User Manual

Using AMA Plug-Ins
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3. Drag the video slider to the frame you want to view.
The new frame displays and the histogram updates.
The histogram is a tool that helps you more precisely adjust Source Settings. For more
information about the histogram, see “Understanding the QuickTime Source Settings
Histogram” on page 424
4. Set the appropriate options:
5. Click Apply.
The changes apply to your clip. You can continue to make additional changes.
If the clip is in the Source viewer, the changes are reflected in the Source viewer and in the
Client monitor (if you have one attached).
If you click Cancel after you click Apply, the Set Source Settings window closes with the
changes you made.
6. Click OK to save your change and close the window.
The system updates the bin column metadata with the new parameters.
Option Description
Settings Default
Custom: User created in Avid.
Field Ordering Default
Progressive: The image is interpreted as a progressive image.
Interlaced - Odd (upper field first) ordered: Adjusts the clip so that
the top field is played before the lower field.
Interlaced - Even (lower field first): Adjusts the clip so that the lower
field is played before the top field.
Field Layout
(Available when Field
Ordering > Interlaced
is selected)
Merged (default): Alternates field information.
Split: Based on the field ordering selection (Interlaced Odd or
Interlaced Even), fields will be split into one over the other. For
example, all odd fields are over all even fields.
GFX/Video Level Do not modify levels: Leave as is
Expand video levels to graphic levels: Changes the dynamic range
from an 601/709 video range (16-235) to RGB range (0-255).
Compress graphic levels to video levels: Changes the dynamic range
from RGB (0-255) range to an 601/709 video range (16-235). This
option is useful if you created a QuickTime movie with graphic
levels in AfterEffects and then brought the clip into an Avid editing
application.