Operation Manual

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Pinnacle Studio
Scenes can be independently viewed and managed in the Scenes
view in the Library.
The Scene Detection Options window for DV or HDV import.
When importing from analog sources, only the last two options
are supported.
Depending on which capture device you are using, automatic scene
detection is carried out either in real time during capture, or as a
separate step immediately after capture is completed.
The four scene detection options are:
• Automatic based on shooting time and date: This option is
available only when you are capturing from a DV source. Studio
monitors the time stamp data on the tape during capture, and starts
a new scene whenever a discontinuity is found.
• Automatic based on video content: Studio detects changes in
the video content, and creates a new scene wherever there is a
large change in the images. This feature might not work well if
the lighting is not stable. To take an extreme example, a video
shot in a nightclub with a strobe light would produce a scene each
time the strobe flashed.
• Create new scene every X seconds: Studio creates new scenes at
an interval you choose. This can be useful for breaking up footage
that contains long continuous shots.
• Manually, by pressing spacebar: Select this option if you want
to monitor the entire capture process and decide for yourself
where scene breaks should occur. Press the [Space] key each time
you want to insert a scene break during capture.