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GRASS VALLEY EDIUS 6, Application Note

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EDIUS for AvID EDItorS

www.grassvalley.com

the colors may be different, but the key components of the eDiUS interface should be familiar to you.

Overview of the EDIUS Interface

Asset Bin

Just like Media composer bins but designed like a file browser. 
Bins are called folders in eDiUS and sub-folders work just as 
you would expect—be more organized than ever.

Source Browser

no need for AMA—eDiUS links directly to All media as stan-
dard. the Source Browser lets you view file-based media from 
camera formats like p2 and XDcAM like regular clips. edit into 
a sequence directly or organize them first in a bin.

Summary of Contents for EDIUS 6

Page 1: ...Application Note EDIUS for Avid Editors By Maxim Jago 123 Training www 123training co uk November 2010 Based on Grass Valley EDIUS 6 and Avid Media Composer 5 www grassvalley com ...

Page 2: ...set Bin 3 Source Browser 3 Player and Record Monitors 4 Timeline 4 Information Palette 5 Effects Palette 5 EDIUS Button Menus 5 Timeline Modes 5 Importing Media 6 Source Browser 6 Working with the Asset Bin 7 Additional Tools 8 Player and Recorder Preview Monitors 9 Preview Monitor Overlays 10 On Screen Display 10 ...

Page 3: ...line 12 Timeline Modes 12 Track Patching 12 Sync Locks 13 Track Headers 13 About Clip Segments 13 Trimming 14 Titles 14 Transitions 15 Effects 16 Adding Effects 16 Color Correction 16 Combining Effects 16 The Layouter 17 Audio 18 Adding Audio Filters 18 Output 19 Output to Tape 19 Batch Export 19 Output to File 19 Output to DVD Blue ray Disc 20 Important Settings 21 Summary 21 Further Information ...

Page 4: ...r to editing with EDIUS than ever before Many differ ences between the systems are only in the colors button designs or names of tools These notes give you everything you need to translate your existing Avid editing skills into EDIUS editing skills You will find EDIUS quick and easy to learn with several features that go beyond the tools Media Composer offers This document is intended specifically...

Page 5: ...e tracks for graphic and stills media Native real time support for almost any media format Direct linking between clips and ALL original media not just AMA supported formats Bin subfolders A dedicated Source Browser for browsing file based camera media like P2 Separate configuration settings for all effects no Effect Editor A multi threaded batch encoding file encoder no need for Sorenson A powerf...

Page 6: ...a Composer bins but designed like a file browser Bins are called folders in EDIUS and sub folders work just as you would expect be more organized than ever Source Browser No need for AMA EDIUS links directly to ALL media as stan dard The Source Browser lets you view file based media from camera formats like P2 and XDCAM like regular clips Edit into a sequence directly or organize them first in a b...

Page 7: ...d Composer monitors in Media Composer These can be set to single or dual mode in the View menu Timeline Much more similar to Media Composer than it first appears plus dedicated Title tracks and combined video audio tracks Standard modifier keys CTRL and ALT provide yellow and red Media Composer editing modes Insert and Overwrite in EDIUS ...

Page 8: ...er Timeline Modes Just as Media Composer has the red Lift Overwrite and yellow Extract Splice in modes you set your EDIUS Timeline with Insert Overwrite mode like Red and Yellow Media Composer modes Ripple mode to leave gaps not leave gaps when deleting or trimming Group Link mode to maintain or break links between sync source audio and video Snapping mode like the CTRL Command key in Media Compos...

Page 9: ...MA linked bins but with EDIUS there is simply no need The EDIUS Source browser is a dedicated window for viewing these kinds of files as whole clips Drag clips from the Source Browser to the Asset Bin to organize them or add them directly to a sequence Right click on your selected media and choose Add and Transfer to Bin or click the Add and Transfer to Bin button to make a local copy of the media...

Page 10: ...and has shortcut buttons for importing media and generating media like color mattes The Asset Bin is designed like an Windows Explorer window It has folders rather than bins on the left with their contents displayed on the right You can move folders around just like desktop folders by dragging and dropping Just as with Media Composer you can create multiple copies of clips that link to the same me...

Page 11: ...to your project Additional Tools The Asset Bin has a Tools menu button with the same contents as the regular Tools menu You can also press F3 to display a quick search bar that searches inside the current bin folder This is very similar to Media Composer sifting but is quicker to access These special tools include Disc Burner Burns copies of previously created DVD Blu ray Disc image files or folde...

Page 12: ...the Expand Focus button to zoom the navigation bar to your selection This makes scrubbing and locating clips much easier Like Media Composer you can click and drag In and Out marks in the monitor navigator though there is no need to use the ALT modifier key As well as the analog style Fast Forward and Rewind buttons EDIUS has Shuttle controllers The further you drag to the right or left the faster...

Page 13: ...ays the Safe Action and Safe Title zones Center Cross Splits the screen into four equal sections for layout Marker Displays the text of any markers these are the same as Media Composer Locators Zebra Just like in camera zebra shows highlights and shadows On Screen Display Under the View menu there is an option to toggle the display of an On screen Status and you can choose to display this just on ...

Page 14: ...ser has provided the option to automatically select audio clips that are linked with video clips This has always been the way the EDIUS timeline functions In both edit systems you prevent this automatic selection by using the ALT modifier key The Proxy Workflow Media Composer allows you to transcode media to a highly compressed format and then relink clips to the new files for increased performanc...

Page 15: ...ll leave a gap instead If you delete or move a clip segment with Ripple mode on other clips will move to fill the gap If you turn Ripple mode off EDIUS will leave a gap Like Media Composer the result will also be affected by your sync locks Set Group Link Mode Enables or disables the automatic selection of linked video and audio segments This is the same as the new Link Selection Toggle in Media C...

Page 16: ...Composer displays video and audio segments in different colors EDIUS keeps video audio and mixer opacity alpha parts of sequence clip segments separate Media Composer will not allow you to combine video and audio on a single track so it is simple to see what kind of media you have in a sequence EDIUS allows you to combine all media types on special Video Audio tracks This makes it very clear which...

Page 17: ...at you have typed or created When you select an item you have created the Properties panel displays options for that object Along the bottom of the Title tool there are several standard title styles Apply a style by double clicking on it To create a new style set up your text or graphic as you want it and right click inside the Style Bar to choose Save As New Style If you select the background or ...

Page 18: ...llows you to adjust the duration of transitions just as you would adjust the length of a clip segment by trim ming Simply click and drag one end of a transition on the Timeline to adjust the duration There are options in the User settings that tell EDIUS whether or not to auto matically add an audio crossfade when you add a video transition Removing a transition is simply a ques tion of selecting ...

Page 19: ... you select a clip and effects you have applied do not show up in on the Information palette double check you have the correct part of the clip selected A blue outline appears on the selected part of the clip Color Correction EDIUS does not use a special Color Correction mode in the way that Media Composer does though it offers similar tools and functionality Color correction effects are applied l...

Page 20: ...ou will enjoy using the Layouter There are just a small number of features you may not be familiar with already The Layouter has a 2D and a 3D mode You switch between these modes by clicking on the appropriate but ton at the top of the window You can switch the units of measurement between percentages and pixels by clicking on the or px button at the top right of the Layouter window You can apply ...

Page 21: ...pplying an adjustment it will go back to following existing keyframes rather than overwriting them Write Does not follow existing keyframes at all With this mode you can set the fader before you begin and when you press record existing keyframes will be ignored and overwritten EDIUS even allows you to set a new Master output volume to make last minute adjustments to overall output level Adding Aud...

Page 22: ...u also access under the Export menu EDIUS will not begin processing the Batch of encoding jobs until you manually tell it to The Batch Export window has buttons to add extra jobs allowing you to quickly build a list of output versions One major difference between EDIUS and Media Composer is the lack of Sorenson Squeeze or any other third party encoding application This is because EDIUS already has...

Page 23: ...t the Movie tab has an Add File button to browse to a media file and include it on the disc Add Sequence allows you to choose any combination of sequences in your current project for inclusion Clicking on the Setting button for a movie title under the Movie tab gives access to the encoding settings The Style tab has a significant number of prebuilt menu designs to choose from Use the tabs at the b...

Page 24: ... menu User settings give many detailed options to tweak and tune EDIUS to operate exactly as you want it to Note in particular the User Interface category that includes Button and Keyboard Shortcut options EDIUS allows you to switch Project settings at any time and to keep multiple user defined presets ready to hand so you can toggle between different resolutions Use the Project settings to choose...

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