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Table Of Contents
- Site Settings
- Index Site Settings
- Avid Liquid Reference Manual
- Contents
- Introduction
- Documentation
- Basics
- Signup
- High Definition
- Input
- Logging and Digitizing (Capture)
- EZ Capture
- Starting EZ Capture
- Basics
- The Logging Tool and Its Functions
- Video Inlay, Timecode Fields and Status Field
- Player Source (D)
- Reels and Racks (E, F)
- Controls (Player and Edit Buttons, G)
- A/V Inputs (Selecting Source Tracks, H)
- Stereo or Mono (I)
- 4:3 or 16:9 (I)
- Selecting a Media Format/Codec Preset (J)
- Destination Volumes for Digitizing / Capture Volumes (K)
- Select Audio Monitor /Mute
- Video Tool / Calibration Control /IPB Settings
- Clip Tab: Naming and Numbering Clips
- Color Correction Tab
- Audio Tab
- Master Tab
- Media Tab
- Send Clips To Timeline (Direct Insert)
- Properties
- Methods
- File Ingest
- Background Live Capture
- Importing Objects
- Copying/Pasting Objects from Other Projects
- Media Management and Object Import
- Creating Objects
- Voice-Over
- Importing EDL/AVID MediaLog Files
- Exchange
- Administration
- The Project
- The Object
- Media Management
- Edit
- Video Editing
- Audio in the Timeline
- Special Functions
- Finish
- Effects in Avid Liquid: The Basics
- Detailed Description of Classic Effect Editors
- Realtime FX
- AFX PlugIns
- Special FX
- Timewarps and Color Correction
- Color Correction Editor
- Linear Timewarp
- Timewarp Editor
- Audio
- Audio Postproduction and Audio Effects
- Basics
- ASIO Driver and DirectSound
- 32-bit Floating Point Audio
- Special Characteristics of Audio Clips
- Inserting Audio Clips on the Timeline
- Assigning Tracks
- Stereo and Mono, Panorama and Balance
- Muting Timeline Tracks (Audio Playback)
- Audio Scrubbing - Digital or Analog
- Working with more than 16 Audio Source Tracks (Real- Time Playback)
- Audio Tool
- Audio Editor
- Special Functions
- SmartSound: Background Music Made to Measure
- Audio Effects
- Avid Liquid Plugin Audio Effects (VST)
- Basics
- Audio Postproduction and Audio Effects
- Titler
- DVD Authoring
- Export
- Customize Avid Liquid
- Glossary
- Index
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Chapter 1 Introduction
Sources of Information
Product Manual
This separate manual describes hardware and software installation, the connection of system compo-
nents and hardware, non-product-specific settings, etc.
Avid Liquid Reference Manual
This manual is available in hardcopy form and as well as Acrobat pdf. It describes all functions of Avid
Liquid. It is suitable for learning the basics of operation as well as for looking up specific functions as you
need them.
This Reference Manual was written for all products of the Avid Liquid family. Although these products
share most of the same functions of Avid Liquid (i.e. the software), they also differ in some respects. Dif-
fering passages are clearly marked. Occasionally you may see a function in one of the screenshots (Menu,
Checkbox, Tab, etc.) that does not appear in your own software, or you may not see a function that does
appear. For reasons of space, we were unable to include all versions of the screenshots in the manual. In
case of doubt, the manual text and your own software apply.
New functions and features in a new software version
Please read the “New in Version [X]” (What’s new) document under Windows Start menu > Programs >
Avid Liquid > Online Help (or as a PDF file located in the installation directory for Avid Liquid under
..\Help\FS\Frames\Readme\WhatIsNew.pdf).
Avid Liquid Help
Help offers you instant access to the information you currently need. It is context-sensitive and includes
an interactive table of contents and comprehensive index with a find function. Its other components
include the Avid Liquid Online Manual, a glossary and a readme file. See also “The Online Help” on page
29. You can call Help either from the menu bar or by pressing F1.
World Wide Web
Avid Technology, Inc. has set up contact and information options specifically aimed at Avid Liquid users,
which you can access via our Web page at www.avid.com. For example, you can retrieve current product
information or contact other Avid Liquid users through discussion forums. There is also an overview of
current updates, options and trainings that keeps our customers informed of all the latest developments.
Tooltips
All Avid Liquid toolbar buttons have tooltips. These miniature information windows (pop-ups) are dis-
played when you rest the mouse pointer on a button for more than one second.