Casablanca Prestige, User Manual

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Step 3: Settings
Before you begin editing, you should make your
own personal settings.
System settings
Click on the " System Settings " button to view the
System Settings screen. Here you can select the
"
Trackball Speed
" appropriate for you. There is a
choice of three different speeds.
Now exit this menu either by clicking the right
trackball button or by clicking on the
Main menu
symbol (bottom right) with the left trackball
button:
Project settings
Now you can make the settings for your project. A
click on the
Project Settings button leads you to
the corresponding menu.
At the upper edge you will see the the hard-drive
"
Name
" button. By clicking on the gray rectangle
the keyboard is displayed and you can enter the
name of your choice. You can also see which hard
drive is currently in the machine (the label on the
hard drive itself is not visible because the hard
drive is contained within the machine).
The field " Used Capacity " gives information on
how much of the hard drive has been filled (in
percentage) and how much space is left. Audio
and video are not distinguished.
Further below you see the " Select " button. After
clicking this button you see a list of ten projects
contained on the hard drive. Each project can be
worked on independently of the others. But for
now, click on project 1 ("
P 1"
) and confirm with
" OK ".
Next to "
Select
" you see the field "
P 1
", which you
should now rename. Click on it to bring up the
keyboard (
section 3.3: On-screen keyboard ).
Delete the default name and enter instead "
First
tutorial ".
The button " Information " will bring up a menu
that gives information on the project name, sto-
ryboard length, scenes in the storyboard, chosen
effects, and number of scenes contained in the
scene bin.
At this point we don‘t want to go into too much
detail on the functions and meanings of all the
settings. These will be explained in more detail
later! For now, set the
Image size to " Normal " and
select the Audio Quality corresponding to your
camera.
Now exit this menu.
Video settings
Enter the Video settings screen and turn on your
video input device. Here you can select the appro-
priate input. If you using a VCR as input device,
then you will usually use the SCART input (in
Europe,) or you will use CVBS (RCA) or YC (S-
video). Of course, for optimum quality you can
use the DV input for digital devices.
You will have the option to select between the
Front or Rear inputs: be sure to set this according
to how you are physically cabled from your input
device. Your
Prestige will automatically detect
which DV input you are using. We recommend
that you only connect one DV device at a time, or
errors may occur.
Press Play on your input device, so the video
will start. If your video signal is now viewable
underneath the menu bar , you can continue by
adjusting the Brightness, Contrast, and Saturation
if necessary. These settings are not accessible if the
DV input is being used. If your DV signal requires
correction during input, use the YC setting and
cable in via S-Video and RCA audio.
Exit the menu when you are satisfied with the
picture quality.
Step 4: Recording and editing
Recording
Now select " Record " to enter the Record screen.