User Manual

Tracking Color Frame Shifts
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t Drag the resize box in the lower right corner of the Timeline for a full-screen view.
You can reduce the size of Timeline tracks to wrap the sequence around several times.
As you continue to scroll, each strand of the Timeline wraparound is updated.
Tracking Color Frame Shifts
In preparation for an online edit using 1-inch reel-to-reel sources, you can enable the Color
Framing options to track and correct instances where an edit cuts between the four fields (two
frames) required to create a complete NTSC color sync signal phase (or eight fields — four
frames — required for PAL).
When you enable Color Framing, green bars appear above the Overwrite and Splice-in buttons
(Source and Record monitors) or above the position bar which blink whenever a color sync
signal is interrupted by an edit. The blinking lights indicate that color framing is out of phase at
the edit transition.
Color-frame phase bars above the position bar
To enable color-frame tracking while editing:
1. Double-click Composer in the Settings list in the Project window.
The Composer Settings dialog box opens.
2. Click the Color Framing menu in the Edit tab, and select the appropriate option:
t For NTSC video, select 4-field.
t For PAL video, select 8-field.
3. Click OK to complete the setting selection.
To correct color-frame interruption as you edit:
1. Note any edits that cause the green lights to blink.
You can adjust the edits now or place markers to return to these edits and correct them later.
2. To adjust the edit, enter Trim mode.
In Trim mode, your Avid editing application displays small green boxes at the top corners of
adjacent frames. When the color sync signals are in phase, the boxes align horizontally.