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Table Of Contents

Title Page
Contents
Using This Guide
- Symbols and Conventions
- If You Need Help
- Accessing the Online Library
- How to Order Documentation
- Avid Educational Services
Working with the Project Window: Advanced
- Working with User Profiles
  - Understanding User Profiles
  - Managing User Profiles
- Managing Folders and Bins
- Using the Info Display
  - Viewing Memory
  - Accessing the Hardware Tool
- Customizing the Appearance of the Avid User Interface
- Customizing Your Workspace
- Sharing Bins and Projects in an Avid Unity Environment
Using Tools
- Using the Tools Menu
- Using the Deck Controller
- Using the Command Palette
- Using the Avid Calculator
- Using the Console Window
- Using the Hardware Tool
- Using External Controllers as Editing Control Surfaces
Logging: Advanced
- Preparing Log Files for Import
- Understanding Avid Log Specifications
  - Avid Log Specifications
  - Sample Avid Log
- Creating Avid Logs
- Double-Checking Log Files
- Logging Directly into a Bin
- Setting the Pulldown Phase
- Modifying Clip Information Before Capturing
- Exporting Shot Log Files
Capturing Media: Advanced
- Advanced Capture Settings
- Understanding Drop-Frame and Non-Drop-Frame Timecode
- Preparing for Audio Input: Advanced
- Preparing for Video Input: Advanced
- Using Function Keys When Capturing
- Special Capture Procedures
- Understanding DV Capture Offset
- Capturing DV Material with Offset
- Delaying Audio
- Capturing in Satellite Mode or No Device Control
- Setting a Timed Capture
- Capturing to the Timeline
  - Patching When Capturing to the Timeline
- Remote Play, Capture, and Punch-In
- Modifying the Pulldown Phase After Capturing
- DV and HDV Scene Extraction
  - Setting Up DV and HDV Scene Extraction Before Capturing
  - Setting Up DV Scene Extraction After Capturing
- Support for Panasonic VariCam
Importing Files: Advanced
- Importing Photoshop Graphics
  - Importing Single-Layer Photoshop Graphics
  - Importing Multilayered Photoshop Graphics
- Importing Media from XDCAM Devices
- Importing Editcam Files
- Importing Sequences from Pro Tools through Interplay
Working with Bins: Advanced
- Advanced Bin Procedures
- Using Text View: Advanced
- Working with Restricted Material
- Printing Bins
- Preparing Digital Bars and Tone
- Importing Color Bars and Other Test Patterns
- Creating Leader
  - Creating Video Leader
  - Creating Audio Leader
Managing Media Files: Advanced
- Using Panasonic DVCPRO P2 Equipment
- Finding a Related Media File
- Relinking Media Files
- Unlinking Media Files
- Using Videotapes for Archiving and Restoring Media Files
Script-Based Editing
- Lined Script Basics
- Script Window Basics
- Manipulating Script Text
- Searching Through Script
  - Using Page and Scene Numbers
  - Conducting a Text Search
- Linking Clips to the Script
- Interpolating Position for Script Integration
- Manipulating Slates
- Manipulating Takes
- Using Script Marks
- Finding Clips and Script
  - Finding Script
  - Finding Clips and Bins from the Script Window
- Editing with the Script Window
Viewing and Marking Footage: Advanced
- Displaying the Info Window
- Displaying Timecode in the Timecode Window
- Adjusting the Play Delay Offset
- Using the Tool Palette
- Playing Selected Clips in a Loop
- Using Locators
Creating and Editing Sequences: Advanced
- Playback Performance Tips
- Playing a Limited Duration of a Sequence
- Autosyncing Clips
  - Understanding Autosyncing
  - Creating an Autosynced Subclip
- Managing Sync with Multiple Tracks
- Ganging Footage in Monitors
- Synchronizing Metadata Using MetaSync
Using the Timeline: Advanced
- Timeline Views: Advanced
- Navigating in the Timeline: Advanced
- Using Advanced Timeline Techniques
- Adding an Edit (Match Framing)
  - Adding Edits to Filler Clips
  - Removing Match-Frame Edits
- Detecting Duplicate Frames
- Adjusting Handle Length in Dupe Detection
- Finding Black Holes and Flash Frames
- Printing the Timeline
Working in Trim Mode: Advanced
- Creating Overlap Edits
- Extending an Edit
- Maintaining Sync While Trimming
  - Adding Black When Trimming
  - Trimming with Sync-Locked Tracks
- Slipping or Sliding Segments
Working with Audio: Advanced
- Audio Gain Staging and an Audio Editing Workflow
- Using External Fader Controllers
- Using the Digi 002 and Command|8
- Configuring USB-to-MIDI Software for External Controllers
- Using the FaderMaster Pro and MCS-3000X
- Using the Yamaha 01V/96 or the Yamaha 01V
- Using the Audio EQ Tool
- Recording Voice-Over Narration
- Using a GPI Device with the Audio Punch-In Tool
- Displaying Audio Formats in Bins
- Using Automatic Voice-Over
Using AudioSuite Plug-Ins
- Understanding Digidesign AudioSuite Plug-Ins
- Core AudioSuite Plug-Ins
- Non-Core AudioSuite Plug-Ins
Exporting and Transferring Material: Advanced
- Exporting Using Send To Templates
- Exporting OMFI and AAF Files
- Exporting Projects and Bins Using AFE Files
- Exporting Video in DV Stream Format
- Exporting QuickTime Movies
- Exporting As an AVI File
- Installing or Copying the Avid Codecs for QuickTime on Other Systems
- Exporting from a Third-Party QuickTime or AVI Application
- Exporting as Windows Media
- Exporting Tracks As Audio Files
- Exporting As a Graphic File
- Exporting Media to XDCAM Devices
  - Exporting to XDCAM
Generating Output: Advanced
- Advanced Video Output Calibration
  - Using Test Patterns
  - Calibrating the System with Passthrough Signals
- Using the Digital Cut Tool: Advanced
- Using EDL Manager
- Preserving Information in the Vertical Blanking Interval
- Preserving HD Closed Captioning and Ancillary Data
MultiCamera Editing
- Understanding Grouping and Multigrouping Clips
- Creating Group Clips
- Creating Multigroup Clips
- MultiCamera Displays
- MultiCamera Editing Techniques
- Selective Camera Cutting
Using Settings
- Using the Settings List
  - Understanding Settings
  - Defining Settings
  - Displaying Project Settings
  - Working with Settings
- 24p Settings
- Audio Settings
- Audio Project Settings
  - Audio Projects Settings: Main Tab
  - Audio Project Settings: Input Tab
  - Audio Project Settings: Output Tab
  - Audio Project Settings: Hardware Tab
  - Audio Project Settings: Effects Tab
- Bin Settings
- Capture Settings
  - Capture Settings: General Tab
  - Capture Settings: Batch Tab
  - Capture Settings: Edit Tab
  - Capture Settings: OMF Media Files Tab
  - Capture Settings: MXF Media Files Tab
  - Capture Settings: DV Options Tab
  - Capture Settings: Keys Tab
- Communication (Serial) Ports Tool Settings
- Controller Settings
- Correction Settings
  - Correction Settings: Features Tab
  - Correction Settings: AutoCorrect Tab
- Deck Configuration Settings
- Deck Settings
- Deck Preferences Settings
- Effect Editor Settings
- Export Settings
  - Export Settings Dialog Box Options
  - Export Settings: QuickTime Reference Options
  - Export Settings: QuickTime Movie Export Options
  - Export Settings: QuickTime Movie Settings
  - Export Settings: QuickTime Compression Settings
  - Export Settings: HDV
  - Export Settings: DV Stream
  - Export Settings: OMFI, AAF, and AFE
  - Export Settings: AVI
  - Export Settings: AVI Video Compression
  - Export Settings: Windows Media Export Options
  - Export Settings: Audio
  - Export Settings: Graphic
  - Export Settings: Graphic Format
  - P2 Export Settings
  - Export Settings: XDCAM
- Full Screen Playback Settings
- General Settings
- Grid Settings
  - Grid Settings: Coordinates Tab
  - Grid Settings: Display Tab
- Import Settings
  - Import Settings: Image Tab
  - Import Settings: OMFI Tab
  - Import Settings: Shot Log Tab
  - Import Settings: Audio Tab
  - Import Settings: XDCAM Tab
- Interface Settings
  - Interface Settings: General Tab
  - Interface Settings: Appearance Tab
- Interplay Folder Settings
- Interplay Server Settings
- Interplay User Settings
- Keyboard Settings
- Marquee Title Settings
- Media Creation Settings
  - Media Creation Settings: Drive Filtering & Indexing Tab
  - Media Creation Settings: Capture, Titles, Import, and Mixdown & Transcode Tabs
  - Media Creation Settings: Motion Effects Tab
  - Media Creation Settings: Render Tab
  - Media Creation Settings: Media Type Tab
- Media Services Settings
- Mouse Settings
- NRCS Settings
  - NRCS Settings: NRCS Tab
  - NRCS Settings: iNEWS Tab
  - NRCS Settings: ENPS Tab
  - NRCS Settings: Post to Web Tab
- PortServer Settings
- Remote Play and Capture Settings
- Render Settings
- Safe Colors Settings
- Script Settings
- Sound Card Configuration Settings
- Timeline Settings
  - Timeline Settings: Display Tab
  - Timeline Settings: Edit Tab
- Trim Settings
  - Trim Settings: Play Loop Tab
  - Trim Settings: Features Tab
- Video Display Settings
- Video Input Tool Settings
- Video Output Tool Settings
  - Video Output Tool Settings: SD Tab
  - Video Output Tool Settings: HD Tab (Adrenaline Only)
- Workspace Settings
File Format Specifications
- Graphics (Image) Files
- Animation Files
- Audio File Formats
- MXF Files
- OMFI Files
- BWF Files
- Field Ordering in Graphic Imports and Exports
Resolutions and Storage Requirements
- Compression and Avid Editing Systems
- Monitor Display Resolutions
- Compression and Resolutions
- Storage Requirements
  - Estimating Drive Space Requirements
  - Estimated Storage Requirements
- Maximizing Drive Space
- Managing Storage to Improve Playback Performance
Film-to-Tape Transfer Methods
- Understanding the Film-to-Tape Transfer Process
- Transferring 24-fps Film to NTSC Video
  - Stage 1: Transferring Film to Video
  - Stage 2: Capturing at 24 fps
- Transferring 24-fps Film to PAL Video
  - PAL Method 1
  - PAL Method 2
- How Avid Editing Applications Store and Display 24p and 25p Media
  - Displaying Media While Editing
  - Displaying Media During a Digital Cut
- Film-to-Tape Transfer Guidelines
- Film-to-Tape Transfer Options
  - Transfer Quality
  - Additional Film Transfer Aids
Working with HD Media
- High-Definition Television
- HDTV Workflows
- Editing in HD
- Working with HDV
International Character Support
- Using a Local Language Operating System
- Choosing a Locale on an English Language Operating System
  - Non-English Character Support
  - Using Foreign Keyboard Mapping (Windows Only)
- Recommendations and Restrictions for International Character Support
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Chapter 11 Using the Timeline: Advanced

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Timeline Views: Advanced

You can customize your view of the Timeline to display a variety of information about your

sequences and clips. This allows you to set up a Timeline view that works more efficiently

for you.

Displaying the Timeline Top Toolbar

You can display a top toolbar in the Timeline for easy access to editing buttons. You can also

map additional buttons to the Timeline top toolbar. For information about mapping buttons,

see “Mapping User-Selectable Buttons” on page 67.

You can choose to show or hide the Timeline top toolbar.

To show the Timeline top toolbar:

1. In the Project window, double-click the Timeline Setting.

The Timeline Settings dialog box opens.

2. Select Show Toolbar in the Display tab.

3. Click OK.

To hide the Timeline top toolbar:

t Deselect Show Toolbar, and then click OK.

Displaying Timecode Tracks in the Timeline

You can display separate tracks for different timecodes in the Timeline. By default, the

Timeline displays all the tracks. You can hide the timecode tracks by deselecting them in the

Show Track submenu of the Timeline Fast menu.

To customize the tracks to be displayed in the Timeline:

t Click the Timeline Fast Menu button, and select Show Track > tracks.

The TC1 track represents the timecode of the project in which you are working.