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Table Of Contents
- Title Page
- Contents
- Using This Guide
- Planning a Project
- Logging
- Preparing to Capture
- Understanding Digital Video (DV)
- Preparing the Hardware
- Selecting Settings
- Configuring Decks
- Understanding Drop-Frame and Non-Drop-Frame Timecode
- Setting Up the Capture Tool
- Opening the Capture Tool
- Changing the Power Scheme
- Setting the Video and Audio Input
- Selecting a Deck
- Selecting a Tape
- Selecting Source Tracks
- Detecting Valid or Locked Capture Input
- Selecting a Resolution in the Capture Tool
- Selecting a Format in the Capture Tool
- Setting Media Creation Resolutions and Selecting Drives
- Selecting a Media Type
- Disabling Editor Resolutions
- Selecting a Draft Resolution for DV Media
- Selecting a Target Bin
- Selecting the Target Drives
- Interpreting the Time Remaining Display
- Capturing to Multiple Media Files
- Selecting the Preroll Method
- Capturing Across Timecode Breaks
- Preparing for Audio Input
- Audio Meters in the Timeline
- Calibrating for Video Input
- Capturing Media
- Before You Begin Capturing
- Adding Clip Names and Comments On-the-Fly
- Adding Extra Text Fields in the Capture Tool
- Adding Locators On-the-Fly
- Creating Subclips While Capturing
- DV Capture Offset
- Capturing DV 50 and DVCPRO HD Media Directly from a DV Device
- Delaying Audio
- Capturing and Logging at the Same Time
- Remote Play and Capture
- Capturing Audio from a Music CD
- Capturing to the Timeline
- Batch Capturing from Logged Clips
- Modifying the Pulldown Phase After Capturing
- DV Scene Extraction
- Recapturing Your Material
- Other Capture Functions
- Importing Files
- Preparing to Import Files
- Working with Mixed-Resolution Projects
- Creating and Using Import Settings
- Importing Files
- Using the Drag-and-Drop Method to Import Files
- Importing Photoshop Graphics
- Importing Media from XDCAM Devices
- Importing Editcam Files
- Reimporting Files
- Output Options
- Preparing for Output
- Using the Digital Cut Tool
- Selecting a Deck in the Digital Cut Tool
- Using ExpertRender to Prepare Effects for a Digital Cut
- Previewing a Digital Cut
- Outputting DV 50 DVCPRO HD Media Directly to a DV Device
- Selecting Output and Timecode Formats for 23.976p and 25p Projects
- Performing a Digital Cut to Tape (Remote Mode)
- Crash Recording
- Performing a Digital Cut to Tape (Local Mode)
- Output Mode Resolution Options
- DV Digital Cut Offset
- Understanding Passthrough
- Using EDL Manager
- Exporting and Exchanging Material
- Exporting Files
- Preparing to Export a Sequence
- Mixing Down Video Tracks
- Exporting Frames, Clips, or Sequences
- Using Distributed Media Services
- Using ProEncode
- Improving Workflow Using Send To
- Exporting Video in DV Stream Format
- Customizing Export Settings
- Exporting OMFI and AAF Files
- Exchanging Titles in OMFI Format
- QuickTime Reference Movies
- Exporting as a QuickTime Movie
- Avid Codecs
- Exporting As an AVI File
- Exporting as Windows Media
- Exporting Tracks As Audio Files
- Exporting As a Graphics File
- Transferring a Project Between Systems
- Transferring Media to and from a Video Server
- Using the NRCS Tool
- Configuring the NRCS Tool
- Starting the NRCS Tool
- Understanding the NRCS Tool
- Using the Directory Panel
- Changing the Text Display
- Editing Story Text (iNEWS Only)
- Rearranging Text in a Story (iNEWS Only)
- Marking Text As Presenter Instructions (iNEWS Only)
- Marking Text As Closed Caption (iNEWS Only)
- Adding a Production Cue (iNEWS Only)
- Deleting a Production Cue (iNEWS Only)
- Marking Text As Machine Control (iNEWS Only)
- Formatting Text (iNEWS Only)
- Marking Text As Normal (iNEWS Only)
- Adding a Loaded Cue (iNEWS Only)
- Using a Loaded Cue (iNEWS Only)
- Deleting a Loaded Cue (iNEWS Only)
- Finding the Read Time of a Story
- Building a Sequence from a Story
- Adjusting the Story Timing (iNEWS Only)
- Using Associated Sequences
- Saving Changes to a Story (iNEWS Only)
- Using the Post to Web Feature
- Sending and Receiving NRCS Mail (iNEWS Only)
- Disconnecting from Your NRCS Server
- Working with HD Media
- Index
Types of Projects
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• This rate is also used for film (film-based television) or 24p HD video
(television or feature film). These sources can be downconverted to
standard NTSC without further audio slowdown. Audio captured at
48 kHz can remain at 48 kHz throughout the project.
• Your film and audio sources have been synced in the telecine process and
transferred to Digital Betacam
®
or other digital videotape formats.
n
The 23.976 fps frame rate is sometimes referred to as 23.97 fps or 23.98 fps.
n
The 23.976 fps frame rate is in direct proportion to the NTSC broadcast frame
rate of 23.97 fps, which is used for film-to-tape transfer to the Avid editing
system.
Be aware of the following considerations:
• For film projects shot at 24fps, audio must be “pulled down” or “slowed
down” before it can be captured into a 23.976p project. The user does not
have the choice of capturing non-pulled-down audio. Unlike 24p NTSC
projects, where the audio pulldown switch can be set to 1.0 or 0.99 to
support either 24 fps or 23.976 fps, 23.976p projects do not use the audio
pulldown switch. These 23.976p projects can only support 48 kHz audio
that is in sync with 23.976-fps picture on a 29.97-fps transfer tape.
• OMF (Open Media Framework
®
) and AAF files that are output from a
23.976p project look slightly different from those from a 24p project. The
edit rates will show up as 23.976 fps in these files.
c
Because of the way project information is stored, previous versions of
Avid editing systems do not recognize 23.976p projects as being different
from 24p projects. You can open 23.976p projects in previous versions,
however, none of the media can play because of the different internal edit
rates. Projects are not corrupted by opening them in older versions of the
software (unless you try to modify clips or edit sequences). If necessary,
you can recapture the media in the 24p project.
Capturing with Advanced Pulldown
When you capture NTSC footage with a mini-DV camera over an IEEE
®
1394
connection, you can choose to capture with Advanced pulldown. This allows
native DV editing applications such as your Avid application to create 23.976p
media. Advanced pulldown is set automatically when you capture and requires
no further adjustment in your Avid editing application.