Bis or Remote Bis. See Selectig a Target Bi i the Help. Whe you istall your Avid editig applicatio, a Icompatible Power Scheme warig butto might appear i the top right corer of the Capture tool. Some Widows power schemes might affect the performace of your Avid editig applicatio, icludig capturig media. Avid recommeds the Always O power scheme for Widows XP ad the High Performace power optio for Widows Vista whe workig with Avid editig applicatios. For more iformatio o Widows power schemes, see the Widows documetatio. Selectig Source Tracks ad Audio Chaels You ca select the tracks to capture from the source tape, ad you ca set the audio chael groupigs if you capture stereo audio source media. 142

143 Multichael Audio Whe you group audio tracks for multichael capture or batch capture, your Avid editig applicatio saves the groupig as a capture settig, idepedet of the hardware chaels you select. The resultig clip uses the groupig settig ad the used chaels. For more iformatio o audio chael groupigs, see Workig with Multichael Audio Tracks o page 129. Whe you batch capture, if the tracks are already logged ito the bi the chael selectio is made automatically uless you deselect the optio Capture the tracks logged for each clip i the Batch tab of the Capture Settigs dialog box. For more iformatio o Batch Capture settigs, see Batch Capturig Clips i the Help. Batch capture uses the audio chael groupigs curretly specified o the master clip, ot the groupigs that display i the Capture tool whe you batch capture previously-logged clips. To select oly those tracks you wat to capture: t Click the Chael Selectio buttos i the Capture tool. Chael Selectio buttos i the Capture tool If you do ot see source video or hear source audio i Capture mode, click the Chael Selectio buttos to esure they are ot the cause. Whe you use a Avid-cotrolled deck, the TC (timecode) track is selected by default, ad the system captures the timecode from the source tape. If you deselect the TC butto, the system captures with time-of-day timecode. For more iformatio, see Capturig with Time-of-Day Timecode i the Help. To group tracks for multichael capture: t Click the Audio Chael Groupig buttos i the Capture tool for those tracks you wat to capture as stereo audio tracks. The Audio Chael Groupig butto turs gree whe you group tracks. 143

144 Audio Chael Groupig buttos i the Capture tool Whe you capture stereo audio, you ca view the multichael audio format i the bi i the Track Formats colum. Batch Capturig from Logged Clips After you import a log or maually log a group of clips ito a bi, you ca automate the capture process by usig your Avid editig applicatio s batch-capturig capabilities. Whe you batch capture, you ope a bi, select the clips you wat to capture, ad select Clip > Batch Capture. Your Avid editig applicatio automatically fids the start ad ed timecode for each clip ad captures it. Source tapes from which you batch capture must have timecode that matches the timecode for the selected clips. You ca also use the batch-capturig process to recapture clips you have already captured. The recapturig process is described i Recapturig ad Decomposig i the Help. You caot recapture a mixed-rate sequece without usig decompose because you caot batch capture material i formats other tha the project format. A message box appears if you attempt to recapture such material. Istead, you ca decompose the sequece, the recapture the resultig clips by opeig the bi i projects that match each of the decomposed formats. Whe you capture footage from a NTSC film-to-tape trasfer with pulldow, the playback flickers i the Cliet moitor durig capturig because the system is droppig occasioal frames due to the pulli process. The footage plays back smoothly i your Avid editig applicatio, however, after the pulli coversio is complete. Batch Capturig Clips To batch capture clips: 1. Select the proper Capture settigs ad set up the capture tools, as described i Preparig for Capture i the Help. 2. Ope the bi that stores the clips you wat to capture. 3. Select the clips to batch capture: 144

145 Multichael Audio t t Select Edit > Select All. Ctrl+click to select specific clips. If you are batch capturig the origial source master clips used i the sequece, the sequece is updated automatically. Therefore, you might wat to deselect the sequece durig this procedure. See Recapturig ad Decomposig i the Help. 4. Select Clip > Batch Capture. The Batch Capture dialog box opes. If the clips you wat to batch capture are ot highlighted i the active bi, Batch Capture appears dimmed i the Clip meu. 5. Select optios i the dialog box: t t t t If the bi cotais some clips that are already captured ad you do ot wat to recapture those clips, select Offlie media oly. If this optio is ot selected ad some of the selected clips have media files, your Avid editig applicatio deletes the media files ad recaptures ew media files. Select All clips i a group edit to allow capturig of each clip i a group clip. If your selectios iclude a sequece for batch capturig, the dialog box prompts you for hadle legth iformatio. Your Avid editig applicatio creates ew master clips based o the legth of edited clips i the sequece. (Optio) Select Exted hadles beyod master clip edges to allow the hadles to exted before the begiig ad after the ed of the origial master clip. 145

146 Whe you batch capture, deselectig this optio prevets capturig across a discotiuous timecode error. For example, if the startig timecode for a master clip is 1:00:10:00 ad the resultig master clip after a decompose with hadles causes the ew master clip to begi at 1:00:09:00, batch capturig fails if there are ay timecode discotiuities betwee 1:00:09:00 ad 1:00:10:00. For more iformatio o hadle legths whe recapturig, see Decomposig Sequeces i the Help ad Recapturig a Sequece Without Usig Decompose i the Help. 6. Click OK. If you have ot loaded a tape, your Avid editig applicatio prompts you to load the first tape. 7. Load the tape ito the tape deck ad click Mouted. A dialog box opes. 8. Click OK to cofirm the tape ad deck etries ad begi the capture process. Your Avid editig applicatio captures each clip from the tape, i start timecode order. 9. If your Avid editig applicatio eeds aother source tape, it prompts you for the tape. At this poit, you have several optios. Do oe of the followig: t Load the ew tape ad click Mouted to cotiue the capturig process. t Select Skip this clip to bypass just the first clip from the tape ad cotiue capturig the remaiig clips. t Select Skip this tape to bypass all the clips from the mouted tape. Your Avid editig applicatio the prompts you for the ext tape. t Click Abort to ed the batch-capturig process. You ca also stop capturig at ay time by clickig the Trash butto i the Capture tool. To bypass specific clips i the process of batch capturig a particular tape, you must abort each clip maually by clickig the Trash butto. The click the Skip Clip butto i the Abort widow to cotiue. Whe your Avid editig applicatio has fiished batch capturig, a dialog box otifies you that the process is complete. Recordig Voice-Over Narratio You ca use the Audio Puch-i tool to record audio directly ito the Timelie for voice-over arratio. 146

147 Multichael Audio Recordig voice-over arratio directly ito your Avid editig applicatio saves you the extra steps of recordig the arratio to tape first, capturig the arratio audio to your Avid system, ad the editig the audio clip ito the sequece. Audio Puch-i Tool Features You ca use the Audio Puch-i tool to record voice-over arratio directly ito the Timelie. However, you ca oly record to moo tracks whe you use the Audio Puch-I tool. You ca rehearse the voice-over while listeig to the sequece. The voice-over is ot recorded while you rehearse. You ca cotiue to rehearse util you get it right. While recordig, you ca watch ad liste to the sequece ad hear the playback of edited soud tracks. The followig illustratio shows the features of the Audio Puch-I tool. The followig table describes the features of the tool Audio Puch-I Tool Feature Descriptio 1 Play I/Out butto Starts playig with the ability to perform a real-time puch-i. The play loops from the I poit to the Out poit but stops loopig oce recordig completes. This butto bliks bright gree while playig. 2 Record butto Starts ad stops the recordig. If you set a I poit ad Out poit, recordig automatically starts at the I poit ad stops at theout poit. This butto bliks bright red while recordig. 147

148 Audio Puch-I Tool Feature Descriptio 3 Stop butto Stops playig or recordig ad saves the last recorded data. This butto is bright blue whe recordig stops. 4 Go to Mark I butto Moves the positio idicator to the I poit. If there is o I poit, your Avid editig applicatio goes to where the positio idicator was previously located or to the start of the sequece. 5 Cacel butto Stops a recordig without savig the recorded data. 6 Audio Tool butto Opes the Audio tool so you ca moitor ad adjust the audio levels durig recordig. 7 Iput Chaels butto 8 Passthrough Mix Tool butto Idetify the chaels o the audio hardware used for recordig. Click the appropriate butto to select the chael. Alt+click (Widows) or Optio+click (Macitosh) the butto to display a meu ad select aother chael. The selected iput chaels are ot used for playback. Do ot select the same chaels as mix output o the Audio Mixer tool. Opes the Passthrough Mix tool so you ca moitor the audio levels durig recordig. 9 Preroll adpostroll text boxes Let you provide audiovisual cues before the recordig begis ad after it eds. For preroll, your Avid editig applicatio backs up the positio idicator for the prescribed umber of secods. You ca hear the audio durig preroll. Whe startig a puch-i with the Record butto, a preroll lets you provide the duratio, i secods, of the audiovisual cue before the recordig begis. The Record butto takes precedece over preroll. Durig preroll, if you press the Record butto, the system starts recordig immediately. 10 Hadles text box Istructs your Avid editig applicatio to record audio at the begiig ad ed of the clip. This lets you perform trim edits o the audio. This feature applies oly whe you start recordig with the Record butto. You ca record real-time puch-i oly util the ed of the hadle. 11 Iput Source meu Icludes several optioal sources for audio iput, depedig o your system ad audio board. To view the audio iput sources available o your system, see the Iput Source meu i the Iput tab i the Audio Project Settigs dialog box. 148

149 Multichael Audio Audio Puch-I Tool Feature 12 Timelie Track meus Descriptio Allow you to specify where your Avid editig applicatio places the audio i the Timelie. Select either New Track or a existig track. Whe you select a existig track, your Avid editig applicatio overwrites the audio o that track ad sileces that portio durig playback. You ca oly use moo audio tracks for puch-i. You caot select stereo tracks or locked tracks. 13 Target Drive meu Lets you choose a target drive. 14 Target Bi meu Lets you choose a target bi. Recordig Voice-Over Narratio Usig Audio Puch-i The steps below represet geeral guidelies for recordig audio puch-is, regardless of your sceario. You should determie whe to add the I ad Out poits, whe to use the Play I/Out butto, ad whe to use the Record butto, based o your eeds. For more iformatio, see the scearios described i Audio Puch-i Tool Scearios i the Help. Whe performig a audio puch-i, the video resolutio is dropped a quarter-frame due to badwidth limitatios. To use the Audio Puch-I tool: 1. Load a sequece ito the Timelie. 2. Select Tools > Audio Puch-I. The Audio Puch-I tool opes. For iformatio o the buttos ad other cotrols i the Audio Puch-I tool, see Audio Puch-i Tool Features o page

150 Audio Puch-I tool. Top, left to right: Play I/Out butto, Record butto, ad Stop butto. Ceter: Iput Source meu. Bottom left: Iput Chaels buttos. Bottom right: Timelie Track meus. 3. Select the iput source ad iput chaels that correspod to your hardware setup, ad set other values i the widow as appropriate. To select the iput chaels you wat, click ad hold the appropriate Iput Chaels butto. 4. Click the Timelie Track meus, ad select either New Track or a existig track to specify where your Avid editig applicatio places the audio voice-over i the Timelie. You ca oly use moo audio tracks for puch-i. You caot select stereo tracks or locked tracks. You ca replace part (or all) of a existig track, or you ca create a ew track for the voice-over. 5. (Optio) Set I ad Out poits i the Timelie to specify the part of the sequece to which you wat to add arratio. IN ad OUT poits set for a voice-over recordig 6. Click the Play I/Out butto or press the V key. Loop play begis over the etire sequece. If you set a I poit ad a Out poit, loop play begis from the I poit to the Out poit. The Play I/Out butto bliks bright gree while playig. 7. Whe you are ready to start the voice-over, click the Record butto or press the B key. 150

151 Multichael Audio The Record butto bliks bright red while recordig, ad the Play I/Out butto is a steady gree. The Audio Meter Chael butto i the Audio tool becomes a I ad chages to orage. 8. Cotiue to click the Record butto to record additioal voice-overs. Durig the audio puch-i process, you have the ability to record over the duratio of the sequece or from the I poit to the Out poit. 9. Click the Stop butto, or press the space bar to stop play ad recordig. Your Avid editig applicatio automatically ames the voice-over ad saves it as a audio clip. You ca chage the clip ame as you would for ay other clip. The positio idicator stops to get ready for your ext voice-over. 10. (Optio) To go to the I poit at ay time, click the Go to Mark I butto. Your Avid editig applicatio creates oe master clip, regardless of how may puch-is you perform. The followig illustratios show the results of addig a voice-over. Examples of addig a voice-over i the Timelie. Top: voice-over addig a ew track. Bottom: voice-over replacig a portio of a track. Three Udo fuctios ca be performed durig oe sessio. The first udo removes the most recet puch-i, the secod udo removes the secod-to-last puch-i, ad the third udo removes all the puch-is. 151

152 Settig Up the Matrox MX02 Mii The Avid Media Composer ad Avid NewsCutter editig applicatios have bee qualified for use with the Matrox MX02 Mii device. This device has bee qualified for use with the editig applicatio for video moitorig ad audio moitorig oly. The Avid editig applicatio does ot support usig the iput coectors o the MX02 Mii. Note the followig whe workig with the editig applicatio ad the Matrox MX02 Mii: There is o support for moitorig 10-bit media. Whe playig back media that is ot supported, the cliet moitor will be disabled. The followig Project Types are supported: 30i NTSC, 25P PAL, 25i PAL, 720P 25, 720P 29.97, 720P 50, 720P 59.94, 1080P , 1080P 24, 1080P 25, 1080i 50, 1080i 59/94 To esure you are ready to work with the Matrox MX02 Mii, perform the followig: 1. Check the Avid Media Composer or Avid NewsCutter editig applicatio ReadMe to make sure your computer system or laptop has bee qualified for use with the Matrox MX02 Mii. See the Supported Hardware topic. 2. Istall the Matrox MX02 Mii software ad hardware as described i the Matrox MX02 Istallatio ad User Guide for your operatig system (Widows or Mac OS). You ca dowload the MXO2 Mii software ad documetatio from the Dowloads sectio of the Matrox Support website at 3. Start your Avid editig applicatio ad specify your settigs for moitorig video ad audio output with MX02 Mii as explaied i the Matrox documetatio for your operatig system. t For Widows users, see the documet Usig Matrox MX02 Mii with Avid Media Composer ad NewsCutter. t For Mac OS users, see the documet Usig Matrox MX02 Mii with Avid Media Composer. 152

153 Customizig the Avid User Iterface Customizig the Avid User Iterface The Iterface Settigs dialog box provides you with cotrols for customizig the brightess ad the colors of the Avid user iterface. For complete referece iformatio o the Iterface Settigs dialog box, see Iterface Settigs o page 155. The Iterface Settigs dialog box allows you to set the highlight color for buttos. You ca also cotrol the brightess of the user iterface, which icludes the followig compoets: Applicatio, tool, toolbar, ad dialog box backgrouds Buttos ad butto cotets Project backgroud The Avid editig applicatio lets you modify the colors of some iterface compoets usig cotrols ot icluded i the Iterface Settigs dialog box: Bi media object color see Assigig Colors to Objects i a Bi i the Help. Timelie clip color see Displayig Clip Colors i the Timelie i the Help. Timelie backgroud ad track colors see Chagig the Timelie Backgroud or Track Color i the Help. Bi backgroud color see Chagig the Bi Backgroud Color i the Help. Chagig Iterface Compoet Colors c You ca use a brightess selectio slider ad selectio buttos to chage the appearace of some iterface compoets. Whe you use the selectio slider to modify iterface settigs, it overwrites ay previous user settigs. Avid recommeds you save a copy of your user settigs before you use the selectio slider. To set the brightess ad color of iterface compoets: 1. I the Project widow, click the Settigs tab, ad the double-click Iterface. The Iterface dialog box opes. 153

154 2. Click a highlight color to chage butto highlight colors. 3. Click the Iterface Brightess slider to adjust the brightess of the user iterface. The Avid editig applicatio provides several presets o the slider. 4. (Optio) If you wat to set the color of the video, audio, or timecode tracks to the default, select the appropriate optio. 5. (Optio) If you wat to be able to set custom backgroud colors for bis, select Allow Custom Bi Backgrouds. For more iformatio, see Chagig the Bi Backgroud Color i the Help. 6. Do oe of the followig: t Click Apply to apply the chages you selected. If you click Cacel after you click Apply, iterface compoets retai the colors you applied. t Click OK to close the dialog box ad put the ew settig ito effect. t Click Cacel to close the dialog box. The chages you select do ot take effect. 154

155 Customizig the Avid User Iterface Iterface Settigs Optio Iterface Brightess Preview Highlight Color Default Timelie V Tracks Default Timelie A Tracks Descriptio Cotrols the brightess of the user iterface. Displays a preview of the foregroud color as you move the Iterface Brightess slider. Lets you select the color of butto highlightig from available presets. Selectig this optio sets the color of all Timelie video tracks to the default. If you chage the track color for a video track, this optio chages to deselected. Selectig this optio sets the color of all Timelie audio tracks to the default. If you chage the track color for a audio track, this optio chages to deselected. Default Timelie TC Tracks Selectig this optio sets the color of the Timelie timecode track to the default. If you chage the track color for the timecode track, this optio chages to deselected. Allow Custom Bi Backgrouds Show Labels i Tool Palette Show ToolTips Delay secods before showig Widows Stadard Alt Key Behavior (Widows oly) Whe you select this optio, you ca set custom backgroud colors for bis. Whe this optio is selected, your Avid editig applicatio displays text labels with the icos o the Tool palette. This optio is selected by default. Whe this optio is selected, your applicatio displays labels for buttos ad icos whe you positio the mouse poiter over them. This optio is selected by default. You ca also tur ToolTips o ad off from the Help meu. Cotrols the legth of the delay before tooltip labels display. This lets you move the mouse poiter across the iterface without displayig the labels o items betwee the startig poit ad the destiatio of the mouse poiter. Switches betwee stadard Widows ad Avid applicatio Alt key behavior. Whe this optio is selected, pressig ad holdig the Alt key together with aother key works as a keyboard shortcut for certai Widows actios (for example, opeig meus). Whe this optio is deselected, pressig ad releasig the Alt key ad the pressig aother key works as the Widows keyboard shortcut. Pressig ad holdig the Alt key together with aother key works as a keyboard shortcut for certai Avid fuctios. This is the default optio. For more iformatio o Widows shortcuts, see the Widows documetatio. For more iformatio o Avid shortcuts, select Help > Shortcuts. 155

156 Optio Automatic Num Lock Activatio (Widows oly) Automatically Lauch Last Project at Startup Use Classic Character Mappig Descriptio Whe this optio is selected, your applicatio automatically sets the umeric keypad i umeric mode the ext time you start the applicatio. Whe this optio is deselected, the Num Lock key o the keyboard cotrols the mode of the umeric keypad. With either selectio, you ca use the Num Lock key to chage the mode of the umeric keypad. Whe this optio is selected, your applicatio opes your last project whe it starts. Whe this optio is selected, your applicatio uses default text character mappig tables from older versios of Avid editig applicatios. These default mappigs differ from curret character mappigs. Usig the classic mappigs might correct some text display problems i the Title Tool for example, the display of Greek text or of special characters. For more iformatio, see Cotrollig Character Mappig for Title Text i the Help. New Audio Features The Track Cotrol Pael Timelie tracks iclude a Track Cotrol pael that provides features useful whe you edit audio tracks. The Track Cotrol pael arrages compoets i two rows of tools, ad it allows you to do the followig: Show or hide waveforms ad clip gai, auto gai, ad auto pa displays o idividual tracks (see Displayig Audio Waveforms o page 161 ad Displayig Gai ad Automatio Pa Values o page 163). Add, delete, move, ad copy RTAS (Real-Time AudioSuite) effects (see Real-Time AudioSuite Plug-Is o page 163). Mark tracks as iactive or solo or mute tracks so you ca moitor the audio o a track. Track Cotrol pael Compoet Waveform Descriptio Turs o or off the waveform display for idividual tracks. 156

157 New Audio Features Compoet Clip Gai/Pa Iactive Solo RTAS plug-is Mute Descriptio Turs o or off the clip gai, auto gai, ad auto pa display for idividual tracks. Removes a track from audio moitorig so you ca play back your sequece without process the plug-i effects or automatio for the iactive track. Allows you to moitor a sigle track of audio without deselectig other tracks. Lists the RTAS plug-is iserted o the track. Clickig the butto for a existig RTAS isert opes the RTAS plug-i widow so you ca edit the plug-i parameters. Clickig a blak RTAS butto opes the RTAS tool so you ca isert a plug-i o the track. Allows you to mute a sigle track of audio without deselectig it. Usig the Track Cotrol Pael The Track Cotrol pael displays two rows of tools. If you reduce the size of the Timelie tracks, you might ot see the Track Cotrol pael tools. For more iformatio o resizig Timelie tracks, see Elargig ad Reducig Timelie Tracks i the Help. To show the Track Cotrol pael, do oe of the followig: t t Click the Timelie fast meu ad select Track Cotrol Pael. To hide the Track Cotrol pael, deselect Track Cotrol Pael. Click the Track Cotrol Pael butto above the Timelie. Track Cotrol pael, with the Track Cotrol Pael butto above the Timelie 157

158 Soloig Audio Tracks You ca solo multiple tracks i the Timelie, which lets you do the followig: Liste to several tracks at oce without deactivatig or deselectig the other audio tracks off or reducig volume. Isolate audio tracks for audio scrubbig without havig to deselect moitorig of all other audio tracks. For more iformatio about audio scrubbig, see Usig Audio Scrub i the Help. You ca also use the Track Solo buttos i the Audio Mixer tool. See Usig the Track Solo ad Track Mute Buttos i the Help. To solo a audio track: t Click the Solo butto i the Track Cotrol pael for the track you wat to solo. The Solo butto turs gree, ad Mute buttos o all other audio tracks tur orage. Solo butto (gree) ad Mute buttos (orage) i the Track Cotrol pael To tur off soloig for the track: t Click the Solo butto agai. To tur off the solo feature for all audio tracks: t Alt+click (Widows) or Optio+click (Macitosh) the Solo butto o ay track. Makig Tracks Iactive Ulike muted audio tracks, iactive or umoitored audio tracks process o plug-i effects or automatio. You ca make ay audio track iactive if you wat to play back your sequece without audio iformatio. This allows you to isolate parts of your sequece so you ca see the effect of your audio edits. The Audio Track Moitor butto displays the moitorig status of the track: 158

159 New Audio Features Ico State Descriptio Primary moitored track Audio iformatio i these tracks is ot dropped whe the play speed icreases durig scrubbig. Moitored track Audio iformatio i these tracks might be dropped whe the play speed icreases durig scrubbig, depedig o your settigs ad track effects. Umoitored track Audio iformatio is ot processed for these tracks durig playback. To make a audio track iactive, do the followig: t Deselect the Audio Track Moitor butto i the Track Cotrol pael. You ca click the Audio Track Moitor butto agai to restore moitorig to the track. To make a audio track iactive usig the Audio Mixer tool, do the followig: t I the Audio Mixer tool, right-click the Track Selector butto ad select Disable Track Moitorig. You ca right-click the Track Selector butto agai ad select Eable Track Moitorig to restore moitorig to the track. Adjustig Volume You ca adjust your speaker or headphoe volume without leavig your Avid editig applicatio. You ca also mute audio i several ways: Usig the Master Volume butto i the Timelie Usig the Mute butto i the Play tab of the Commad palette The Mute butto lets you quickly make all audio tracks iactive or active durig editig. This is coveiet whe you fie-tue complex audio ad video edits, makig it possible to shift quickly betwee the two. You ca set your audio levels ad speaker volumes ad mute them wheever ecessary without chagig the settigs. Usig the Mute buttos i the Audio Mixer tool to mute selected tracks For more iformatio, see Usig the Track Solo ad Track Mute Buttos i the Help. Usig the Mute butto i the Track Cotrol pael. For more iformatio, see Soloig Audio Tracks o page

160 To adjust the volume cotrol (software-oly models): 1. From the Timelie, click ad hold the Master Volume butto. Master Volume butto (left) ad Audio Meter meu butto (right) i the Timelie If you do ot see the Master Volume butto, click the Audio Meter meu butto, ad the select Show Audio Meters. The Master Volume butto displays with the Audio Meters. The Volume Cotrol slider appears. 2. Cotiue to click ad hold, ad drag the volume cotrol to the audio level you prefer. 3. Release the mouse butto. To adjust the volume cotrol (models usig Avid iput/output hardware): t Adjust the volume cotrol o your Avid iput/output hardware to the desired audio level. Adjustig the volume cotrol affects the volume oly while you work i your Avid editig applicatio. Oce you exit your Avid editig applicatio, the volume cotrol defaults to your desktop settig. To mute volume from the Timelie: t Click the Master Volume butto. A lie appears through the butto, ad you caot hear audio through your speakers or headphoe. To mute a idividual audio track: t Click the Mute butto i the Track Cotrol pael for the track you wat to mute. To mute all audio tracks: t Ctrl+click (Widows) or Commad+click (Macitosh) the Mute butto o ay track. 160

161 New Audio Features To tur the volume for audio tracks back o: t Click the Mute butto to deselect it. Displayig Audio Waveforms Audio waveforms i the Timelie display a sample plot of the etire amplitude of the track. This is the same as the sample voltage values see o a aalog oscilloscope waveform. You ca display waveform plots for all audio tracks i the Timelie or you ca select idividual tracks for waveform display. Audio waveform plots ca slow your avigatio through the Timelie. Therefore, you might wat to display waveforms o oly some of your audio tracks. To do this, you ca activate per track settigs, or you ca create a custom Timelie view as described i Customizig Timelie Views i the Help. You ca also select Show Marked Waveforms i the Timelie Settigs dialog box to arrow the view of the tracks i the Timelie. This optio allows the Timelie to display faster because the waveform displays oly betwee the Mark I ad the Mark Out poits. To display audio waveforms for all tracks: 1. To search for a poit i a kow sectio of the tracks, zoom i ad show more detail i the sequece to isolate a sectio of the audio. With less audio to display, the system draws the waveform plot faster. 2. Do oe of the followig: t Click the Timelie fast meu ad select Audio Date > Allow Per Track Settigs, ad the Alt+click (Widows) or Optio+click (Macitosh) the Waveform butto i the Track Cotrol pael for ay track. t Click the Timelie Fast meu butto, ad select Audio Data > Waveform. Press Ctrl+period (Widows) or Commad+period (Macitosh) at ay time durig the redraw of the waveform plot to stop the redraw. The waveform appears i all audio tracks. 3. (Optio) Maximize the visibility of your waveform display usig oe of the followig procedures: 161

162 t Cotiue to expad or shrik your view of the Timelie by usig the scale bar, spreadig out the waveform plots to show detailed variatios i the audio levels. t To elarge the height of selected audio tracks ad subsequetly the waveform display, press Ctrl+L (Widows) or Commad+L (Macitosh). t To reduce the height of selected audio tracks ad subsequetly the waveform display, press Ctrl+K (Widows) or Commad+K (Macitosh). t To elarge the size of the waveform plot image without elargig its track, press Ctrl+Alt+L (Widows) or Commad+Optio+L (Macitosh). This procedure is useful whe you view detail i loud passages. t To reduce the size of the sample plot image without reducig its track, press Ctrl+Alt+K (Widows) or Commad+Optio+K (Macitosh). This procedure is useful whe you view detail i quiet passages. 4. Move through the audio show i the waveform usig ay of the playback methods. You hear soud as you track the audio visually. Whe the positio idicator reaches the poit you wat i the waveform, you ca mark, trim, or perform ay other fuctio. To display audio waveforms for selected tracks: 1. Click the Timelie fast meu ad select Audio Data > Allow Per Track Settigs. 2. Click the Timelie fast meu ad select Audio Date > Allow Per Track Settigs, ad the click the Waveform butto i the Track Cotrol pael for the tracks you wat to display audio waveform plots. The waveform appears i the selected tracks. You ca tur off all waveforms o selected tracks by disablig Allow Per Track Settigs. This disables the display of waveforms, but it does ot chage the per track settigs. Eablig per track settigs agai restores your per track waveform displays. You ca also save the Allow Per Track Settigs state as part of a customized Timelie view. For more iformatio, see Customizig Timelie Views i the Help. 162

163 New Audio Features Displayig Gai ad Automatio Pa Values You ca view the clip gai ad the automatio gai values i the Timelie at the same time. You ca also view automatio pa values by selectig Auto Pa from the Timelie Fast meu. You caot display Auto Gai ad Auto Pa values at the same time i the Timelie. For more iformatio o displayig audio waveforms ad usig per track settigs, see To tur o the display of clip gai values ad automatio gai values for all tracks, do oe of the followig: t Click the Timelie fast meu ad select Audio Date > Allow Per Track Settigs, ad the Alt+click (Widows) or Optio+click (Macitosh) the Clip Gai butto i the Track Cotrol pael for ay track. t Click the Timelie Fast meu butto, ad select Audio Data > Auto Gai, Clip Gai, or both. To tur o the display of clip gai values ad automatio gai values for selected tracks: 1. Click the Timelie fast meu ad select Audio Data > Allow Per Track Settigs. 2. Click the Clip Gai butto i the Track Cotrol pael for the tracks you wat to display clip or automatio gai iformatio, ad select Clip Gai or Auto Gai. The gai values appear i the selected tracks. 3. (Optio) If you wat to view both clip gai ad auto gai values, repeat the previous step ad select a additioal gai value to display. To tur o the display of automatio pa values i the Timelie: 1. If you wat to view automatio pa values for all tracks, click the Timelie Fast Meu butto ad select Audio Data > Auto Pa. 2. If you wat to view automatio pa values for idividual tracks, do the followig: a. Click the Timelie fast meu ad select Audio Data > Allow Per Track Settigs. b. Click the Clip Gai butto i the Track Cotrol pael for the tracks you wat to display automatio pa iformatio, ad select Auto Pa. The pa values appear i the selected tracks. Real-Time AudioSuite Plug-Is Your Avid editig applicatio supports up to five RTAS plug-i iserts o each audio track. RTAS plug-is are audio effects that you apply (or isert) o tracks, rather tha o segmets withi your sequece. These iserts let you process audio material o a track i real time so 163

164 that you ca apply the effects to a sequece ad play them back or output them without rederig them first. This lets you add a type of audio track effect that Avid Pro Tools also supports. Whe you use more tha oe plug-i o a track, your Avid editig applicatio processes them i a series. Each effect gets added to that of ay previous effect (movig from left to right i the Track Cotrol pael). You ca oly apply moo RTAS plug-is to moo audio tracks ad stereo plug-is to stereo audio tracks. Avid qualifies a umber of RTAS plug-is maufactured by Avid for use with the curret versio of your Avid editig applicatio. This icludes RTAS plug-is i the DigiRack ad Bomb Factory plug-is series. For a descriptio of available RTAS plug-is, see Avid AudioSuite Plug-Is i the Help. Avid also supports some plug-is from third-party vedors that you ca purchase separately. These plug-is have their ow detailed documetatio. For iformatio o Avid ad third-party plug-is, go to the Avid Web site at Isertig a RTAS Plug-I o a Track i the Timelie You ca isert up to five RTAS plug-i track effects (iserts a through e) o a audio track. Whe you isert a plug-i effect to a track, you select the track where you wat to apply the effect, which isert locatio you wat to use o the track, ad the specific effect you wat to add to your sequece. You ca also isert a RTAS plug-i track effect by draggig a RTAS effect template from a bi to your sequece. For more iformatio, see Usig RTAS Effect Templates o page 169. To isert a RTAS plug-i from the Timelie, do the followig: t Right-click the Record Track butto or the Track Cotrol pael for the track where you wat to apply the isert ad select RTAS Effects [track umber] > Isert [a-e] > [isert]. The plug-i effect is iserted i the track. To isert a RTAS plug-i usig the RTAS isert butto, do the followig: 1. Click a RTAS isert butto i the Track Cotrol pael for the track where you wat to apply the isert. The RTAS tool opes. 164

165 New Audio Features 2. Click the Select Effect butto, ad select a RTAS plug-i effect: The plug-i effect is iserted i the track. To isert a RTAS plug-i usig the Effect Palette: 1. I the Project widow, click the Effects tab. The Effect Palette appears. 2. Click a RTAS effect category, select the RTAS effect you wat, ad drag it to the segmet or to the RTAS isert butto where you wat to apply the isert. You ca oly isert moo effects o a moo track, ad stereo effects o a stereo track. The Select Isert dialog box opes. 3. Do oe of the followig: t If you wat to add a ew isert, click a [Empty] isert butto. t If you wat to replace a existig isert, click the appropriate isert butto. 165

166 The plug-i effect is iserted i the track to which you dragged the effect ico. Editig a RTAS Plug-I o a Track i the Timelie After you isert a RTAS plug-i o a audio track, you ca access the plug-i cotrols by usig the Track Cotrol pael or the RTAS tool. Whe you select a RTAS isert butto i the Track Cotrol pael or a effect i the RTAS tool, the cotrols for the plug-i appear i the RTAS tool widow. RTAS plug-iserts i the Track Cotrol pael RTAS tool: Select Track, Select Isert, ad Select Effect buttos (left), Bypass butto (ceter), ad Save Effect butto (right) You ca modify the parameters of the effect as you play your sequece so you ca hear how your modificatios affect the soud of your audio. If you have more tha oe isert o a track, you ca dyamically chage the plug-i cotrols that display i the RTAS tool as you play your sequece. To edit a RTAS effect: 1. If the Track Cotrol pael is ot visible, click the Track Cotrol Pael butto or click Timelie fast meu ad select Track Cotrol Pael. 2. Click the RTAS isert butto for the RTAS effect you wat to edit. If a plug-i is iserted o the track, the Select Effect butto displays the ame of the plug-i ad the RTAS tool opes a widow associated with the plug-i. 166

167 New Audio Features The Compressor/Limiter Dy 3 plug-i widow displayed i the RTAS too dialog box. You ca also ope the RTAS tool by selectig Tools > RTAS or right-clickig the Record Track butto for the track where you wat to edit a isert ad selectig RTAS tool. You ca use the buttos i the RTAS tool to select a specific isert to edit. 3. (Optio) If you wat to chage the plug-i effect for your isert, click the Select Effect butto ad select a ew plug-i. 4. Make ay ecessary adjustmets to your effect. If you play your sequece, you ca modify the effect dyamically without stoppig playback. 5. (Optio) If you have multiple iserts o a track, do oe of the followig to chage the plug-i cotrols that display i the RTAS tool: t Click the Select Track or the Select Isert butto ad select a differet isert. t Press the arrow keys to cycle through the available iserts. Up ad dow arrow keys chage the selected track. Right ad left arrow keys chage the selected isert. 6. (Optio) Click the Bypass butto if you wat to play audio without processig the track effect. This lets you compare the audio with or without the plug-i effect. 7. To save your chages, do oe of the followig: t Click the Save Effect ico i the RTAS tool. t Close the RTAS tool. 167