User Manual

STREAMERS, PUNCHES AND FLUTTERS
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Figure 66-2: ProCue 1m1 synchronization and video connections.
ACTIVATING STREAMERS, PUNCHES AND
FLUTTERS
After you have made the preparations described in
the previous sections for the Movie window or the
film cue hardware you are using, you are ready to
generate streamers, punches and flutters in Digital
Performer. There are numerous ways to do so, but
first, to activate them globally, choose Preferences
from the Digital Performer menu (Mac OS) or Edit
menu (Windows) and click the Film Scoring Events
item as shown in Figure 66-3.
Enable the check boxes for the types of visual
events you would like to use, as well as the output
devices on which you would like to view them.
Checking the boxes in the left-hand column
activates the features for each type of visual event
globally in the program. The settings on the right-
hand side determine the default appearance for
each type of visual event when it is first created,
although in most cases you can customize each
individual event (to override these default settings)
as desired.
Marker streamers
Marker streamers (Figure 66-3) are streamers
associated with — and triggered by — a specific
marker. When playback approaches the marker, a
streamer is generated of the specified duration to
hit the right side of the video monitor exactly at the
marker’s frame location, optionally accompanied
by a punch.
Stand-alone streamers
A stand-alone streamer (Figure 66-3) — or
streamer event — is a special streamer event that
you can insert in the Conductor Track,
independent of markers or any other events. It
functions identically to a marker streamer but gives
you the added flexibility of not being associated
with a marker.
Punch and flutter events
Punch and flutter events are similar to streamer
events: they can be inserted in the Conductor
Track, independent of m arkers or any other events.
☛ The Digital Timepiece and Video Time Piece
cannot produce flutters or punches that are
independent of streamers.
New Markers have a streamer
When checked, the New Markers have a Streamer
option (Figure 66-3) causes newly added markers
to have a streamer enabled for them (according to
the default settings).
Computer running Digital
Performer
USB connection bearing MIDI
time code and MMC transport
commands
Audio cables bearing
SMPTE time code
video signal
video deck
ProCue 1m1,
ClickStreamMachine or
Digital Timepiece
video signal with
streamers and punches
video monitor
MIDI