User Manual

MOVIE WINDOW
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Figure 32-3: The movie track and movie window mini-menu
MOVIE WINDOW MINI-MENU COMMANDS
The Movie window mini-menu can be accessed by
right-clicking anywhere on the movie or by going
to the Movie track settings panel in the Sequence
Editor (Figure 32-3).
Size: (Movie track mini-menu only) Lets you
choose how big or small the movie track is
displayed in the Sequence Editor.
Set Movie: Presents you with a standard file dialog
to choose the movie file you wish to open.
Use Same Movie for All Sequences: Forces all
sequences in the project to use one movie.
Clear Movie: Closes the movie.
Open Movie window: (Movie track mini-menu
only) Opens the movie in a separate window.
Reveal Movie in Finder / Show Movie in Explorer:
Switches out of Digital Performer and onto your
computer desktop to show you the location of the
movie on your computer hard drive.
Set Movie Start Time: Allows you to set the SMPTE
time which corresponds to the beginning of the
movie. If you want the movie to start at the
beginning of the sequence, this should be set to the
same time as the SMPTE chunk start time. You may
need to try adjusting the start time by ±40 time
code bits if you find that the frames in the movie
don’t precisely line up with the frame numbers in
Digital Performer’s counter.
Import Movie Audio: If the movie has an audio
track, this command creates a new track in the
current sequence and places the movie’s audio into
the new track. If the movie has no audio track, this
command is grayed out.
Lock to Transport: (Movie window mini-menu
only) If this mini-menu item is checked, the movie
is locked to Digital Performer’s transport. The
movie will slave to Digital Performer as you play,
stop, and locate. Conversely, you can use the movie
controls to control Digital Performer. If the Lock to
Tr an s p o r t is unchecked, you can control the movie
and Digital Performer’s sequences independently.
This is useful if you want to preview a movie
without synths blaring, wipers scrolling, and so on.
Chase Graphical Edits: (Movie window mini-
menu only) When enabled, any graphical edits
such as moving, trimming or stretching a
soundbite or editing the placement of automation
points will be chased by the movie window. This
allows you to make edits quickly and see instantly
how they relate to picture.
Chase Numeric Edits: (Movie window mini-menu
only) When enabled, any numeric edits are chased
by the movie window instantly.
Half Size, Normal Size, and Double Size: (Movie
window mini-menu only) Resize the window. One
of these may be checked if the window is already
that size.