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The first part

of this manual guides the user

through

Installation (Chapter 2)

, then through

the

Basics of device use (Chapter 3)

and then

through five

Tutorials (Chapter 4)

. These sec-

tions are designed to help new owners to begin
editing right away.

In the second main part, all screens, buttons
and their functions are explained in a complete

Reference section (Chapter 5)

. There you will

find useful hints that will make your work easier.
If there is a function that you do not completely
understand, there you can read up on it to be-
come more familiar.

The chapters

VGA Mode (Chapter 6), Tips &

Error Handling (Chapter 7), HD Backup-System
(chapter 8), Ethernet-Transfer (chapter 9)

and

Copyrights (Chapter 10)

offer tips and tricks as

well as background information. The

table of

contents

completes this manual.

Enjoy exploring SMART EDIT!
We hope that you will be as satisfied as the
many thousands of MacroSystem customers
before you!

Summary of Contents for SMART EDIT 5

Page 1: ...User manual SMART EDIT 5 2nd edition ...

Page 2: ...he agreement In the event that improper modifications or repair work is performed by the customer or any third party then any warranty claims for defects shall also be null and void for these and other consequences We do not however accept any liability for loss of data time or any consequential damages that may occur as a result particularly because we have no influence over correct software inst...

Page 3: ...mall video project 23 4 2 Tutorial 2 Insert editing 32 4 3 Tutorial 3 Audio mixing 34 4 4 Tutorial 4 Titling 1 37 4 5 Tutorial 5 Titling 2 39 Chapter 5 Reference 41 5 1 System settings 41 5 2 Project settings 43 5 3 Video settings 45 5 4 Recording 46 5 5 Editing 47 5 6 Finish 55 5 7 Transition effects 57 5 8 Image processing effects 61 5 9 Titling 66 5 10 Audio recording editing 73 5 11 Audio mixi...

Page 4: ...1 0 5 are copyright 1998 1999 Glenn Randers Pehrson For JPEG conversion the library of the Independent JPEG Group is used copyright 1991 1998 Thomas G Lane GLIBC and other supplemental programs are used according to the license conditions of the Free Software Foundation Detailed information can be found at the www macrosystem de web site The FreeType Engine is used to render Truetype character fon...

Page 5: ...r device at hand so that we can help you more quickly Address MacroSystem Digital Video AG Postfach 020240 58290 Wetter Germany MacroSystem US 5485 Conestoga Court Boulder Colorado USA 80301 Phone 0 49 0 2335 960 0 Germany 303 440 5311 North America E Mail info macrosystem de Germany info macrosystem us North America Fax 0 49 0 2335 960 100 Germany 303 440 5322 North America Up to date information...

Page 6: ...DV camera such cameras are today available from most manufacturers Such a switchable camcorder allows you to film not just normal DV videos but also HDV The high definition format is stored in a more effective compression form MPEG 2 directly on the DV tape SMART EDIT gives you two options to read your HDV material which can be set in the record screen see chapter 5 4 item 3 1 You load your video ...

Page 7: ... Chapter 5 There you will find useful hints that will make your work easier If there is a function that you do not completely understand there you can read up on it to be come more familiar The chapters VGA Mode Chapter 6 Tips Error Handling Chapter 7 HD Backup System chapter 8 Ethernet Transfer chapter 9 and Copyrights Chapter 10 offer tips and tricks as well as background information The table o...

Page 8: ...ith delivery free of charge You can cancel your automatic update subscrip tion at any time You don t have to worry about being obligated by a long term subscription The new versions are announced ahead of time in well known publications You can also ask our dealers about new developments or visit our homepage on the Internet 2 2 Using the Trackball A trackball is used to work within the screens Cl...

Page 9: ...If you would rather use a mouse please contact your dealer Not every mouse model is compatible 2 3 Installing SMART EDIT The software is loaded from the hard drive once started 8 It is possible that the supplied software versi on on the SmartMedia card or CD DVD is more recent than the version already installed by your dealer or at the factory To check this press the button on the front side of th...

Page 10: ...l an update e g SMART EDIT 4 0 to 4 1 please proceed as follows first of all select the installation language A message will then appear informing you that your projects will remain intact during and after the installation You will be asked whether you want to carry out the installation If you click on Yes the software will be updated If you want to completely reinstall the software click on No be...

Page 11: ...DIT 4 1 and already possess SMART EDIT 4 0 once you have selected a language a message appears informing you that your projects will remain intact during and after the installation You will be asked whether you want to carry out the installation If you click on Yes the software will be updated If you want to completely reinstall the system software click on No bear in mind that if you choose this ...

Page 12: ...in the effects lists demo The products effects or fonts are displayed in the lists but are labeled with a red flag in the effect list and are identified as demo effects when used in a scene active The products effects or fonts are unlocked and are available to the user without restriction Now select the product or the desired bonus effect and click on Activate If the effect is not yet unlocked a m...

Page 13: ...the individual scenes setting the In Out points to ignore unwanted footage 4 Sequential ordering of the trimmed scenes on the storyboard in the order that you designate You can also add Insert Scenes the overlapping of video without affecting the original audio 5 Selection and use of Transition effects e g crossfade double exposure etc many in real time no rendering is required 6 Selection of Imag...

Page 14: ...t value For example if you have set the value for the effect Bars to 20 and confirmed it simply click onto the number 20 to revert back to the original preset value of 10 The slider automatically jumps back to the original position and becomes active Name field By clicking on this button you cause an on screen keyboard to appear showing the name of the currently selected scene You can then use thi...

Page 15: ...ys 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 splitting or using ...

Page 16: ...ur motif displayed on the right 6 the Eiffel tower is shown here as an example You can specify the alpha value in percent by moving the scroll bar The lower the percent value the more transparent your selected color and the more clearly your motif shines through Clicking on the Pick color button 11 opens the first frame of the scene that is selected in the scene bin in the case of the New menu or ...

Page 17: ...roll through the scene or the audio segment The Audio Wave Form is automatically played when one of the buttons In Out Split Positi on or is clicked and the trackball is held motionless for approximately 0 5 seconds A movable vertical white hatch bar indicates the actual playback position When trimming the beginning of a scene In the black position marker can be seen to the left on the curve When ...

Page 18: ...sa ved directly from your footage The main program and almost all supplemental programs use the Image Pool In this way gra phics brought into the system by one program can automatically be used by all other programs The Image Pool is used in many areas of the system e g titling when creating new scenes in the edit screen or in conjunction with DVD Arabesk If you select the scene Pattern in the men...

Page 19: ...window Original There is no coloring and the pattern remains in its original color or monochrome Additionally you can use this function to return to the original color of the pattern 1 Color The pattern brightness remains yet one color is added according to the color you choose in Color 1 The brightness chosen in the color box is ignored as this is controlled by the mono chrome part of the pattern...

Page 20: ... your dealer transfer these versions to your SmartMe dia card or CD DVD so they can be previewed at your leisure To do this insert the SmartMedia card or CD DVD and click on the button Install Product in the System Settings screen Select as accustomed the program in the list and click on Display The selected software is then activated as demo version as you can tell by the caption Demo You can use...

Page 21: ...ootage You can connect an additional VGA cable to the VGA OUT port on the VGA tablet The other end of this cable can be connected to another computer monitor so that you can feed through the video picture and thus work on a total of three monitors Switching on After you have made the cable connections switch on your system by operating the front switch and switch on the VGA tablet by pressing the ...

Page 22: ...ble or may differ slightly from the function described in this text On system variants the software functions need to be purchased separately The following functions are available if the Pro Pack software has been installed or if it is part of the included software Up to 10 projects Scene function Scene button in the transition image processing and titling effect menus Extended titling Line button...

Page 23: ...our selected footage begins Step 2 Orientation in the Main Menu screen Turn on the machine and wait until the hard drive is ready The Main Menu now appears offering several options for selection There are three main areas 1 Settings above right Here you select settings such as trackball speed desired audio quality or the current project 2 Video center Here you will record your raw footage onto the...

Page 24: ...oard chosen effects and number of scenes contained in the scene bin Now you must define the Format of the project Of you whish to playback DV footage you must opt for either a 4 3 or a 16 9 project If you video is recorded in HDV quality you must select the setting HDV 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 i...

Page 25: ...urrent panel is replaced with a smaller one that displays only the elapsed recording time and a stop symbol You can see that your system is actually recor ding because of the changing recording time Now record a few minutes of video preferably containing 4 or 5 different scenes Then press the stop symbol Your first recording is now stored on the hard drive If you are recording an HDV project the H...

Page 26: ...at a time To check that you have correctly selected the split position set the Split position at the last frame of the first take Clicking on the key will display the first frame of the next take cli cking on will display the previous one After you have done this you can play the selected portion by clicking on the play button If you want to keep this scene select Use If you do not plan to use the...

Page 27: ...dy to be put into proper sequence SMART EDIT lets you sequentiallly order the scenes in the storyboard It doesn t matter in what order they appear in the Scene Bin Select the scene in the Scene Bin that you want to be the first scene in your video project Click on Add in the upper screen area below the storyboard itself The scene then appears in the horizontal panel the storyboard directly in the ...

Page 28: ...support real time ef fects all effects must therefore be rendered The blue symbol will appear after rendering Now you can check the effect by clicking the Play symbol This plays one second of the video before the effect the effect itself and one se cond after the effect Now select the next transition point in the story board To do this click on the arrow button or click directly on the next scene ...

Page 29: ...ly as with transition effects For this tutorial select the effect Lineart This effect causes the video picture to appear as a black and white drawing In the field to the right next to the selection list you can specify the desired Contrast with values between 1 and 8 The higher the contrast the stronger the difference between light and dark portions of the scene Once you have done this click on Ad...

Page 30: ...se the arrow buttons for trimming frame by frame Clicking on the symbol plays the first 3 seconds clicking on the symbol plays the last 3 seconds before the Out point This makes it much easier to find the exact end of the audio because it is not necessary to play the entire piece in order to check the Out point This is es pecially helpful when dealing with longer audio samples Now give your music ...

Page 31: ...eck your results by clicking on the Play button Do the same with your music recording which you will put onto the third track the background music track You can also change the audio volume in case your commentary is too quiet and the music too loud if you haven t already done so in the recording menu Select the audio sample you placed in the com mentary audio track so that it is highlighted in bl...

Page 32: ... see the Rendering button which provides you with three options namely fast normal and intensive These options allow you to influence the picture quality of the computed film In some cases you cannot play an inserted DVD or a film created using DVD Arabesk In that case you can therefore ignore the playback functions described in Chapter 3 2 of the DVD Arabesk manual So this short tutorial is over ...

Page 33: ...und The insert scene has been marked with the Insert symbol The overall length of the storyboard is still 30 seconds This division into two background scenes which would become one again if you were to remove the insert scene from the storyboard makes it possible to overlay additional insert scenes onto the same background Play the storyboard from the first scene You will see the background scene ...

Page 34: ...e transition effects You have the possibility to fade two insert scenes into each other by connecting them with a transition effect The duration of the effect is limited by the du ration of the insert scene Now your music video should be finished It will probably not be a candidate for MTV but you have learned the possibilities that the Insert function offers you For example you can show different...

Page 35: ...ther the musical note symbol or directly on the track itself Now click on Add select the music piece from the audio sample list that appears and confirm with OK In case the music piece is too long in spite of trimming and the end of the audio track lies beyond the storyboard simply shorten the end of the audio scene go back to the Record Edit screen and trim the music segment or trim it using the ...

Page 36: ...the following menu you see two possible settings Fade in and Fade out Two sliders appear i e for fade in and fade out together with several default values between 1 2 second and 10 seconds A fade in value zero seconds means an abrupt volume change A value of one second means that all volume changes take place gradually over the course of one second This applies to the volume of the affected track ...

Page 37: ...w you are in the actual titling menu The first frame of the scene appears in the background of an operation panel This screen serves as orientation for text placement font style color selection and type size Here you can immedia tely check how your title looks over the selected scene because the title is automatically updated after every adjustment You will see some pre loaded text already dis pla...

Page 38: ...tton Note If the text box displays a background then click on the button Graphics in the main task bar Then click the checkmark next to Choose background so that the checkmark turns into a hyphen Now you can add another page by pressing the Pages button Another operation panel appears Here you should press Insert and answer the posed question Insert where by selecting Behind The top display of the...

Page 39: ...for a V Scroll means that the next page appears on the screen when the previous page has scrolled off the screen at the top Change the text Video title to End Credits V Scroll To do this move the cursor to the end of the text after title and click on the left track ball button to position the cursor there Now press the button Text and then the delete key of the on screen keyboard long arrow pointi...

Page 40: ...nd now you can click on the button Boxes in order to call up the corresponding task bar And under Text select the option top Now add another page Pages operation panel Insert Behind On this new page enter the words the title effect all previously made settings are auto matically used Add another page and enter the words In out fading pages with quote marks as two lines The next inserted page conta...

Page 41: ...install it anew afterwards As an example this function can be used in order to delete demo software which is not required any longer Another function in this window is the i button Clicking on this button displays additional infor mation on the selected software see section 3 2 i buttons 2 The Trackball Speed can be set here There are three possible speeds 3 If your system is provided with the but...

Page 42: ...red For the last inserted effect you can choose between first and last Confirm your settings and close the window with Ok 7 Here you can see the Render Border function that can be activated by placing a mark next to it This creates a black border around the edges of the screen covering any unwanted disturbances during playback Please note that the affected border is so thin that is normally not vi...

Page 43: ... the menu symbol returns you to the Main menu Clicking the right trackball button does the same 14 You can now see the HDV Recording button giving you the choice between Only HDV and DV HDV This button is only of importance if you need to load HDV footage into your project If you select the Only HDV option the record screen merely requires a one pass load Afterwards the HDV material is converted r...

Page 44: ...mats 4 3 Progressive and 16 9 Progressive Cameras which support the Progressive function only work with 25 frames NTSC 30 instead of 50 fields NTSC 60 per second If you activate one of the Progressive formats a warning is displayed saying that you should only use this setting in combination with a Progressive Scan camera Otherwise you could limit the effect use If you have chosen a progressive for...

Page 45: ...ns you to the Main menu the same as clicking the right trackball button 5 3 Video settings This screen only available on some system models allows you to correct the levels of the incoming video signal in terms of brightness contrast and saturation and it is used for selec ting the video input These are settings that you can change at any time when recording analog footage even after the project h...

Page 46: ...sses are required You can see that this also activates the DV record button Now you can output your video material via HDV and record it using the HDV record button After that switch the camera to DV and record the DV video stream using the DV record button Please note that during the recording of source HDV footage neither picture nor sound can be monitored The screen displays a grey picture with...

Page 47: ...corder is in stop mode Slow rewind or slow forward results if the button is pressed while the recorder is playing Clicking the button while the recorder is in pause mode causes movement of a single frame back ward or forward 11 The four menu symbols bring you directly to the Edit Record Edit Video settings and to the Main menu screens 5 5 Editing This screen is used for most of your editing work a...

Page 48: ... in the center of the scene bin Stop and Pause buttons are also available 10 Clicking on this i button displays a window showing information about the activated scene in the scene bin In the upper part of this win dow you ll see the timecode the recording date the recording time and the format Further you can call up the keyboard by click ing on Enter change comment in order to add your notes to t...

Page 49: ...position You can reach the desired position by the help of the button Posi tion or with the arrow buttons the slider to the right shows the current position in relation to the complete storyboard The position can also be changed by clicking the play button the stop button stops playback If you exit the Range menu by clicking on Ok the new position is confirmed 14 Scenes are added to the storyboard...

Page 50: ... the color box so that you may select the color d Pattern After you select this button you see the Select pattern button to the right Click on this but ton to open a screen in which you can select a pattern from the Image Pool More information on this image pool can be found in section 3 3 of this manual The special effect called Pattern applies the aspect ratio of the used pictures and patterns t...

Page 51: ...l Size preview option To the right you find the effect options to the left you see the Frame button under the effect name You use this but ton to set the exact frame of the scene you want to view The button View provides four options With Original you can view your original scene with Effect you can view your scene with the special effect applied and Orig Effect puts the original scene on the left...

Page 52: ...ct and having clicked on Ok the scene bin of the activated project opens from which you can choose the desired scene After confirming with Ok the scene is transported in the clipboard Now you can click on Clipboard Project so that a window ap pears in which you can mark the scene you just exported After confirming with Ok the scene will be imported into the scene bin of your cur rent project The c...

Page 53: ... can use the audio of one scene for other scenes If you click on the Preview button a white crossed out circle appears meaning that preview is not possible Slow motion Slow motion creates a scene that is a copy of the original but which runs more slowly You can specify the delay factor with a slider The higher the delay factor the slower the scene A value of 2 the smallest possible value creates a...

Page 54: ...d Drop The original scene with all takes the film roll re mains unchanged until it is intentionally deleted in the Edit menu After clicking on Use or Drop you continue to work with the rest of the roll Another strip must be taken out and judged either as good Use or bad Drop The last scene is automatical ly displayed as Rest in the scene bin This enables you to easily interrupt your work and to co...

Page 55: ... to easily sort scenes in the scene bin Dele te the active scene activate another scene and then click on UnDo The scene removed from the scene bin is now reinserted just after the activa ted scene 24 As soon as you insert effects which need to be rendered into the storyboard or activate them in the Special menu you ll see one dot per effect in the upper right corner of the screen If the backgroun...

Page 56: ...your video project out to another device If you want to record your material on a VCR then select Analog and then click on the Play button next to it Your video plays and is recor ded out to the VCR If you want to record your material to DV select the option DV and use the DV Controls 6 Of course you can record video material with the aid of suitable capture programs to your PC s hard drive and ed...

Page 57: ...meant for the transition to the middle A further difference is the Play button which in this menu only plays the effect with 1 second before and after and not the entire storyboard If you have not already inserted an effect clicking on this button plays the last second of the first scene and the first second of the second scene This enables you to view hard cuts even bet ween very long scenes The ...

Page 58: ...l du ration of the two effects connecting this scene with the previous scene and next scene cannot be longer than 5 seconds For effects where an insert scene is present the duration of the insert scene is the maximum limit Audio is automatically cross faded This means that the audio of the previous scene becomes quieter and the audio of the next scene beco mes louder If a scene s audio is too quie...

Page 59: ...end beyond the range of the two previous scenes with inserted effect In this case click on Effect scene s and then on OK Then you ll be asked with the question if the scene should replace the effect Clicking on yes makes both scenes in the Storyboard be replaced by a new one containing the inserted effect This change can be seen directly in this menu However this function cannot be used if the beg...

Page 60: ...e overlays the first scene with a circle that begins in the center of the screen and grows outward until only the second scene is visible With Out the first scene is in a circle covering the screen but which then becomes steadily smaller until it disappears having been replaced by the second scene The well known end to car toon films can be replicated by using the Black effect from the New scene l...

Page 61: ...h other The direction can be chosen with Mode In means that the second scene overlays the first scene with a rectangle that begins in the center of the screen and grows outward until only the second scene is visible With Out the first scene is in a rectangle covering the screen but which then becomes steadily smaller until it disappears having been replaced by the second scene 15 Scale Under Posit...

Page 62: ...ects which have been installed afterwards If you have installed additional image process ing effects they are also shown in this list un derneath the three settings listed above Thus it is possible just to see only one image process ing effect type in the list 5 Clicking on the i button you ll get informa tion about the image processing effect activated in the effect list If it is an additional ef...

Page 63: ...vides the screen into two parts To the right you see your new scene with effect and to the left a scene that you can freely choose from the scene bin using the button Choose scene positioned below This lets you for example exactly adjust the color to correspond to another scene Above the function Display you see the Fra me slider with which you can set the point in time of the long term effect tha...

Page 64: ...scene bin with the Image Processing effect added to it The copy is then identified with the extension SP SP 2 etc as the case may be You can carry out this procedure any number of times See section 5 5 Editing item 19 13 Clicking on the menu symbols brings you directly to the Edit Transition effects Titling and to the Main menu screens Keep in mind If you change a setting for an ef fect that has a...

Page 65: ...and more dominant until the scene is completely overlaid and no longer visible This effect fades out only the picture material not the audio 11 Flip This effect flips the scene If you set the Direction to Horizontal then you see the scene with the left and right halves exchanged If you set Vertical then the scene is seen upside down The setting Horizontal Vertical combi nes these two effects 12 Li...

Page 66: ... are frequently used in science to highlight small differences in brightness for the human eye The human eye can distinguish only about 100 different levels of brightness but about 100 000 different colors 22 Spread Here you create a shimmering image This is achieved by distributing the pixels within a circle which you set with Step 1 10 containing the original pixel 23 White balance In case recor...

Page 67: ...si tion of the text cursor If you have not yet ente red text the system displays some other letters In the top left corner decide which pattern is to be used for the text Press Color for the color 1 In the background you see the first frame of your video scene This full frame display serves as orientation for adding text This lets you immediately see how the text looks overlaid on the particular s...

Page 68: ...select a pattern of your choice just as described in section 3 2 under Image pool The mode positive negative and alpha value can also be specified Clicking on OK in Select pattern confirms your settings and you are returned to the Style menu Now you can see the Outline button With the aid of the slider next to it define the strength of the outline with values between 0 not active and 6 strong The ...

Page 69: ... position confirm by clicking the left trackball button Rolling the trackball now determines the size of the box Clicking on the left trackball button again confirms the setting You can define any number of text boxes The last text box to be added is indicated with a dashed frame When a text panel is hidden by others you can make it visible either by resizing or moving the overlying panel or by cl...

Page 70: ...sible grid The box edges are aligned with this grid so that positioning is easier With the Border slider you set the distance of the text box to the screen edge It is also possible to move the text box using the cursor keys of an external keyboard 4 After clicking on the button Pages a new task bar appears in which you can create and edit pages There you see at the above left according to the effe...

Page 71: ... of the effect you have selected If you have not yet added an effect the trackball pointer will display a little cross when trying to press Preview 7 A click on Archive opens a field displaying four buttons Load Save Delete and Can cel Clicking on Load displays a list of the previous ly saved titles In this list you select a title either directly or with the slider and confirm OK Clicking on Save ...

Page 72: ...is affected 6 Through fading pages All document pages are crossfaded one after another in sequence The speed can be set from 0 12 seconds in Fade 7 V Scroll The text scrolls from the bottom to the top through the picture The scroll speed depends on the scene length and the text length The text scrolls at a speed so that it scrolls en tirely over the screen within the duration of the scene Several ...

Page 73: ...vel Try to set the recording volume level as high as possible so as to obtain optimum sound quality but do not over modulate it Click on the scrollbar below the volume display to change the volume level Move the scrollbar to the left or right to reduce to a minimum of 30 dB or increase to a maximum of 20 dB the volume respectively Flashing blue indicates that ever ything is in order flashing yello...

Page 74: ...e volu me for the audio sample in question from 20 to 6 dB Volume LR Use this function to adjust the two channels left and right of an audio sample separately Here too you can select within a range from 20 to 6 dB Mono switches the stereo signal to mono NOP This function cannot be used to make any chan ges to your audio sample As with the image processing effects it is used by MacroSystem for inte...

Page 75: ...he samples list contain no samples the message No active audio sample available is displayed The main purpose of the clipboard is temporary storage of audio samples before they are used in other menus The clipboard is thus available across projects Any audio samples placed on the clipboard are deleted when the system is switched off Also in this menu you see the button Pre listen under the effect ...

Page 76: ...t be reactivated following a restart 13 The name of the audio sample clicked on in the sample list is displayed automatically in the name field The name can be changed in the manner familiar from video Click in the name field to call up the keyboard The length of the audio sample is displayed in the adjacent field 14 Use these buttons to control the Stop Record Play functions for the audio sample ...

Page 77: ...ts which you have added to it is visible at the top of the screen Unlike the storyboard view of the Edit menu transition effects are however displayed as discrete scenes in the storyboard This display mode is advantageous as it enab les other audio samples to be situated exactly within the duration of the effect Below the storyboard are several horizontal bands the sound tracks If you have set the...

Page 78: ...ample by reducing the volume of ad jacent tracks use the Correction function Click on the sample to be emphasized which is then highlighted in blue Now use the Correction button and the slider adjacent to it to adjust the volume of all six tracks This procedure modifies only the part of the adjacent sample selected using Correction which is parallel to the selected sample The volume levels before ...

Page 79: ...e first select the desired sample high lighting it in blue Then click on Effects and se lect an effect from the list If necessary adjust the effect Then confirm your selection with Insert Change A small fx at the right hand end of the audio sample concerned now indicates the presence of an audio effect in the overview of all sound tracks To add an audio effect throughout a comple te sound track i ...

Page 80: ...currently selec ted track is played back This saves you from having to repeatedly create tracks for example when you wish only to check the position of the commentary Video is generally played at the same time During play a volume level indicator is displayed showing any over modulation The volume level indicator has a peak level indicator i e the maximum level is displayed continuously until it i...

Page 81: ...h of very long audio samples which would otherwise run over the limits of the visible region in the storyboard is displayed with all audio samples of adjacent sound tracks The timeline thus offers a scaled view by which for example the volume characte ristic or any fades can be viewed more easily This window displaying the time data serves mainly to provide a better overview You can however also u...

Page 82: ...first specify the editing points within the audio sample at which the volume is to be increased or reduced Insert these points either by left clicking in the volume display close to the desired position or by clicking on the Add button beneath the volume display Now activate one of the new points either by clicking on it directly or by selecting it with the aid of the scrollbar and the function fo...

Page 83: ...n of an editing point or a range according to its location within the video During determination of the position of an in dividual point the following menu is displayed against the background of the current video Determine the position of the selected point eit her using the scrollbar following activation of the Position switch or by means of the arrow buttons and When determining the position for...

Page 84: ...utton to call up a list of all sound tracks From this list select the original sound track and reduce the volume by means of the button adja cent to Correction until it is muted You now have no original sound for the complete duration of the piece of music You can now hear the music at this point of the video without being disturbed by the original sound The second track contains a commentary whic...

Page 85: ...f you click on this button then the Split menu appears on top of the Edit menu On the TV monitor you see the actual video Now you can use the Split menu to cut your video scene while you observe the exact playback on the TV monitor Trim This menu is displayed on top of the Edit menu just like the Split menu Here too you observe your video on the TV monitor Transition effects If you playback the st...

Page 86: ...ppear jerky when played though this of course has no effect on the video output via the DV interface If your VGA monitor supports a frequency of 75 Hz we recommend you use a VGA resolution of 2 or 4 for PAL in order to minimize picture jerkiness during playback For NTSC we recommend you use the 60 Hz modes VGA 1 or VGA 3 Compared to video mode VGA mode handles complete pictures non interlaced This...

Page 87: ...achine and store in a safe place The system then starts and displays the Main menu of the user interface CONNECTION OPTIONS Problem Can I connect other input devices Solution Yes You can connect most types of USB mice and trackballs that are available on the market You can also use USB keyboards PowerKey Option or the Twister input device TRACKBALL Problem The trackball makes a grinding sound and ...

Page 88: ...nu so that new scenes are created which con tain the additional effects You can also use the multi layering technique through the Scene button Problem The television picture is unsteady and flickers strongly Solution Reduce the contrast on your TV which is usually set too high at the factory You might also want to use a 100 Hz monitor OPERATING THE SYSTEM Problem I want to exit the main operating ...

Page 89: ...ng project by accident ERROR MESSAGES Problem The crossed out SmartMedia card symbol appears on the screen Solution This symbol means that you should insert the installation SmartMedia card because the card currently in the drive is invalid Problem The ambulance symbol and a number code appear on the screen Solution This symbol indicates a serious error e g defective hardware In this case contact ...

Page 90: ...ned in this list Solution If you have access to the Internet check out the following Web site http www macrosystem de Germany http www macrosystem us North America Here Support FAQ you will find an updated list of FAQs Frequently Asked Questions that may help you You can also call your dealer or call our hotline if you have technical questions ...

Page 91: ... drives Click on Begin back up The application asks you whether the last backup should be overwritten Answer by clicking on Yes The system then begins copying your data from the system drive to the backup drive and displays a progress bar showing the estimat ed remaining time Important Should you click on Cancel the backup currently in progress will be aborted and the video material on the backup ...

Page 92: ... such as Adobe Premiere etc The DV data are transferred as type 2 AVI files see Disk Transfer Please note The following instructions describe how to use Ethernet Transfer with a PC that is installed with the Windows XP operating system The various settings might be slightly different for the other operating systems if necessary please refer to the instructions for your operating system 9 2 Cable c...

Page 93: ... e g 192 168 1 10 The check mark for the DHCP setting must remain deactivated the name in this case also remains deactivated 192 168 1 10 192 168 1 20 Direct connection between a PC and system via a crossover Ethernet cable 192 168 1 10 192 168 1 20 192 168 1 40 192 168 1 30 Star shaped network switch hub ...

Page 94: ...decide to assign an address to your system manually you can specify a free IP address within your network for your system in the IP field Only applies to DHCP If you prefer to work with the name of the device instead of its IP address and if there is a Domain Name Server DNS present on your network a hostname will be configured automatically for your device default value casablanca S N The PC shou...

Page 95: ...ge Access via http solitaire 9 4 Ethernet Transfer on the PC Now on your PC start the Internet Explorer browser at least version 6 0 or higher Once you have entered the IP address of your system e g 192 168 1 10 or the configured hostname e g Solitaire mynet com in the Address field you will be given access to your system You will now see the following window of the Ethernet Transfer program ...

Page 96: ...to transfer A file browser will subsequently open in which you should select the AVI file that you want and then click on Open The path then appears in the window provided for this purpose and you can then click on Start Transfer If a file transfer is unsuccessful an error message will inform you of this Please try again or with another file by clicking on the Further transfer PC Casablanca button...

Page 97: ... file browser opens in which you can select the location that you want to save the file as well as change the name if you wish Finally save the file by clicking on Save Please note If Media Player is not installed or you are prohibited from opening AVI files directly the left click will cause the file to be downloaded Saving a scene If you do not want to play the scene but instead transfer the sce...

Page 98: ... server exists additional data can then also be assigned such as the hostname the address of the relevant DNS server etc DNS stands for Domain Name System Management and resolution of Names IP allocations by the DNS server e g present in the local DSL router The DNS server is like a telephone directory on the network Since it is easier to remember a name like Solitaire mynet com rather than an add...

Page 99: ...diately if the IP address has been assigned manually File transfers via Ethernet are only possible if the Ethernet Transfer program has been started on the system It is not possible to work with the system during an active transfer connection Audio files cannot be transferred using Ethernet Transfer If you want to transfer an audio file from the system to the PC you must first of all use the speci...

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