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NewsCutter

Getting Started Guide

Release 1.5

for the Windows NT

Operating System

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Avid NewsCutter ® ® Getting Started Guide Release 1.
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Contents Chapter 1 Introduction About NewsCutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 NewsCutter Hardware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Starting Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Starting NewsCutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Electronic Licensing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Chapter 3 Starting Your Project Starting NewsCutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Creating a User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Creating a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Opening an Existing Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Understanding the Project Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Chapter 5 Getting Ready to Edit Using the Command Palette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Using the Tool Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Mapping Buttons to the Tool Palette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Mapping Menu Options to the Tool Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Using the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Patching Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Monitoring Tracks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Making the First Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Using Digital Audio Scrub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Splicing Versus Overwriting Audio and Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Splicing or Overwriting an Audio Clip . . .
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Dual-Roller Trimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Single-Roller Trimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Exiting Trim Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Audio Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Adjusting Audio Level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Adjusting Audio Pan . . . . .
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Chapter 9 Creating Titles Working with Titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Understanding the Title Tool Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Adding Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Formatting Text in the Title Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Selecting Objects in the Title Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Using the Directory Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Opening a Story. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Making a Shortcut to a Directory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Removing a Shortcut to a Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Deleting a Story. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Editing a Story. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Figures Figure 1-1 NewsCutter Hardware Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Figure 2-1 Project Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Figure 2-2 Bin Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Figure 3-1 Project Window — Bin View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Figure 3-2 Project Window — Settings View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Figure 3-3 Project Window — Info View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Figure 6-2 Record Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Figure 6-3 Pop-up Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Figure 6-4 Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Figure 6-5 Timeline Track Selector Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Figure 7-1 Trim Mode Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Figure 8-1 Effect Palette . . . . . . . . .
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CHAPTER 1 Introduction This chapter provides an overview of the NewsCutter system and the editing process. Understanding how the system organizes tapes, clips, sequences, and other media objects helps you to edit projects more effectively.
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About NewsCutter NewsCutter is a nonlinear editing workstation specifically designed for editing news stories. It offers flexibility and speed to create compelling, up-to-the-minute news stories. You can edit a story several different ways and choose the best one, or you can quickly create different versions of a lead story for three different broadcasts.
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NewsCutter Hardware The following hardware components make up NewsCutter, as shown in Figure 1-1. n Your components might differ slightly, depending on the options you purchased.
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Starting Your System Begin your edit session by turning on the components of your NewsCutter system. If any part of your system fails to turn on, make sure its electrical cord is plugged snugly into an appropriate electrical outlet or power strip. See the Avid NewsCutter Setup Guide for information on setting up your system. c If you fail to follow the proper sequence for starting up your system, you could damage your computer and storage drives and NewsCutter may not work properly.
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Starting NewsCutter To start the NewsCutter application: 1. Click the Start button. 2. Point to Programs. 3. Point to the NewsCutter folder. 4. Click NewsCutter. n To start the application from a convenient location, Avid recommends that you create a shortcut and place it in a convenient location. For more information on making a shortcut, see your Windows NT documentation. Electronic Licensing To accept your NewsCutter product license electronically: 1.
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How to Proceed The following are a few tips for taking full advantage of the NewsCutter documentation and other resources: • Begin learning about basic procedures by using the default settings. As your confidence increases, begin to explore additional procedures and settings. • Instead of using the standard menus to find the command you need in a window, try using shortcut menus.
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You can access Help in three ways: • From the Help menu on the NewsCutter main menu, choose NewsCutter Help. • As context-sensitive Help: a. Make sure your NewsCutter system is active. b. Position the mouse pointer in the window or dialog box for which you want help. c. Press the F1 key on the keyboard. A window appears, representing the tool or feature for which you want help. • By opening What’s This? Help: a. Position the mouse pointer on a feature. b. Right-click the mouse button. c.
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Finding Information with the Help Topics Dialog Box You see the Help Topics dialog box when you open Help from the Help menu. A topic is a single page of the Help system. The Help Topics dialog box includes three different methods for finding topics. • Using the Contents Tab • Using the Index Tab • Using the Find Tab Using the Contents Tab The Contents tab provides a list of books that contain topics covering the entire Help system. Each book opens to display a list of topics.
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Using the Index Tab The Index tab provides an alphabetized list of entries, like the index of a printed book. To find topics by using the Index tab: 1. From the Help menu, choose Avid NewsCutter Help and click the Index tab, or click the Index button in a Help topic. 2. In the text box at the top, type a keyword for the topic that you want to find (for example, type audio to jump to index entries listed under audio). 3.
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3. To change the way in which you search for a word or words, click the Options button and choose your preferences from the Find Options dialog box. 4. Select a topic in the list, and then click the Display button or double-click the topic. The topic is displayed, and the words you searched for are highlighted. 5. Choose a topic in the list (if any were found), and click the Display button. n Do not type quotation marks or asterisks in the text boxes.
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Table 1-1 Help Topic Buttons (Continued) Button Description Options Provides the following features: Glossary Annotate Allows you to add a note to a topic. Copy Allows you to copy information from a Help topic into another document. Print Topic Allows you to print the current topic. Font Allows you to change the font size of topics. Keep Help on Top Provides the option of displaying the Help window on top of other applications. The default is On Top.
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To print a Help topic from the Contents tab: 1. Select the topic you want to print. 2. Click the Print button at the bottom of the tab. To print a book of related topics from the Contents tab: 1. Select the book you want to print. 2. Click the Print button. If you select a book, all topics within that book, and all topics in other books contained in that book, will be printed. The system sends each topic as a separate print job to the printer, so this method can take a long time to print.
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Using Online Documentation The Avid NewsCutter Online Publications CD-ROM includes: • Avid NewsCutter Setup Guide • Avid NewsCutter Getting Started Guide (this book) • Avid NewsCutter Help • Avid Products Collaboration Guide • AvidNet Transfer Tool User’s Guide • AvidNet Transfer Tool Help The books are PDF files. You can view them with the Adobe Acrobat Reader, which you can install from the CD-ROM.
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CHAPTER 2 About NewsCutter This chapter explains the basic concepts and terminology with which you need to be familiar to edit video with NewsCutter.
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Editing with NewsCutter NewsCutter is a nonlinear editing workstation specifically designed for editing news stories. It offers flexibility and speed to create compelling, up-to-the-minute news stories. You can edit a story several different ways and choose the best one, or you can quickly create different versions of a lead story for three different broadcasts.
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Basic Editing Steps Creating a sequence can be as simple as stringing several shots together without sound for a voice-over, or it can be as complex as editing a series of shots together with sound bites, narration, music with dissolves, audio crossfades, and motion effects. You create a sequence from raw footage in three simple stages: 1. Record the source video from tape or external feed onto an external drive. You can also record your raw footage while editing the story.
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Understanding the Pieces Understanding what the objects are that you will be working with will help you work more effectively: • Project — The job that results in one or more sequences; the Project window organizes all the clips, sequences, effects, bins, and media file pointers for a program or series of programs. • Sequence — An edited composition that includes audio and video clips and rendered effects.
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• Subclip — Part of a master clip; a subclip references the master clip. • Motion effect — A file in the bin that references effect media files generated when you create motion effects. • Group clip — A file in the bin that combines two or more clips based on marks or tracking information synchronization points. • Title — A clip that references a title that you created. • Digital cut — A copy struck directly from disk to tape.
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Project name Figure 2-1 Project Window Then, within the Vermont Bombing project, you can create multiple bins; for example, you could keep all your raw footage in one bin, a short sequence in another bin, and a more in-depth sequence in another bin. Use bins to store and organize master clips, subclips, sequences, and other media objects in a way that works best for your workflow. The bin contains information about each clip, such as name, start timecode, and end timecode.
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You can customize Bin views to suit your needs, such as showing more or less information about each media file. You can also sort clips by the information in any field, choosing to view only clips that meet specific criteria, such as a certain interview subject. You can view bins in Frame, Text, or Script view. For more information about bin views, refer to “About Bin Views” on page 41. How Media Is Stored When you record media, NewsCutter creates two types of files: media files and master clips.
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The Attic Folder NewsCutter saves copies of your current project and its bins at regular intervals and whenever you save or close a project or bin. These autosave files are stored in the Attic folder in the NewsCutter application folder. If at any time you lose work due to a power outage or system error, open the Attic folder and look for a project or bin of the same name with the file name extension .bak.xx, where xx is the version number.
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CHAPTER 3 Starting Your Project This chapter gets you started with NewsCutter and presents the concept of projects and how you use them to organize your work.
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Starting NewsCutter To start the NewsCutter application: 1. Click the Start button. 2. Point to Programs. 3. Point to the NewsCutter folder. 4. Click NewsCutter. n To start the application from a convenient location, Avid recommends that you create a shortcut and place it in a convenient location. For more information on making a shortcut, see your Windows NT documentation. Creating a User Before you can start working in NewsCutter, you need to create a user.
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2. Type the name of the user you want to create and click OK. The user name appears in the Avid Users list in the Open Project dialog box. You can create as many users as you need. When you create a new user, NewsCutter creates a folder for the user and two files within the folder: a user profile file and a user settings file. The folder is stored in the Avid Users folder on your hard drive. If you want to delete a user, you must delete that person’s folder.
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4. Click OK. The Project name appears in the Avid Projects list. 5. Click OK to open the Project window. When you create a new project, NewsCutter creates a folder for the project and two files within the folder: a project file and a project settings file. The folder is stored in the Avid Projects folder on your hard drive. If you want to delete a project, you must delete its folder.
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Within the Project window, there are three buttons for displaying information. They include: • n Bins — Displays all the bins associated with this project; this is the default view as shown in Figure 3-1. The Bins display option is described more fully in “Working with Bins” on page 40. When you first create a project, there will not be any bins in it. You have to create the bins you need.
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• Settings — Displays all the settings available for NewsCutter; the Settings scroll list and the Fast menu let you change the settings view to see specific types of settings, for example, Title Styles. To view the Settings scroll list, click the Settings button. For more information, see “Settings” in the Help index.
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• Info — Provides access to system information; use the Fast menu at the bottom of the Project window to display the Profile, Memory, or Hardware Info. To view the Info list, click the Info button. - Profile — Displays the video format of the project, either NTSC or PAL - Memory — Displays the computer’s memory usage - Hardware — Displays the operating system version and disk usage For more information on the Info display, see “Information Display Menu” in the Help index.
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Working with Bins Within a project, a bin is a way of organizing clips, subclips, and sequences. The concept of a bin comes from the world of film. Editors would store reels of film in bins. Logically, bins are still where you store material for a project. The names of the bins belonging to a project are displayed in the Project window, as shown in Figure 3-1. The contents of a bin are displayed in the Bin window.
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New Bin button Open bin icon Closed bin icon Bin name text field 3. Double-click the bin icon, next to the bin name, to open the bin or to bring it to the front of the Bin window. About Bin Views There are three views for working with clips in a bin: Text view, Frame view, and Script view. You will probably use each of these views as you work with NewsCutter. n In the examples shown in the next three sections, footage has already been recorded and that is why it appears in the bins.
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Text View In Text view, clips are displayed in a text format using columns and rows, with icons representing the various objects. You can customize the view by adding, hiding, or rearranging column headings. To save the view, select Save As from the Bin View menu. To choose column headings, select Headings from the Bin Fast menu (or from the Bin menu on the main NewsCutter menu bar). To enter Text view, click the Text View button (labeled T) in the lower left corner of the Bin window. (See Figure 3-4.
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Frame View In Frame view, each clip is represented by a single picture frame, with the name of the clip. You can step through the footage forward and backward in each frame, enlarge or reduce the frame, and rearrange frames in any order within the bin. To enter Frame view, click the Frame View button (labeled F) in the lower left corner of the Bin window. (See Figure 3-5.
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Script View In Script view, the system combines the features of Text view with Frame view and adds space for typing notes or script. The frames are displayed vertically on the left side of your screen with a text box to the right of each clip. Clip data is displayed above the text box. To enter Script view, click the Script View button (labeled S) in the lower left corner of the Bin window. (See Figure 3-6.) To add text, click in the text box and begin typing.
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Creating a Quick Effects Bin NewsCutter contains a feature called Quick Effects, which allows you to save the parameters of an effect so that you can add the same effect many times in a sequence. You save the parameters in a bin named Quick Effects. NewsCutter then provides access to the effects stored in the Quick Effects bin through the Quick Effects dialog box. n If you want to use a Quick Effect in multiple projects, you must copy the bin to each project.
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To empty the contents of the Trash: 1. Click the Trash icon to display its contents. 2. Click the Fast Menu button in the Bin window. 3. Choose Empty Trash. Trash icon Fast Menu button c Clips, subclips, and effects that are in a bin appear in the Trash after you delete the bin. However, if you select a clip, subclip, or effect directly and press the Delete key, the item does not appear in the Trash.
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Customizing Your Work Environment NewsCutter lets you customize your work environment so you can work more quickly and more efficiently. You can map buttons to the Tool palette and the keyboard, and you can save an arrangement of windows in your NewsCutter workspace. Mapping Keys and Buttons NewsCutter lets you map buttons from the Command palette and menus options from the NewsCutter main menu to the Tool palette and keys on your keyboard. You can also remap buttons to other buttons.
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Setting Up Workspaces A workspace is the arrangement and size of tool windows displayed on your NewsCutter system. For example, during recording you might want to have the Record tool and Video Input tool display in specific locations. During effects editing, you might want to have the Effect Palette and Effect Editor appear in a particular location and size. NewsCutter comes with four workspaces set up for the basic functions of record, edit, effects, and audio.
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CHAPTER 4 Recording This chapter describes recording, the process of converting your analog video and audio to a digital format.
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Selecting Settings for Recording A number of settings have a direct bearing on the recording process. Before recording, review the following options for General Settings, Deck Settings, and Digitize Settings. • c Drive Filtering Based on Resolution causes the system to dim all drives for which speed capabilities are unknown or untested. This setting is selected by default in the General Settings dialog box.
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The Record Tool The Record tool provides controls for recording your footage. To open the Record tool, choose Record Tool from the Tools menu.
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• Bin pop-up menu lets you choose a target bin as the destination for the master clips created when you record on-the-fly. You can also choose a target bin containing the logged clips you will use to batch record your media. • Digitize indicator flashes on and off while you are recording. • Record button begins the recording process. • Digitize/Log Mode button lets you switch between Record mode and Log mode.
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• Toggle Source lets you switch between sources. You choose satellite feed mode with this button. • Name text box lets you add a name for the clip you are recording. • Comment (Cmnt) text box lets you add comments about the clip. • Video Input Tool button opens the Video Input tool. See “The Video Input Tool” on page 55. • Audio Tool button opens the Audio tool. See “The Audio Tool” on page 53.
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Peak Output Setup Hold Input Output button button menu Display Display Setup Display Input button In/Out toggle Reset Peak Channel Selector pop-up menus Digital VU scale Meters Analog VU scale Figure 4-2 Audio Tool The Audio tool has the following options: • Input button opens the Input display. • Input display shows a panel that contains a single slider control for raising or lowering global audio input. • Output button opens the Output display.
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• In/Out toggle switches the meter displays for each channel between input levels from a source device and output levels to the speakers and record devices. The letter I indicates Input, and O indicates Output. • Peak Hold pop-up menu allows you to choose options for customizing the meter displays and for setting and playing back the internal calibration tone.
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Internal Waveform Monitor button Vectorscope Monitor button Internal Waveform monitor Vectorscope monitor Input pop-up menu Slider Settings pop-up menu 100% Bars Preset buttons button Figure 4-3 Video Input Tool Click the Internal Waveform Monitor button to bring up the Waveform monitor. Click the Vectorscope Monitor button to bring up the Vectorscope monitor. The Video Input tool has the following options: • Input pop-up menu lets you choose Composite, Component, or SVHS video input source.
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• Internal Waveform monitor lets you adjust luminance values. • Vectorscope Monitor button opens the Vectorscope monitor. • Vectorscope monitor lets you adjust hue and saturation. • 100% Bars button switches the 100% bars for calibration on and off. Record Preparations Check List 1. Check your hardware configurations: power switches, cable connections, and remote switch on the source deck for deck control (see the Avid NewsCutter Setup Guide for hardware configurations). 2.
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5. Use the Audio Input tool to set the audio input levels. 6. Use the Video Input tool to set the video input levels; save your video settings for future use. Recording to the Timeline You can record footage directly from tape into a sequence loaded in the Timeline in one step, without organizing and reviewing clips, marking edit points, or performing edits. Before you begin recording, refer to the “Record Preparations Check List” on page 57.
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5. Click the Splice-in button or the Overwrite button in the Record tool to choose the type of edit. Overwrite Splice-in Splice-in will move everything in the sequence down to make room for the new clip. Overwrite replaces what is there; thus the sequence is not lengthened. 6. Click the Record button to begin recording. 7. If you did not mark the OUT point in advance, click the Record button again when the footage reaches the frame where you want to stop recording.
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tool to cue, play, and stop the source footage manually while recording.
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3. Use the deck controls in the bottom left corner of the Record tool to locate the position on the tape where you want to start recording. 4. Play the deck and when it gets up-to-speed, click the Record button. n Make sure you have cleared any previous marks so that the deck does not begin cueing to the previous location. 5. While the system is recording, you can type a clip name in the Name text box. Press the Tab key after typing a clip name to enter comments about the clip. 6.
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• If you are familiar enough with the source material to estimate the timecode for the IN point, the OUT point, or both, quickly and accurately Before you begin recording, refer to the “Record Preparations Check List” on page 57. To record by specifying an IN point and an OUT point: 1. Cue the tape to the start of the clip you want to record and mark an IN point. 2. Cue the tape and mark the OUT point now, or set the OUT point on-the-fly while you are recording. 3.
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record. For more information and procedures, see “Adjusting color bars” in the Help index. You can also use the batch record process to rerecord existing clips. n Before you batch record, make sure the source tapes have timecode. Before you begin recording, refer to the “Record Preparations Check List” on page 57. To batch record clips: 1. Open the bin that stores the logged clips. 2. Select the clips to batch record. 3. Choose Batch Record from the Bin menu. 4.
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Rerecording a Sequence Rerecording is the process of capturing previously recorded source footage based on existing clips and sequences. Rerecording uses the batch record process and does not require extra logging time because the clip information for such things as source tracks and timecodes already exists in the bin. There are several situations in which you might want to rerecord: c • You can quickly rerecord selected clips if you make an error while recording the first time.
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6. Click the Handle Length text box, and type the number of additional frames you want to record at the heads and tails of the new master clips. 7. Click OK. The system prompts you to insert the first tape. 8. Insert the tape into the tape deck if you have not already done so. 9. Click Mounted to indicate to the system that the correct tape is loaded and ready for recording. A message box appears. 10. Click OK to confirm the tape and deck entries.
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CHAPTER 5 Getting Ready to Edit This chapter describes the tools available to you for editing. It also describes methods for navigating within your clips or sequences and ways of marking your footage for inclusion in a sequence.
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Using the Command Palette The Command palette, accessible from the Tools menu, provides a central location for all editing, playback, and navigational buttons. These buttons allow you to perform a wide range of commands with a single click. The Button to Button Reassignment option allows you to map buttons to the Tool palette or to reconfigure the keyboard. The Menu to Button Reassignment option allows you to map menu commands to various buttons and keys.
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Figure 5-1 Command Palette Move Tab Figure 5-2 Command Palette Play Tab Figure 5-3 Command Palette Edit Tab 68
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Figure 5-4 Command Palette Trim Tab Figure 5-5 Command Palette FX Tab Figure 5-6 Command Palette Other Tab 69
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Figure 5-7 Command Palette More Tab Using the Tool Palette The Tool palette is located in the Timeline. You can also view the Tool palette by clicking the Fast Menu button under the Source monitor. The default Tool palette, shown in the Figure 5-8, provides buttons for editing and navigating. It has blank buttons where you can map the buttons or menu commands you use most frequently. The default Tool palette displays the buttons without names.
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3. Select Show Labels in Tool Palette. n You can enable ToolTips here as well to help you become familiar with the NewsCutter interface. ToolTips shows the name of each tool on the interface as you move the cursor over it. 4. Click OK. 5. Resize the Tool palette if necessary. Mapping Buttons to the Tool Palette You can map frequently used functions to the Tool palette for easy access. To map a button from the Command palette to the Tool palette: 1.
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Mapping Menu Options to the Tool Palette You can map frequently used functions to the Tool palette for easy access. To map a menu option to the Tool palette: 1. Open the Timeline by choosing Timeline from the Tools menu. 2. Choose Command Palette from the Tools menu. 3. Click Menu to Button Reassignment at the bottom of the Command palette if it’s not already selected. 4. Click the button on the Tool palette where you want the menu option to appear. 5. Find the menu option you want to remap and click it.
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Step buttons Play/Step/Shuttle buttons Play button Stop button Figure 5-9 NewsCutter Default Keyboard Settings Mapping Buttons to the Keyboard You can map buttons to the keyboard from the Command palette to help you work more quickly. You can map only to the light-colored keys shown in Figure 5-9; the dark-colored keys are reserved for system functions such as Shift, Ctrl, Alt. To map a button from the Command palette to the keyboard: 1. Choose Command Palette from the Tools menu. 2.
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You can place the button over an existing key, in which case you can’t access the original key, or you can place it over one of the blank keys. If you want to remove the button you mapped, you can drag another button over it or drag the blank button over it. The blank button can be found in the Other tab of the Command palette. Mapping Menu Items to the Keyboard You can map menu options that you use frequently to the keyboard from the Command palette.
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over it. The blank button can be found in the Other tab of the Command palette. Using Workspaces Workspaces let you have the tools you need to perform a specific function, such as recording, available to you with the press of a key. NewsCutter comes with four workspaces set up for the basic functions of record, edit, effects, and audio.
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Modifying Workspaces You can modify the default workspaces to make them more closely fit your style of working. n To take advantage of the workspace shortcut buttons, you must remember that NewsCutter sorts the workspaces alphabetically. Therefore, the workspace button assignments may change if you add workspaces. To keep a designated order, name the workspaces with a number preceding the first letter (for example, 5 digital cut). To modify an existing workspace: 1.
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Controlling Playback There are several ways to play, view, and cue clips: • Instantly access frames or move through footage by using the position indicator within the position bar under the Source or Record monitor. • Play, step (jog), or shuttle through footage using buttons. • Play, step, or shuttle using keyboard equivalents. • Step or shuttle using the mouse.
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Source monitor position bar Position indicator Figure 5-11 Source Monitor Position Bar • In the Timeline, the position indicator shows your position within the sequence. It is always in the same position as the position indicator in the Record monitor’s position bar and works in the same way: you can click anywhere in the Timeline to relocate the position indicator, or you can drag the position indicator through footage at varying speeds.
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to the Tool Palette” on page 71 and “Mapping Buttons to the Keyboard” on page 73. The Play Button The Play button is a toggle button. With a clip loaded in a monitor, the Play button plays your footage at a normal speed. When a clip is playing, the arrow on the button is lit. Clicking the Play button while your clip is playing stops play. The space bar also stops play. In the Record monitor, you can play only video and audio tracks that are currently monitored in the Track Selector panel.
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Step Buttons You can also use the Step Forward and Step Backward buttons under the monitors to play the clip backward or forward in one-frame increments. You can advance 10 frames forward or 10 frames backward by using the 10-step keys on the keyboard. To step through footage: 1. Load a clip into the Source monitor or a sequence into the Record monitor. 2. Press the appropriate key to step 1 or 10 frames forward or backward.
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2. Use the following keys to shuttle at varying speeds: • Press the L key to move forward through the footage at normal speed. Press once to increase the forward speed two times, twice to increase it four times, and three times to increase it eight times normal speed. • Press the J key to move backward at the same shuttle speed increments. • Press and hold the K and L keys together for slow forward. • Press and hold the K and J keys together for slow backward. 3.
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Stepping with the Mouse To step by using the mouse: 1. Load a clip into the Source monitor or a sequence into the Record monitor. 2. Activate the buttons in the Command palette by selecting Active Palette at the bottom of the palette and then clicking the Mouse Jog button in the Play tab of the Command palette. You can map the Mouse Jog button to a button in the Tool palette (see “Using the Tool Palette” on page 70). 3. Move the mouse to the right to step forward or to the left to step backward. 4.
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you press the L key, the playback speeds up to the next normal play rate (30, 60, 120, 240 fps for NTSC; and 25, 50, 100, 200 fps for PAL). You can continue to change the shuttle speed and direction with the mouse. Marking IN and OUT Points You can mark IN and OUT points for your clips in advance, which provides several advantages: • You can quickly build a sequence by splicing the marked clips into place one after another.
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You can also create subclips while recording as described in “Subclips,creating on-the-fly” in the Help index. You can create subclips directly from the marked section of material in the monitors by using one of the following methods: • Alt key: Press and hold the Alt key, and then drag the picture from the monitor to the bin in which you want to store the subclip.
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CHAPTER 6 Creating a First Cut This chapter describes how you begin to put your story together.
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Viewing Your Clips You can work with clips and sequences in several different ways, depending upon your needs and preferences. Each method has its own uses and advantages, as follows. • Viewing in bins: Frame view shows you pictorial images of the clips in your bins; Text view shows you the clips listed by name; Script view shows you pictorial images and provides a space for you to add text. See “Working with Bins” on page 40 for more information on displaying clips in bins.
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• Viewing in the Source monitor: You can load clips and sequences into the Source monitor (see Figure 6-1) to view and mark shots for use in a sequence that you build in the Record monitor. You load a clip into the Source monitor by double-clicking its icon in the bin.
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• Viewing in the Record monitor: You can load a sequence into the Record monitor (see Figure 6-2) to view, mark, or modify an existing sequence. You cannot load a clip into the Record monitor. You load a sequence into the Record monitor by double-clicking its icon in the bin.
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• Viewing in pop-up monitors: You can load clips into pop-up monitors (see Figure 6-3) to view and mark one or several clips simultaneously in smaller, movable windows. (Enable a pop-up monitor by pressing the Alt key while double-clicking the clip you want to open.) You can have multiple pop-up monitors open at one time.
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Timeline track Track Selector panel Timeline Fast menu Scale box Scale bar Extract/Splice-in Segment mode Position indicator Timeline scroll bar Scroll box Lift/Overwrite Segment mode Figure 6-4 Timeline Using the Position Indicator The position indicator, the vertical blue line in the Timeline, marks your place in the sequence. It also determines how some of your commands are interpreted.
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Using the Scroll Bar The scroll bar functions like any standard scroll bar. Click the arrows or drag the scroll box to scroll left or right. Scroll bar Scroll box Using the A and S keys The Go to Previous Edit and Go to Next Edit buttons in the Command palette allow you to quickly move forward and backward through the Timeline.
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• To see more detail, click the scale box and drag it to the right. As the Timeline expands, a second “shadow” position indicator appears next to the position indicator, showing the end of a single frame, and the two continue to move apart as you expand the Timeline. As the Timeline expands, a shadow position indicator appears. The position indicator and its shadow mark the beginning and end of each frame. The solid line is the mark or edit point.
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Source Track Monitor buttons Source Track buttons Sync Lock and Lock buttons Record Track buttons Record Track Monitor buttons Timecode button Figure 6-5 Timeline Track Selector Panel The source side (left side) of the panel displays only those tracks available for the clip currently loaded and displayed in the Source monitor. For instance, a clip that has audio digitized for track A1 only does not display an A2 track in the Track Selector panel.
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Selecting Tracks You can select tracks on either the record side or the source side as follows: • You can edit selected tracks on the source side directly into the sequence, assuming you have selected parallel tracks on the record side. • You cannot edit deselected tracks on the source side into the sequence, regardless of record track selections. • You cannot edit deselected tracks on the record side, regardless of source track selections.
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Patching Tracks When working with multiple tracks, you occasionally encounter a circumstance where you must edit source audio or video onto a track other than the parallel track displayed in the Track Selector panel. To edit the source material onto another record track above or below it, you must patch the source track to the targeted record track. You can perform only one patch per edit, but there is no limit to the number of times you can patch from the same source track.
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Video Track Monitor button with Monitor icon Audio Track Monitor button with black Speaker icon Audio Track Monitor button with hollow Speaker icon The track monitor determines what you see and hear during playback. You can turn track monitors off at any time to monitor only audio or only video during editing. When there are multiple tracks, all tracks below the monitored track are active during playback.
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Using Digital Audio Scrub Digital audio scrub is used to locate a specific frame of audio. Use it to locate the first frame of audio you want to include in your sequence. 1. Press the Caps Lock key to activate digital audio scrub. Pressing and holding the Shift key while you play activates digital audio scrub temporarily. n Keeping digital audio scrub on continuously can slow the performance of NewsCutter.
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Splice-in button Overwrite button When you use Splice-in, everything from where you place your IN point forward shifts down to accommodate the clip you are splicing in. This lengthens your sequence and can cause other tracks to be out of sync. When you use Overwrite, everything from where you place your IN point to the end of the clip you are overwriting is overwritten. This preserves the length of your sequence; you will overwrite whatever was already in the sequence for the duration of the new clip.
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Splicing or Overwriting Video into a Sequence You can start constructing your sequence by marking your clips and splicing or overwriting them into your sequence. To splice or overwrite video into a sequence: 1. From one of your bins, double-click the clip with which you want to start your sequence. Press and hold the Alt key while you double-click the clip to open the clip in a pop-up monitor. Play the whole clip through once first to get a sense of the material. 2.
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The clip is edited onto the track you selected in the Timeline and the monitor switches to the Record monitor where the clip is displayed. The position indicator rests on the first frame of black following the splice. When you want to bring an open bin or monitor to the foreground, you can click anywhere in it or choose its name from the Windows menu. 6. Do one of the following to move to the head of the sequence: • Press the Home key on the keyboard. • Click the beginning of the Timeline. 7.
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Frame view 3. Display the bin where the clips are in Frame view; click the lower right corner of the bin and drag to enlarge the window. 4. Choose Fill Window from the Bin menu to arrange the clips in the bin. 5. Arrange the clips in the order in which you want them to appear in two or three rows, from left to right, and top to bottom, to form the storyboard. Make sure you maintain the order of clips. Now you are ready to load the marked clips into the sequence. 6.
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A box forms as you move the mouse, starting next to the first clip and ending at the last pointer position. All the names are highlighted. 8. Click one of the clips (on the image, not the name), and drag the group into the Timeline. Release the mouse when a red arrow appears in the Record monitor. The shots are edited into the sequence in the order you specified. 9. Move the position indicator to the head of the sequence. 10. Click the Play button under the Record monitor.
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Moving to the Head or Tail of a Shot Before splicing in a clip, make sure the position indicator is on the first frame of black after the last edit (head) or on the last frame of the previous clip (tail). To move to the head of a shot: 1. Move the position indicator in the Timeline anywhere to the right of the transition where you want the edit to occur. 2. While pressing and holding the Ctrl key, click the mouse between the transition and the position indicator toward the head of the clip.
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Redoing an Edit Use the Redo feature whenever you want to get back to what you had before you did an Undo. You can redo up to 32 previous undo actions listed in the Edit menu. Choose Redo from the Edit menu, or press Ctrl+R. Splicing a Shot into the Middle of a Sequence With nonlinear editing, you can splice a shot anywhere in your sequence. To splice a clip at a transition point between two clips: 1. Double-click the clip you want to splice into the sequence. The clip opens in the Source monitor. 2.
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CHAPTER 7 Refining the Edit This chapter describes how to refine your story once you have completed your rough cut.
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Editing in Segment Mode Segment mode provides editing controls for moving, deleting, marking, and editing entire segments in the Timeline. A segment is a portion of the sequence that includes two or more transitions. There are two modes for editing segments or adding shots: Extract/Splice-in, indicated by a yellow arrow, and Lift/Overwrite, indicated by a red arrow.
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Identifying Segment Mode Buttons Segment Mode buttons Extract/Splice-in Lift/Overwrite In Chapter 6, you used the Splice-in or Overwrite button. The Splice-in and Overwrite buttons under the Source monitor take clips from the Source monitor and put them into the Timeline. The Segment Mode buttons, Extract/Splice-in and Lift/Overwrite in the Timeline, move segments around within the Timeline. Although the button names are similar, you use them for different purposes.
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Removing Footage with Extract/Splice-in To remove a clip from the sequence and close up the sequence: 1. Click the yellow Segment Mode (Extract/Splice-in) button below the Timeline. 2. Click anywhere in the clip you want to remove, and then Shift+click any other track you want to remove as well. The clip is highlighted on all tracks you selected. 3. Press the Delete key on the keyboard. The selected shot is eliminated, and the surrounding shots close the gap. 4.
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3. Press the Delete key on the keyboard. The selected shot is eliminated, and the surrounding shots stay where they were. You now have a gap the length of the clip you just removed. 4. Click the Lift/Overwrite button again to deselect it. Overwriting Shots into a Sequence In addition to splicing, you can overwrite shots into a sequence. An overwrite edit replaces a section of a sequence with other source footage. An overwrite edit does not affect the length of the sequence.
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Rearranging Shots You can rearrange shots by overwriting material, lifting material, or removing material. Overwriting material doesn’t change the length of the sequence. Lifting material leaves filler and does not affect the length of the sequence. Removing material shortens the length of the sequence. Overwriting with the Three-Point Edit The three-point edit is an excellent way to replace a shot in a sequence.
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6. Click the red Overwrite button, or press the B key on the keyboard to make the three-point edit. The new clip replaces the existing shot. n The length of the clip you are editing in must be long enough to replace what you are overwriting. 7. Play the sequence to see how the new clip works. Removing Footage with Lift Lift retains the gap after lifting footage from the sequence. Use Lift if you want to maintain the rhythm of a sequence or the synchronization of the video and audio tracks.
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Basic Trim Procedures Trimming allows you to adjust incoming and outgoing frames of your clip. There are three types of trims: Top and Tail, dual-roller, and single-roller. Trim Using Top and Tail Once you have recorded footage to the Timeline, use the Top and Tail buttons to perform quick trims. Trimming using Top and Tail is the fastest way to trim. To use Top and Tail, it is not necessary to enter Trim mode. To quickly trim footage from the beginning of a clip: 1.
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Entering Trim Mode You can enter Trim mode in several different ways, depending on the type of trim you expect to perform. Once in Trim mode, you can: • Select additional tracks • Switch between trim sides • Perform and play back the trim There are two methods for entering Trim mode: • n Clicking the Trim Mode button in the Other tab of the Command palette. The system enters Trim mode and selects the tracks nearest the position indicator for dual-roller trimming.
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• Using the Play Loop button in the Play tab of the Command palette. This is useful if you like to trim quickly as you edit, going back and forth between Trim mode and other edit modes. Once you are in Trim mode, the Record monitor changes to allow you to perform trim functions. The Trim Mode window is shown in Figure 7-1.
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Selecting Between Trim Sides To select sides of a transition to trim: • A-side Click the outgoing (A-side) or incoming (B-side) monitor to define which side of the transition to trim. Notice that the pointer changes to a single-roller A-side, single-roller B-side, or doubleroller icon, depending on position. The selected parts of the transition are highlighted, and the corresponding rollers appear in the Timeline.
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common sources and can include multiple video tracks as well as audio tracks. • Sync locking affects entire tracks. This means that parallel segments in other sync-locked tracks are affected when you trim anywhere in the sequence. Performing a Basic Trim With your transitions and trim sides selected, you can perform a basic trim by using one of the following procedures: • Use the Trim buttons to trim forward or backward by 1- or 10frame increments.
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Click and drag the roller to perform your trim. As you trim, all selected transitions in the Timeline move in unison. The frame counter displays the frame count backward or forward for one or both trim sides, and the monitors display the new incoming or outgoing frames. Dual-Roller Trimming Use a dual-roller trim to adjust both sides of a transition simultaneously, adding frames to one shot while subtracting frames from the adjacent shot. The total duration of the sequence does not change.
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To use digital audio scrub, make sure the speaker icon for the record track you want to trim is hollow. Alt+click the Speaker icon to change it to hollow. Increase the speaker volume if necessary. 6. Perform your trim by using one of the following methods: • Use the Trim buttons to trim forward or backward by 1- or 10frame increments.
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4. Perform your trim by using one of the following methods: • Use the Trim buttons to trim forward or backward by 1- or 10frame increments. • Use the numeric keypad at the right side of the keyboard to enter a plus sign (+) or minus sign (–) and the number of frames (from 1 to 99) you want to move forward or backward. Then press Enter. To move the transition to an exact timecode, type a timecode number larger than 99, including frames.
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Adjusting Audio Level You can make the audio in a clip louder or softer as needed. For example, to make the audio clip on A2 louder: 1. Select record track A2, and deselect track A1. 2. Move the position indicator anywhere on the audio clip you want to adjust. 3. Choose Audio Mix from the Tools menu. 4. In the A2 area, move the A2 Audio Level slider to level +6 by doing one of the following: • Drag the slider to level +6. • Click the Volume Level display box, and type 6.
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5. Play a portion of the shot, or use the Play Loop button in the Audio Mix tool. 6. If the volume is still too low, activate the Audio Mix tool by clicking in it, and move the slider up, trying level +10. Continue to adjust the level until it sounds right. Adjusting Audio Pan You may have audio for a sequence that plays only out of the left speaker or only out of the right speaker. You can adjust the audio pan (balance) so the sound plays equally from both speakers. To adjust audio pan: 1.
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Pan Value display Pan slider 5. Drag the Pan slider to the middle of the scale until it reads MID. To make the slider snap to MID, press the Alt key and click the Pan slider. 6. Pull down the Pan Value display for track A2, and drag the Pan slider until it reads MID. 7. Play a portion of the sequence to check speaker balance. 8. Click the Close button to close the Audio Mix tool.
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CHAPTER 8 Adding Effects Adding an effect to a clip enhances your sequence by fading in or out of a scene or adding video or a graphic on top of a clip. The effects that are available for your NewsCutter system depend on the model and options that you purchased.
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Effects Editing NewsCutter offers many effects that you can apply to your sequences. This chapter explains how to create motion effects and how to apply effects from the Effect Palette to transitions or segments (clips) in your sequence. After you have selected and applied the effect, you can adjust the effect parameters to meet your requirements. Effects, with the exception of some motion effects, are not real-time, which means you must render them before you play them.
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Creating Motion Effects A motion effect controls the rate at which NewsCutter plays the video channel and is applied to clips in the Source monitor. When you use a motion effect to slow down a clip, the effect is real-time. When you speed up a clip, however, you must render the effect. Motion effects include: • Freeze Frame • Variable Speed and Strobe Motion Creating Freeze Frame Effects When you create a Freeze Frame effect, NewsCutter creates a new clip in the Source monitor and in the current bin.
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Creating Variable Speed and Strobe Motion Effects As with Freeze Frame effects, when you create Variable Speed and Strobe Motion effects, NewsCutter creates a new clip in the Source monitor and in the current bin. The new clip has the same name as the original clip but is followed by the frame rate in parentheses. A Motion Effect icon appears next to the clip in the bin. To create a Variable Speed or Strobe Motion effect: 1. Load the clip into the Source monitor. 2. Mark the IN and OUT points.
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Displaying the Effect Palette See “Creating Motion Effects” on page 125 and Chapter 10 “Output” for more information on these options. You select most effects from the Effect Palette in the Tools menu (see Figure 8-1). The exceptions are motion effects and titles that you create with the Title tool.
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• Shape Wipe • Spin • Squeeze Each of these effect categories contains multiple effects. Effect Types There are two primary types of effects that are defined by where you use them in a sequence: • Transition effects • Segment effects (single-layer and multilayer) Transition Effects A transition is the point where two clips meet. You apply a transition effect to the cut point between two clips on the same video track.
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Segment Effects You apply a segment effect to an entire clip or a group of clips. There are two types of segment effects: • A single-layer segment effect, such as a Mask effect, is applied to a segment on one video track. • A multilayer segment effect, such as a Picture-in-Picture effect, is applied to the top layer of segments that contain two video tracks that will be played simultaneously. Applying Effects to a Sequence This section explains how to apply an effect to a sequence in the Record monitor.
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To open the Effect Editor, choose Effect Editor from the Tools menu. Not all effect parameters apply to all effects. Parameters that do not apply to an effect do not appear in the Effect Editor. The Effect Editor is shown in Figure 8-2. Effect icon Reduce Enlarge Play Loop Play Transition Effect Duration Add Render Grid KeyEffect frame Transition Outline/ Effect Play Alignment Preview Path Figure 8-2 Effect Editor Adding Transition Effects Transition effects are added between two clips.
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Adding Fade In To add a fade-in effect to a transition: 1. Select the record track where you want the fade in. 2. Move the position indicator to where you want the effect. 3. Click the Quick Effect button in the Tool palette. The Quick Effect dialog box appears. 4. Create a dissolve (fade in): a. Choose Dissolve from the Add pop-up menu. b. Type the duration of the dissolve in the Duration text box. For example, typing 20 would create a 20-frame fade in. c.
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6. Click Add and Render to render the effect. The system creates the media file of the video effect during the rendering process. It also places a Dissolve icon in the Timeline where you added the effect. 7. Play the effect. Press the space bar to stop playback. Dissolving Between Shots The most common effect is dissolving between two shots in the sequence. To dissolve between shots: 1. Select the record track where you want the Dissolve effect to occur. 2.
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Insufficient Footage for a Dissolve It can happen that when you attempt to apply a dissolve, you get an error message telling you there is not enough footage to create the dissolve (see Figure 8-3). It means there is no source footage, or “handle,” left for the dissolve to use. To fix the error, you can trim back each side of the dissolve, shorten the duration, or change the placement of the dissolve, for example, from Centered on Cut to Starting at Cut.
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Adding a Fade Within the Sequence You can also create a fade to black within a sequence: 1. Select only the track where you want the fade to occur. 2. Move the position indicator to where you want the fade to black to occur. 3. Without moving the position indicator, mark both an IN point and an OUT point on that frame. n Do not use the Mark Clip button. 4. Click the Segment Mode (Lift/Overwrite) button below the Timeline. 5. Press the Z key.
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To create a Quick Effect: 1. Create a bin with the name Quick Effects in the current project. For more information, see “Creating a Quick Effects Bin” on page 45. n If you want to use a Quick Effect in multiple projects, you must copy the bin to each project. 2. Apply a transition effect to your sequence. 3. Use the Effect Editor to adjust the effect parameters. 4. Render the effect. 5. Drag the effect icon from the Effect Editor into the Quick Effects bin. 6. Rename the effect. 7.
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To add keyframes: 1. Apply an effect where you want one to occur. 2. Move the position indicator to the location within the Effect Preview monitor position bar where you want the keyframe. 3. Click the Add Keyframe button under the Effect Preview monitor, or press the N key. In a Picture-in-Picture effect, you can add an unlimited number of keyframes. In any other type of effect, you can add as many as four keyframes.
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3. Move the position indicator to the clip where you want the Picture-in-Picture effect. Effect icon 4. Click the Picture-in-Picture Effect icon in the Effect Palette, and drag it to the clip. The effect icon appears in the Timeline and the clip with the Picture-in-Picture effect appears in a box in the middle of the monitor (see Figure 8-4). 5. Render the effect or continue to modify the Picture-in-Picture effect as described in the sections that follow.
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Foreground image (V2) Background filler (V1) Figure 8-4 Picture-in-Picture Effect Repositioning the Image You can move Picture-in-Picture images anywhere on the screen. To move a Picture-in-Picture image: 1. Click the Effect Mode button in the Other tab of the Command palette, or choose Effect Editor from the Tools menu to enter Effect mode. Parameters for the Picture-in-Picture effect appear in the Effect Editor. 2. In the Timeline, move the position indicator directly over the effect icon.
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3. Make sure the track with the effect is selected. 4. If there aren’t drag handles on the Picture-in-Picture image, click the Outline/Path button, and then click the image. Drag handles (the dots at the edges and in the middle of the box) appear, and a white hand appears when the mouse is over a handle. 5. Click in the image, and drag the image to where you want it to appear.
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You may need to play with the values to get the effect that you want. Soft slider 3. Click the Play Preview button in the Effect Editor to view the effect. 4. Render the effect when you are finished adjusting parameters. See “Rendering an Effect” on page 142. Figure 8-5 shows the same image as Figure 8-4 on page 138 but with the edges softened and the position slightly changed.
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Figure 8-5 Picture-in-Picture Effect with Softness Dissolving the Picture-in-Picture On and Off You can create the effect of having the Picture-in-Picture dissolve on and off by adding keyframes. These let the system know where the dissolve should start and end. To dissolve the Picture-in-Picture on and off: 1. In the Timeline, move the position indicator directly over the effect icon. 2. Click the Effect Mode button if you’re not already in Effect mode. 3.
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5. With the Record monitor active, type +1:00 on the numeric keypad and press Enter. This moves the position indicator one second after the first keyframe. 6. Click the Add Keyframe button beneath the Effect Preview monitor. 7. Drag the Level slider all the way to the right to display 100. 8. Click the mouse button on the last keyframe. 9. Drag the Level slider all the way to the left to display 0. 10. With the Record monitor active, type -15 on the numeric keypad and press Enter.
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To render an effect: 1. Move the position indicator to the effect icon. 2. Select the track where the effect is located. 3. Click the Render Effect button in the Tool palette. The Choose Volume dialog box appears. 4. Select a target disk drive from the pop-up menu and click OK. The Effect Source Disk is the default disk for storing the rendered effect. 5. (Option) Press the T key to display the render time or the P key to see the render percentage time in the Render status box. 6.
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CHAPTER 9 Creating Titles You can create a new title with the Title tool and save the title in a bin, or add a new video track to the Timeline if you want the title to appear over video.
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Working with Titles You can create a new title with or without a sequence in the Timeline. However, if you want to create a title with a video background, you can load a video clip into the Source monitor to use as a reference frame while you create the title. The video reference frame you select appears in the background of the Title tool while you create the title.
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NewsCutter saves each title you create to a bin. You can load a title into the Source monitor at any time or drag the Title Effect icon from the bin to a segment in the Timeline. You can also drag a title from the bin onto an existing title in the Timeline; this replaces the existing title. n The procedures described in this section use a video reference frame to create a title.
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The following illustration shows a title over a video background: Safe action area Safe title area Title Toolbar Figure 9-1 Title Tool Window Adding Text By default, the Text tool is active when you open the Title tool. Click in the Title tool at the position where you want to begin entering text.
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To use the Text tool at any other time, click the Text tool, click anywhere within the title frame, and begin typing. A blinking vertical bar indicates your cursor position in the frame. The Text tool remains selected until you select another tool. n If you press the Alt key and click anywhere in the Title tool, you switch between the Selection tool and the Text tool. Formatting Text in the Title Tool The text formatting tools control the appearance of text.
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This section describes how to change these characteristics on a text string basis. You can also change these attributes on a character-bycharacter basis by editing the text string. For more information, see “Text for titles,working with” in the Help index. You can also modify the following text attributes on a text string basis: • Color • Transparency • Drop and depth shadows • Outlines surrounding text While you type text, only the text color is apparent.
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Choosing Colors and Setting Transparency You can select the color and transparency for objects, shadows, and borders. The following illustration shows the boxes associated with color and transparency. Color and Transparency Blend tools Color Selection boxes Transparency Level boxes • The Color Selection boxes control the fill (Fill), shadow (Shad), and border (Bord) colors. • The Transparency Level boxes control the fill, shadow, and border transparency.
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Selecting a Color To select a color from the Title Tool Color Picker, use the eyedropper to select a color from any open application on your computer, or use the Color dialog box to select a color. All these features are available through the Title Tool Color Picker (see Figure 9-2).
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To create a new title: 1. In the Record monitor, move the position indicator to a clip in the sequence you want to use as a background. You don’t have to use a video background; you can create your title over a color background. 2. Choose New Title from the Clip menu. The Title tool opens. 3. Click the Text tool. If it is already selected in the toolbar, the cursor becomes an I-beam when you click in the Title tool. 4. Click in the Title tool where you want to position the text. An insertion point appears.
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Working with Title Templates A template is useful for setting up text and graphics that you use regularly in many titles. You can set up the position, font, and color and then save that as a template. When you want to use the template, you can just edit the text and your title is finished. Templates pop-up menu Creating a Title Template To create a title template: 1. Choose New Title from the Clip menu to open the Title tool. 2.
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Using a Title Template When you use a title template, you can edit the text, but you cannot change the colors, shadows, or graphics. n You can change the position of the template elements by selecting Moveable Templates in the Templates menu. To use a title template: 1. Choose New Title from the Clip menu to open the Title tool. 2. Click Templates in the toolbar. 3. Choose Include Template. The Open dialog box appears. 4. Select the template you want to use. 5. Click Open.
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5. Make your changes. 6. Choose Save Template. The default is to save the template in the Title_Templates folder, but you can save it somewhere else if you need to. 7. Close the Title tool, selecting Don’t Save from the Save Title dialog box. Removing a Title Template You can remove a title template from a title if you no longer need it. To remove a title template: 1. With the title open, click Templates in the toolbar. 2. Choose Remove Template.
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Applying a Color To apply a color to text or objects: 1. Select the text or object to which you want to apply color by using the Selection tool. 2. Click and hold the Fill Color Selection box. The Title Tool Color Picker appears. From here you can pick a color from the color bar, use the eyedropper to select a color from the video, or open the Color dialog box and select a color from there. See Figure 9-2 on page 151. 3. Click a color. The color is applied to the title.
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You can also change the size by dragging the shadow further away from the white center. 6. Click the Shadow Color Selection box to open the Title Tool Color Picker to add a color to the shadow. See “Selecting a Color” on page 151 for a description of the Title Tool Color Picker. Saving a Title To save your title: 1. Choose Save Title from the File menu. The Bin Parameters dialog box appears. 2. Type the title name in the name text box. 3.
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Editing the Title into the Sequence After you have created a title with the Title tool, use one of the following two methods to edit the title into your sequence: • Method 1: Add a new video track, load the title into the Source monitor, mark an IN point and an OUT point, and splice/ overwrite the title into the sequence. • Method 2: In Segment mode, drag the Title Effect clip from the bin to an existing segment in the Timeline between the edit points.
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Editing an Existing Title To edit an existing title: 1. In the bin, press and hold the Ctrl key and double-click the title clip to open it in the Title tool. 2. Make whatever edits you want. 3. Do one of the following: • To overwrite the existing title, choose Save Title from the File menu. The original title is overwritten and the new title is saved with the original title name. • To save the existing title and create an additional one: a. Choose Save Title as from the File menu.
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CHAPTER 10 Output NewsCutter provides tools for generating output for individual tracks or entire sequences to various videotape or audiotape formats. You can also use VTR emulation for direct playback of sequences by using an edit controller in an analog editing suite.
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Preparing for Output Preparing for video output involves the following procedures: • Render all non-real-time effects, as described in “Rendering an Effect” on page 142. • Calibrate and adjust video output levels (see “Video,calibrating (basic)” in the Help index). • Calibrate and adjust audio output levels (see “Audio output,preparing for” in the Help index). • Decide whether you want to generate stereo or mono audio. • Mix down multiple audio tracks if necessary.
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To perform assemble edit recording, record black with timecode onto the tape. Include the necessary preroll prior to the IN point plus at least 10 seconds (partially striped tape). n Select “Allow assemble edit for digital cut” in the Deck Preferences dialog box. Previewing a Digital Cut You can preview a digital cut before recording it to tape to make sure your preparations and output settings are correct or for screening purposes. To preview a digital cut: 1. Choose Digital Cut from the Clip menu.
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6. Click the Play button in the Digital Cut tool. The system plays the digital cut in the Record monitor. 7. To stop the playback at any time, press the space bar. Recording a Digital Cut to Tape The Digital Cut tool provides frame-accurate control when recording a sequence to tape and provides several options for managing the recording of your sequence.
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6. Select or deselect the Entire Sequence option, based upon the following: • Select this option if you want the system to ignore any IN or OUT points and play the entire sequence from start to finish. • Deselect this option if you have established IN or OUT points for recording a portion of the sequence. 7. Choose an option from the Record to Tape pop-up menu as follows: • Choose Sequence Time to start the recording at a timecode existing on tape that matches the start timecode of the sequence.
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10. Select the Audio Out Mode. n Changing the Audio Out Mode in the Digital Cut tool also changes the audio out in the Audio Mix tool. 11. Press Play. The system cues the record deck and then plays and records the digital cut. The playback appears in the Playback monitor. 12. To stop the recording at any time, press the space bar. n n After assemble-edit recording, a freeze frame is usually added after the OUT point for one or more seconds, depending upon the record deck model.
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VTR play emulation allows you to control the sequence with the edit controller as follows: • You can shuttle, step (jog), play, cue, and mark points based on master sequence timecode for editing onto another master. • Your control of the NewsCutter system is for play only. For example, you cannot apply IN and OUT points, arm tracks, or send record commands to the NewsCutter system itself. • Smooth audio scrub is enabled by default, emulating analog audio scrub on a VTR.
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APPENDIX A Using the NRCS Tool You use the NRCS tool to connect to an Avstar server, access stories from the server, and edit them on your NewsCutter. When you open a story in the NRCS tool, you can make formatting and content changes to the story instead of opening an Avstar workstation to do the editing. After you have made changes to the story, you can save the changes, which will be available to others using the same server.
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n • Building a Sequence from a Story • Sending Mail • Disconnecting from the Server Your Avstar user permissions define how many of these procedures you can perform. If you are unsure of your permissions, consult your system administrator. Opening the NRCS Tool The first time you open the NRCS tool, the NRCS Settings dialog box appears. You must configure the NRCS settings before you can connect to the Avstar server. To configure the NRCS settings and connect to the server: 1.
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n You can also access the NRCS Settings dialog box through the Settings scroll list of the Project window. 2. Type the name of the server and, if you want, a default user name. 3. (Option) Select “Logout when NRCS Tool is closed” if you want to terminate the connection to the server every time you close the NRCS tool. 4. Click the Avstar tab to make additional changes to the NRCS settings (Figure A-2). Figure A-2 NRCS Settings Dialog Box — Avstar Tab 5.
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c Consult your system administrator to ensure that the Mail Directory name is appropriate for use in your newsroom environment. 6. Click OK to accept the NRCS settings. The NRCS Login dialog box appears (Figure A-3). Avstar server name Figure A-3 NRCS Tool — Login Dialog Box 7. Type a login name if you did not set a default name in the NRCS Settings dialog box. 8. Type the password. 9. Click OK. The NRCS tool connects to the Avstar server.
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Understanding the NRCS Tool Window The NRCS tool window contains many parts, as shown in Figure A-4.
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Use Table A-1 to learn more about each element. Table A-1 NRCS Tool Elements Name Description Disconnect button Releases the connection to the Avstar server. Send Mail button Opens a dialog box for sending mail to others. Directory panel Lists the contents of the news database you are accessing. Story form Contains summary information about the story in predefined headings. You can alter the information if it does not have a gray background. Appears in Edit mode only.
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Table A-1 NRCS Tool Elements (Continued) Name Description WPM rate Displays the rate at which the read time was calculated. This may change, depending on the presenter for the story. The default is 180 words per minute (wpm). Read time Displays the amount of time to read a story on air, based on the wpm rate. Story panel Displays the text of a story and the story form of unscripted stories. When the story is scripted, the panel contains production cues on the left and text on the right.
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Opening a Story After establishing a connection to the Avstar server, the NRCS tool remains blank until you open a story. To open a story: 1. Navigate through the directories, and find the file you want to open. In the Directory panel (see Figure A-5), all triangles point right when you first log in, which indicates closed directories. Triangles that point down indicate open directories. Directories or files within a directory are indented below that directory.
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Making a Shortcut to a Directory To save time accessing a directory you use often, create a shortcut to the directory: 1. Navigate to the directory. 2. Click the directory name so that it is highlighted. 3. Right-click the directory name. A shortcut menu appears. 4. Choose Make Shortcut. NewsCutter creates the shortcut, which is placed above the server name in the Directory panel. Shortcut Server name Removing a Shortcut to a Directory If you want to remove a shortcut to a directory: 1.
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Deleting a Story The NRCS tool allows you to delete a story without having to go through the Avstar Workstation, if your Avstar User settings have the necessary permissions. See your system administrator if you are unsure of your settings. To delete a story: 1. In the Directory panel, highlight the story you want to delete. 2. Right-click the story. A shortcut menu appears. 3. Choose Delete File from the menu. A message box appears. 4.
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edit stories without entering Edit mode, or you can do more complex editing by entering Edit mode. Editing Text in View Mode You can change the screen display of the entire text of a story without entering Edit mode. The shortcut menu that appears when you right-click in the Story panel allows you to change the font or to make the text bold, italic, or underlined. To alter the appearance of the text in your story: 1. Right-click in the Story panel. A shortcut menu appears. 2.
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Formatting Text You use a combination of the formatting buttons and the shortcut menu to change the format of story text. To format text: 1. Highlight the text you want to format. 2. (Option) Click a button in the Formatting toolbar to make the text bold, italic, or underlined. Alternately, right-click the text and choose Bold, Italic, or Underline from the shortcut menu. 3. (Option) Right-click the text and choose Font from the shortcut menu to alter the font and point size.
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Marking Text as Normal If you have applied formatting to text, you can remove the formatting by marking the text as Normal. To mark text as Normal: 1. Highlight the text from which you want to remove the formatting. 2. Click the Normal button in the Formatting toolbar. Alternately, right-click the text, and choose Normal from the shortcut menu. The text changes to black, indicating that the text contains no formatting.
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Marking Text as Closed Captioned Your story can also contain text marked for Closed Captioning. Like Presenter Instructions, the presenter does not read this text on camera. Text marked as Closed Captioned is not included in the read time of a story. For more information, see “Finding the Read Time of a Story” on page 183. To mark text as Closed Captioned: 1. Highlight the text you want to mark. 2. Click the Closed Captioned button in the Formatting toolbar.
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Production cue anchor Production Cue text box Figure A-6 NRCS Tool — Production Cue To insert a production cue into your scripted story: 1. In the Story panel, move the cursor next to or within the text where you want to place the production cue. 2. Right-click and choose Insert Production Cue from the shortcut menu. A blue production cue anchor appears within the Story panel, and a blank box appears in the left side of the Story panel. 3. Type the cue information in the text box. 4.
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Deleting a Production Cue If you want to delete a production cue, you must delete the cue anchor, not just the text within the Production Cue text box. To delete a production cue: 1. Highlight the cue anchor in the Story panel. 2. Press the Delete key. Alternately, right-click the anchor, and choose Delete from the shortcut menu. Saving Changes to a Story After you edit a story, you can save the changes by modifying the original story or by creating a new story.
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To save changes: 1. In Edit mode, click the Save button. A message box appears. 2. Click Modify to save the changes to the original story, or click New to save the changes to a new story. n If you click New, the NRCS tool creates a new story with the same name as the original story. You should rename the story in the NRCS tool and save it again to avoid confusion. Finding the Read Time of a Story One of the unique features of the NRCS tool is its ability to determine the read time of a story.
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To calculate the read time of a story: 1. Move the cursor to the Story panel. 2. Right-click and choose Select All from the shortcut menu. Alternately, highlight a portion of the text with the mouse. The read time appears in the upper right corner of the NRCS tool. The wpm rate used in the calculation appears next to the read time (Figure A-7). WPM rate Read time Figure A-7 n NRCS Tool — Read Time The NRCS tool does not include Closed Captioned or Presenter Instructions text in the read time.
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To build a sequence from a story, do one of the following: • Highlight the story in the Directory panel, right-click, and choose Build Sequence from Story. • Click the Build Sequence button. • Highlight the story in the Directory panel, and drag the story to an open bin. If your story does not have tape time, NewsCutter will automatically assign the sequence a duration of 30 seconds. Otherwise, the duration of the sequence will match the tape time of the story.
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Figure A-8 NRCS Tool — Send NRCS Mail Dialog Box 2. Type an address in the To text box. 3. (Option) Type a subject in the Subject text box. 4. Type your message in the message area. 5. Click Send to send the message, or click Cancel to close the dialog box without sending the message. Disconnecting from the Server When you have finished using the NRCS tool, you should disconnect from the Avstar server. To release the connection, click the Disconnect button.
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Index ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWZ A input and output levels, switching between (Audio tool) 55 input display, accessing 54 input, adjusting 54 internal calibration tone, setting 55 locating specific frame 97 making louder or softer 120 maximum peak measurements, resetting 54 meter displays, customizing 55 opening Audio tool 53 output display, accessing 54 output, adjusting 54 scrubbing 97 setting up 54 Setup display, accessing 54 source menu (Record tool) 52 tracking levels 55 tracks, mapping to output chann
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Meters display 55 opening from Record tool 53 Output button 53, 54 output display 54 Peak Hold menu, described 55 Reset Peak button 54 Setup button 53 Setup display 54 switching between input and output levels showing Frames 43 showing Scripts 44 Text view headings 42 Text view, described 86 viewing clips 86 working with 40 Black, fading to in a sequence 134 Blue bar See Position indicator Borders adjusting softness with keyframes 135 choosing color (Title tool) 150 controlling transparency (Title tool) 15
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Record (Record tool) 52 remapping 74 Reset Peak (Audio tool) 54 Save Story (NRCS tool) 172 Script view (Bin window) 44 Send Mail (NRCS tool) 172 Setup (Audio tool) 54 Splice-in 98 Splice-in (Record tool) 53 Step 80 Subclip (Source monitor) 84 Text View (Bin window) 41 Tool palette 70 Trash (Record tool) 52 Trim Mode 113 using to control playback 78 Vectorscope Monitor (Video Input tool) 57 Video Track Monitor (Track Selector panel) moving to beginning 81 moving to end 81 moving to head or tail 103 naming (
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Other tab 69 Play Loop button 114 Play tab 68 removing mapped buttons from keyboard Deleting Production cues (NRCS tool) 182 recorded media 52 stories (NRCS tool) 176 Digital audio scrub 118 Digital cuts defined 29 preparing frame-accurate tapes 161 previewing 162 recording 163 using countdowns with 162 Digital video editing, described 13 Digital VU scale (Audio tool) 55 Digitize settings 50, 52 Digitize/Log Mode button (Record tool) 52 Digitizing See Recording Directory panel deleting stories 176 making s
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editing, overview 124 fading to black 134 Key effect 130 L-Conceal effect 130 Mask effect 129 Matrix Wipe effect 130 opacity, adjusting with keyframes 135 Peel effect 130 Picture-in-Picture effect 129, 136 position of, adjusting with keyframes 135 Push effect 130 Quick Effects, creating bin for 45 Quick Effects, described 124 rendering 142 resolving insufficient footage error 133 saving parameters in Quick Effects bin 45 Sawtooth Wipe effect 130 Segment effects 128 Shape Wipe effect 130 Sizing to Fit media
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H Fill choosing color (Title tool) 150 controlling transparency (Title tool) 150 selecting color for objects 151 Find tab (Help system), opening 20 Fixed-storage drive, turning on 15 Folders Avid Projects 36 Avid Users 35 settings 36 Font, changing (NRCS tool) 178 Footage insufficient source for effects 133 marking IN and OUT points 83 marking subclips 84 moving through with position indicator 77 rearranging 107 stepping through 80 viewing and playing 77 to 83 Formatting text in titles 148 Frame view butto
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Input pop-up menu (Video Input tool) 56 Insert edit preparing for 161 recording 163 Internal Waveform monitor (Video Input tool) Locating audio frames 97 Logging and recording at once 59 controlling during record 53 Luminance, adjusting 57 57 M J Mail configuring directory for NRCS tool 169 sending (NRCS tool) 185 Mapping buttons to keyboard 73 buttons to Tool palette 71 keys and buttons, overview 47 menu options to keyboard 74 menu options to Tool palette 72 Marking IN and OUT points 83 subclips 84 te
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marking text as normal 179 marking text as Presenter Instructions 179 Message-of-the-Day options 169 opening 168 opening a story 174 overview 167 rearranging text 178 removing shortcuts to directories 175 sending mail 185 understanding the NRCS tool 171 using the Directory panel 173 WPM rate 183 NTSC format 35 Motion effects creating Freeze Frame effects 125 creating Strobe Motion effects 126 creating Variable Speed effects 126 Motion path, monitoring with keyframes 135 Mouse buttons Shuttle (Command palet
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from Record tool 53 recording directly to the Timeline with 59 using in Segment mode 109 using three-point edit 110 Overwriting shots 109 snapping to OUT point 102 using in Timeline 90 using to move to head or tail of a shot 103 Precomputes overview 142 Preparing for Frame-accurate recording 161 for insert edit 161 for video output 161 to record 57 Presenter Instructions, marking text as (NRCS tool) 179 Previewing digital cuts 162 Printing Help topics 22 Production cues adding (NRCS tool) 180 deleting (NRC
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overview 124 using Quick Effect dialog box 131 using to add Fade-in effect 131 using to dissolve between shots 132 rerecording footage 64 resetting serial port connection 52 Source Tape display 52 Splice-in button 53 status bar 52 subclip indicator 52 target drive menu 52 Toggle Source button 53 Video Input Tool button 53 Voiceover button 53 Recording and logging at once 59 assemble edits 162 batch 62 choosing target bins for 52 creating subclips on-the-fly during 52 digital cuts 163 Digitize settings for
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guidelines for editing 106 Lift/Overwrite 106 overwriting shots into a sequence 109 rearranging clips 106 removing footage 108 using 106 Selecting all tracks 94 color for titles 151 tracks for recording 51 tracks in the Timeline 94 transitions for trimming 113 trim sides 115 Sending mail (NRCS tool) 185 Sequences adding shots to 104 applying effects 129 building from a story (NRCS tool) 184 controlling with a VTR 165 defined 28 editing a title into 158 fading to black in 134 moving through with arrow keys 8
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described for Segment mode 106 from Record tool 53 recording directly to the Timeline with 59 Splice-in button 98 Splicing-in audio clips 98 shots into a sequence 104 video clips 99 Starting NewsCutter 16, 34 Status bar (Record tool) 52 Step buttons 80 Stepping through footage with the mouse 82 with buttons 80 with the keyboard 80 Sticky bins, enabling 40, 76 Storage drive, turning on 15 Stories building a sequence (NRCS tool) 184 deleting (NRCS tool) 176 editing (NRCS tool) 176 finding read time (NRCS tool
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T Timeline customizing 89 defined 28 expanding and contracting 91 making changes to format 89 monitoring tracks 95 moving through with A and S keys 91 patching tracks 95 recording directly to 58 recording to 53 segment editing of titles in 158 selecting tracks in 94 showing position in 78 showing shadow position indicator in 92 Track Selector panel 92 using position indicator in 78, 90 using scale bar in 91 using the scroll bar in 91 viewing individual tracks in 86 zooming in and out of 91 Title tool See a
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Top and Tail trimming 112 Track Selector panel described 92 patching tracks 95 using 92 Tracking audio levels 55 Tracks mapping to output channels (Audio tool) 55 methods for selecting 94 monitoring 95 patching 95 selecting 94 selecting all 94 sync locking 115 viewing one track only 96 Transition effects accessing parameters 129 adding 130 adding fade-in 131 applying 128 creating Quick Effect 128, 134 described 128 Transitions applying effects 128 L-edits 113 moving to in Timeline 91 overlap edits 113 selec
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entering 113 exiting 119 performing basic trim 116 Play Loop button 114 selecting single transitions 113 selecting trim sides 115 single-roller 118 sync locking tracks 115 Trim Mode button 113 Trimming basics 112 dual-roller 117 performing basic 116 selecting sides 115 single-roller 118 using Top and Tail 112 with sync lock 115 Turning on the system 15 Internal Waveform monitor 57 opening 55 opening from Record tool 53 Preset button 56 saving Site settings for 56 Vectorscope monitor 57 Video output, prepar
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Z Zooming, focus in the Timeline 91 202