User Manual

Using the Digital Cut Tool
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t Deselect the Entire Sequence option if you have established an IN point, an OUT point,
or both for recording a portion of the sequence.
6. Click the Digital Cut Safe Mode button (selected by default) to allow your Avid editing
application to notify you of conditions that might cause dropped frames.
During a digital cut, real-time effects or HD clips in an SD sequence can drop frames.
Digital Cut Safe Mode analyzes and identifies real-time effects that might cause dropped
frames during the digital cut and lets you render them. It also identifies HD clips in an SD
sequence and gives you the opportunity to transcode them. After these operations are
complete, your Avid editing application automatically initiates the digital cut.
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If your SD sequence contains HD clips whose frame rate does not match the sequence frame
rate, you might need to take additional steps to ensure that you do not drop frames. For more
information, see “Considerations When Working with Mixed Rate Clips” on page 594.
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You can use ExpertRender to render effects before beginning the digital cut. See “Using
ExpertRender to Prepare Effects for a Digital Cut” on page 1062.
7. (Option) Select Stop on Dropped Frames.
When you select this option, if the system detects a dropped frame during output, the digital
cut stops. You can fix the frame with ExpertRender and then continue. For more
information, see “Using ExpertRender to Prepare Effects for a Digital Cut” on page 1062.
8. (Option) Select the Add Black at Tail option and enter a duration to add black at the end of
the digital cut.
9. Click the Deck Selection menu, and select a deck.
See “Selecting a Deck in the Digital Cut Tool” on page 1065.
10. Select Remote in the Deck Control options area.
11. Click the menu, and select either Insert Edit or Assemble Edit.
This menu appears only if you enabled assemble editing in the Deck Preferences dialog box.
For more information about this option, see “Enabling Assemble-Edit Recording” on
page 1061.
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DV cameras or decks controlled through a 1394 connection do not support commands for
frame-accurate recording. As a result, if you are preparing to record to one of these devices, you
can use the Digital Cut tool in either Local mode or Remote mode, but all tracks are enabled for
recording and cannot be modified.