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Using the Panasonic VariCam
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7. If you have chosen to create subclips, select the bin where you want these subclips
stored.
8. (Option) To cancel the process, press Ctrl+period (Windows) or Command+period
(Macintosh).
9. Click OK.
In the bin, your Avid editing application creates subclips with the same source clip name
and the file name extension .sub.01 where TOD information breaks occurred. Locator
marks appear in the master clip where TOD information breaks occurred.
If you select a DVCPRO, a non-DV, or an audio-only clip, an error message appears,
informing you that you selected an incompatible clip. Your Avid editing application
bypasses these clips during the DV Scene Extraction process.
Using the Panasonic VariCam
The Panasonic VariCam
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(Panasonic AJ-HD1200A) allows the recording of frame rates
between 1fps and 60fps. For example, material captured at 24 frames per second and played
back at 24 frames per second has no speed change, but the same action captured at 48 frames
per second and played back at 24 frames per second runs at 50% speed (slow motion).
The 720p format is always recording to a progressive 60 (59.94) frame tape format. The
camera achieves the different frame rates by flagging the “true” frames within the 60 frame
sequence. Your Avid editing application detects these flags and captures and stores only
these frames. When the material plays back at the project’s frame rate, the result is either
slow or fast motion.
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If you capture audio, it will be out of sync.
To use the VariCam camera with your Avid editing application:
1. Connect the VariCam camera through a 1394 (FireWire) port on your computer.
2. Select a 720p project format.
3. If you are using Avid Adrenaline, Avid Mojo, or Avid Mojo SDI input/output hardware,
do one of the following:
- Click the DNA/1394 button above the Timeline so that 1394 is displayed.
Create Subclips Creates subclips where the TOD information breaks occur while capturing.
Both Creates subclips and locator marks where the TOD information breaks occur
while capturing.
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