Casablanca Prestige, User Manual

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ted. This allows you to immediately delete the
entire name. A new name can then be quickly
entered.
If you only want to change one letter within the
word, click on the letter just
after the letter to
be changed or move the cursor (vertical bar) by
using the arrow buttons to the right of the scene
name. Press the delete key and then the key for the
new letter. You can insert new characters into text
in the same way. Simply click on the character just
after the desired insert position and then type in
the desired characters. Characters are inserted just
before the cursor.
IN and OUT Points
These points are set to mark certain segments of
a scene. This can be a
Trim procedure, but also
the placement of an
Image Processing
effect in
the storyboard (using the Range function). When
you click with the left trackball button on " IN " or
"
OUT
", the trackball function changes. Rolling the
trackball then causes the video to scroll forward
or backward through the video scene with a speed
depending on the speed the ball is rotated. An
additional click with the left button sets the new
beginning (
IN ) or end ( OUT ) point. A click with
the right button reinstates the original setting.
The length of the scene is indicated as a 7 digit
code. 001.15:03 means that the material will run
for another 1 minute, 15 seconds, and 3 frames.
Scene check
These two buttons (see above) serve to quickly
review the first and last few seconds of a scene
or audio segment. The "|>" button plays the first
3 seconds starting from the
IN point. The ">|"
button plays the 3 seconds just prior to the OUT
point.
Arrow buttons
Stepping through individual frames (see slider)
works by clicking on the ">" and "<" symbols.
Clicking on ">" moves forward to the next frame.
Clicking on "<" moves backward to the previous
frame. This behavior is found at several points in
the program, for example when trimming, split-
ting, or using sliders within the effect lists.
Symbols for recording, playback, pause, stop
Several menus have buttons for recording,
playback, pause, and stop, with which you can
play your video and audio material. You are
probably familiar with these functions on other
devices, such as your VCR.
This is the symbol for
Record
and can be found in
the recording menu. Clicking on it causes Casab-
lanca Prestige to start recording, at which time
you can start your video input device. (For best
results, be sure to start the input device first).
This is the symbol for Play . Clicking it will play
the video scenes or audio samples. In the recor-
ding menu it starts the DV input device.
This button causes a Pause in the playback. Cli-
cking on it again ends the pause and the video
material is played from the point at which the
pause was made.
The
Stop
symbol stops playback/recording. If you
initiate playback again, the video material will be
replayed from the beginning. Playback can also
be stopped by pressing the right trackball button.
If you are using a DV input device, then you
can control it directly from the
Record screen.
(But please be aware that most DV devices are
compatible, but some are not. If this is the case,
the DV device can be started manually and should
then input correctly.) In the recording menu you
will also find the three symbols listed above:
stop
,
playback , and pause , plus the symbols rewind:
and
forward
:
Both of these buttons have a triple function. Fast