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Table Of Contents

Title Page
Contents
Using This Guide
- Symbols and Conventions
- If You Need Help
- Accessing the Online Library
- Accessing the Goodies Folder
- Avid Training Services
Editing Overview
- Editing Workflow
- Starting a Project
- Preparing to Edit
- Editing a Sequence
- Outputting a Sequence
Starting a Project
- Turning on Your Equipment
- Working with the Desktop
- Starting Your Avid Editing Application (Windows)
- Starting Your Avid Editing Application (Macintosh)
- Working with Projects
- Quitting Your Avid Editing Application
- Turning Off Your Equipment After Quitting
- Avid Projects and Avid Users Folders
- Changing Project and User Names
- Backing Up Your Project Information
  - Saving Your Project Information on a Drive or on Removable Media
  - Restoring from a Backup
- Avid Attic Folder
- Retrieving Files from the Avid Attic Folder (Windows)
- Retrieving Files from the Avid Attic Folder (Macintosh)
- Using Toolsets
Working with the Project Window
- Project Window
- Controlling Project Window Display
- Using the Bins Tab in the Project Window
- Using the Settings Tab in the Project Window
- Using the Format Tab in the Project Window
Preparing for Capture
- Logging and Shot Logs
- Importing Shot Log Files
- Preparing the Hardware for Capture
  - Getting Information About Striped Drives
  - Establishing Sync for Audio-Only Input
- Selecting Settings for Capture
- Configuring Decks
  - Configuring a Deck or Multiple Decks
  - Deleting Deck Configuration Elements
- Connecting a DV Device
- Setting Up the Capture Tool
- Preparing for Audio Input
- Preparing for Video Input
- Capture Preparations Check List
Capturing Media
- Capturing and Logging at the Same Time
- Capturing Directly from a DV Device
- Frame Chase Capture
- Batch Capturing from Logged Clips
  - Preparing to Batch Capture
  - Batch Capturing Clips
- Recapturing and Decomposing
Importing Files
- Preparing to Import Files
- Creating and Modifying Import Settings
- Importing Files
- Importing Audio Files from a Music CD
- Adjusting Gain Before Importing Audio Files
- Using the Drag-and-Drop Method to Import Files
- Reimporting Files
- Batch Import Dialog Box: Reference
Working with Bins
- Setting the Bin Display
- Object Icons in Bins
- Understanding Bin Highlight Colors
- Bin Views
- Basic Bin Procedures
- Working with the SuperBin
- Creating a Storyboard
Managing Media Files
- Working with Media Files in an Avid Interplay Environment
  - Configuring Avid Editing Systems for the Interplay Engine and Interplay Transfer
  - Using Avid Editing Systems in an Avid Workgroup Environment
- Disconnecting an Avid Editing Application from the Interplay Environment
- Using Avid Editing Systems in an Avid Unity LANshare Workgroup
- Viewing Media with a 100Base-T Connection to Avid Unity ISIS
- Understanding Drive Mounting
- Mounting and Unmounting Drives
- Using the Media Tool
- Consolidating Media
- Using the Transcode Command
- Transcode Options
- Loading the Media Database
- Refreshing Media Directories
- Deleting Unreferenced Clips and Media
- Backing Up Media Files
Viewing and Marking Footage
- Viewing Methods
- Customizing the Composer Window and Monitors
- Playing Video to the Client Monitor
- Selecting the Video Display Settings
- Playing Video to a Full-Screen Monitor
- Loading and Clearing Footage
- Controlling Playback
- Playing Back to a DV Device
- Video Quality Options for Playback
- Setting the Video Quality for Playback
- Marking and Subcataloging Footage
- Finding Frames, Clips, and Bins
Creating and Editing Sequences
- Entering Source/Record Mode
- Creating a New Sequence
- Making a First Edit
- Creating an Instant Rough Cut
- Undoing or Redoing Edits
- Editing Additional Clips into the Sequence
- Mixing Frame Rates and Field Motion Types
- Lifting, Extracting, and Copying Material
- Playing Back a Sequence
- Sync Breaks
Using the Timeline
- Customizing Timeline Views
- Navigating in the Timeline
- Using Segment Mode
- Working with Multiple Tracks
Working in Trim Mode
- Understanding Trim Mode
- Trim Settings Basics
- Entering Trim Mode
- Setting Small Trim Mode
- Exiting Trim Mode
- Using Basic Trim Procedures
Working with Audio
- Overview of Audio Tools
- Accessing Audio Effect Tools
- Using Audio Timecode
- Using Audio Scrub
- Soloing Audio Tracks
- Audio Displays in the Timeline
  - Displaying Audio Waveforms
  - Identifying Sample Rates by Color
- Using Audio Meters in the Timeline
- Adjusting Volume
- Working with Surround Sound or 5.1 Audio (Avid Nitris DX and Avid Mojo DX Only)
  - Setting Up the Analog Audio Output for Surround Sound (Avid Nitris DX and Avid Mojo DX Only)
  - Setting Up the Audio Output with HDMI (Avid Nitris DX and Avid Mojo DX Only)
- Adjusting Buffer Size (Software-only Models)
- Using the Audio Mixer Tool
- Using Clip Gain and Pan Mode
- Using Automation Gain and Pan
- Using Live Mix Mode
- Isolating Clip Portions for Audio Adjustment
- Fading and Dipping Audio
  - Fading Audio
  - Dipping Audio
- Audio Sample Rate Conversion
- Changing the Audio Sample Rate for Sequences and Audio Clips
- Mixing Down Audio Tracks
Working with Effects
- Types of Effects
- Understanding the Effect Palette
- Displaying and Adjusting the Effect Palette
- Promoting and Demoting Existing Effects in Sequences
- Applying Effects
- Deleting Effects in a Sequence
- Sizing Effects to Fit the Media
- Adjusting Effects
- Working with Effect Templates
  - Saving an Effect Template
  - Applying an Effect Template
- Working with Keyframes
- Playing Effects
- Real-Time Playback of Video Effects
- Basics of Effects Rendering
- ExpertRender
Working with Titles
- Opening the Title Tools
- Using Marquee
- Workflow for Creating Titles
- Understanding the Title Tool
- Using the Selection and Text Tools
- Setting Up the Drawing Environment
  - Previewing Titles with Anti-Aliasing
  - Displaying Safe Title and Safe Action Guidelines in the Title Tool
  - Understanding Title Backgrounds
  - Selecting a Background for Titles
- Creating Text
- Sizing and Positioning Text Objects
- Editing a Text String
- Formatting Text
  - Setting Default Text Attributes
  - Selecting a Font
  - Changing Point Size
  - Making Text Bold or Italic
  - Justifying Text
  - Understanding Kerning
  - Kerning Text
  - Adjusting Leading
- Creating Graphic Objects
- Modifying and Manipulating Title Objects
- Adding Shadows to Title Objects
- Saving Titles
  - Saving a Title and Exiting the Title Tool
  - Saving Multiple Titles in a Session
  - Using a Keyboard Shortcut to Save a Title
  - Using the Fast Save Option
  - Revising a Title in a Bin
- Editing with Titles
- Title Effect Clips in Bins
- Displaying Title Frames in Bins
- Editing a Title into a Sequence
  - Setting Marks in a Rolling Title or a Crawling Title
  - Splicing or Overwriting a Title into a Sequence
  - Dragging a Marked Title into a Sequence
  - Dragging an Unmarked Title into a Sequence
  - Trimming the Duration of Rolling and Crawling Titles
- Removing a Title
- Replacing a Title
- Fading a Title
Color Correction
- How Avid Color Correction Works
- Reasons for Making Color Corrections
- Color Correction Mode Basics
- Making Basic Automatic Color Corrections
- Making a Basic Color Match Correction
- Safe Color Basics
  - Managing Safe Color Warnings
  - Safe Color Warnings in the Composer Window
Exporting Frames, Clips, or Sequences
- Understanding Export
- Preparing to Export a Sequence
- Exporting Frames, Clips, or Sequences
- Using the Drag-and-Drop Method for Export
- Using Avid Interplay Media Services
- Customizing Export Settings
Generating Output
- Preparing for Output: Overview
- Selecting the Device for Output
- Selecting the Sync Source for Output
  - Sync Options for HD Formats
  - Using LTC Timecode for Output
- Selecting a Video Output Signal
- Calibrating for Video Output
- Preparing for Converting HD Formats
  - Crossconversion and Downconversion Formats
  - Considerations for Crossconversion and Downconversion
- Preparing for Audio Output
- Preparing Record Tapes
  - Striping Record Tapes (Recording Black with Timecode)
  - Recording Bars and Tone
- Enabling Assemble-Edit Recording
- Using ExpertRender to Prepare Effects for a Digital Cut
- Using the Digital Cut Tool
Conforming and Transferring Projects
- Compatibility Between Applications
- Preparations for Conforming
- Conforming Workflow
- Transferring Project and Media Files
Working with Avid Interplay from an Avid Editing System
- Working with Interplay and Remote Assets
- Using the Interplay Window
- Connecting to the Avid Interplay Database
  - Configuring Interplay Settings
  - Logging in to Interplay and Opening the Interplay Window
- Editing with Remote Assets
- Managing Remote Assets with the Interplay Window
- Finding Remote Assets
- Capturing Media to Interplay Folders
- Connecting to Avid Unity and Mounting Workspaces
- Dos and Don’ts for Editors Working with Avid Interplay
Using MultiRez and Dynamic Relink
- Understanding MultiRez and Proxy Editing
- Creating Multiple Resolutions of a Master Clip
  - Batch Capturing Multiple Resolutions
  - Batch Importing Multiple Resolutions
- Understanding How Clips and Media Are Associated
- Understanding Dynamic Relink
- MultiRez Workflow Example
- Considerations When Working with Dynamic Relink
- Using the Dynamic Relink Settings Dialog Box
- Relinking in Frame Chase Editing
- Using the Relink Dialog Box in an Avid Interplay Environment
- Displaying Whether Media Is Available for Dynamic Relinking
- MultiRez Button Menu
- MultiRez Bin Headings
- Understanding Options for Deleting MultiRez Clips and Media
- Deleting MultiRez Clips and Media from a Bin
- Working with Partially Online Files
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Preparing to Calibrate Video Input

You should calibrate video input levels to ensure the continuity of picture quality between

tapes, as described in “Calibrating Video Input” on page 130. Before you calibrate the video

input, check the following:

• Make sure your monitor is properly calibrated for displaying footage accurately. For

more information, see your monitor’s hardware documentation.

• If your system’s output settings have not already been calibrated according to house

standards, use the procedures described in “Calibrating for Video Output” on page 529.

If you are in a facility where this is not necessary, leave the output settings at their preset

values.

• If you are using footage in the NTSC-EIAJ format (used primarily in Japan), deselect

the option NTSC Has Setup in the General Settings dialog box. This enables the

appropriate display for the setup portion of the signal in the Waveform monitor and also

adjusts the gain range.

Calibrating Video Input

This topic provides essential information for input calibration. You should calibrate the input

levels for each videotape when you capture to ensure the continuity of picture quality

between tapes. Before calibration, check the items listed in “Preparing to Calibrate Video

Input” on page 130.

For information on calibrating for video output, see “Calibrating for Video Output” on page

529.

When you recapture media from a project created on a different Avid system, only

reuse settings that originate on systems that use the same video I/O board. For projects

from other Avid systems, check the Video settings for each tape.

To calibrate the video input:

1. Make sure you have properly connected the video playback device to the system.

For more information, see the setup guide for your Avid system.

2. Select Tools > Video Input Tool.

The Video Input tool opens.

3. Click the Input menu, and select the appropriate video input channel.

Your options for video input depend on the model of your Avid editing application and

the project you select.

The Video Input tool displays the appropriate parameters for the selected video format.