Car Video System User Manual

Media Station|PT Guide44
Changing Video Quality
The Media Station|PT Timeline includes a Video
Quality icon that lets you change the video
quality. This setting is saved for each project.
Click the icon to change the video quality as fol-
lows:
Draft Quality (Yellow/Green) Outputs a 1/4-reso-
lution picture to all the monitors, but allows
more real-time video effects. This is the default
setting for every new project.
Best Performance Quality (Yellow) Outputs 1/16-
resolution and supports the most real-time ef-
fects, but is the lowest-quality output.
Full Quality (Green)
3 Outputs full resolution
picture via the attached video peripheral. The
DVI output is always Draft quality unless you se-
lect both Full Quality in the Video Quality Menu
and Display both fields in the in the Full Screen
Playback dialog. When combined with the Dis-
play Both Fields option in the Full Screen Play-
back Settings dialog (see “Changing Video
Output Settings for Full-Screen Playback” on
page 44), this setting provides full-resolution
output to the DVI port.
Changing Video Output Settings
for Full-Screen Playback
The Full Screen Playback Settings dialog lets you
make the following optional changes for out-
putting full screen playback:
• Change the video output monitor (if you have
more than one monitor connected)
• Prevent frame-tearing in full screen playback
• Adjust luminance for standard computer
monitors
To change video output options:
1 In the Project window, click the Settings tab.
2 Double-click the Full Screen Playback setting.
3 To designate the video output monitors in a
multiple monitor setup, drag the Full Screen
Playback Settings dialog so that it is displayed
on the monitor you want to designate as the
video output monitor.
4 Choose Select Monitor.
Video Quality icon (at the bottom of the Timeline)
Performing a Digital Cut always changes
the output to the tape deck to Full Quality
automatically.
Full quality
Draft quality
Best Performance
quality
Full Screen Playback Settings dialog
Select
Monitor