CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide (Version 2.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Introduction 1 Basics 2 Getting Started 3 The Tool Area 4 The Control Area 5 The Timeline 6 Timeline Element Properties 7 The Conforming Tool 8 The Menus 9 Appendix A Index I
User Guide Version 2.5 for the CLIPSTER Edit Tool Version 2.5 Copyright © 2008-2009 by DVS Digital Video Systems AG, Hanover. All rights reserved. The manuals as well as the soft- and/or hardware described here and all their constituent parts are protected by copyright. Without the express permission of DVS Digital Video Systems AG any form of use which goes beyond the narrow bounds prescribed by copyright legislation is prohibited and liable to prosecution.
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Contents 1 Introduction ............................................................................... 1-1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 2 C Overview ............................................................................. 1-4 Target Group ........................................................................ 1-5 Conventions Used in this User Guide .................................... 1-6 Important Notes ................................................................... 1-7 New in the Edit Tool ........
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 3.2.5 Manipulating In- and Outpoints in the Timeline ............ 3-11 3.2.6 Adding a Transition to the Timeline ............................. 3-13 3.2.7 Applying Effects to Clips in the Timeline ....................... 3-15 3.3 Exiting the Program ............................................................ 3-18 4 The Tool Area ............................................................................ 4-1 4.1 Changing the Size of the Tool Area.......................
Contents 5.4.3 Processing the Source Material of a Video Clip .............. 5-21 5.5 The Trim Mode .................................................................. 5-24 5.5.1 The Trim Controls ...................................................... 5-25 5.5.2 Setting In- and Outpoints of Clips ............................... 5-27 5.6 The Slave Mode Control Window....................................... 5-29 6 The Timeline ..............................................................................
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 6.4.12 Attaching Audio Clips to Video Clips ........................... 6-55 6.4.13 Time Stretching or Time Compression of Clips ............... 6-56 6.4.14 Relinking Clips .......................................................... 6-58 6.5 Working with Video Clips ................................................... 6-60 6.5.1 The Clip’s Information ................................................ 6-60 6.5.2 The Context Menu of Video Clips ...............................
Contents 7.7.3 Advanced Settings ..................................................... 7-18 7.8 Keyframing ........................................................................ 7-21 7.8.1 The Parameters List ................................................... 7-21 7.8.2 Viewing the Graph .................................................... 7-23 7.8.3 Moving within the Graph ........................................... 7-25 7.8.4 Setting Keyframes .....................................................
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 8.3 Working with EDLs from the Timeline................................. 8-22 8.4 The Conforming Mode in General ...................................... 8-25 8.5 Conforming Mode – The Work Area .................................. 8-27 8.5.1 Viewing EDLs ............................................................ 8-27 8.5.2 Adapting the Appearances of the Tables ...................... 8-28 8.5.3 Changing Values and Entries ....................................... 8-28 8.5.
Contents 9.2.10 Export EDL… ............................................................. 9-8 9.2.11 Finalize… ................................................................ 9-14 9.2.12 Prerender all ............................................................ 9-15 9.2.13 Extract files… .......................................................... 9-15 9.2.14 Load KDM… ........................................................... 9-16 9.2.15 Exit ...............................................................
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide A.6 Slave Mode / RS-422 Control .............................................A-18 A.7 System Maintenance ..........................................................A-19 A.7.1 The Automatic Defragmentation Process ......................A-19 A.7.2 Cleaning Temporary Data Manually .............................A-21 I viii Index .............................................................................................
Introduction 1 This documentation describes how to use the Edit Tool of CLIPSTER, the real-time conforming and finishing system manufactured by DVS. CLIPSTER is a powerful high-resolution video workstation with enormous flexibility, especially designed to meet the demands of modern post production houses. CLIPSTER offers capturing, online editing and storing of digital film and audio data in one device. The system performs all works in real time.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide – – – – – – – – – – – – – – clips can be moved via drag and drop, user friendly designed timeline including editing functions, total control of the editing process via a real-time video overlay, project-oriented and adaptable clip management including thumbnail function, different formats are allowed in one project (multi-format editing), real-time view of timeline, EDL import and export function, projects can be built up via import or loading of an EDL, advanced conforming t
Introduction Multi-Device Raster Special Raster Formats Remote Zoom & Pan Secondary Color Correction Enables a synchronous play-out/record of multiple DVS systems. One master device controls other devices via RS-422 for a synchronous play-out of the timeline or capturing with the Manual record/VTR task mode of the I/O Tool. Customer tailored video rasters for inand output. Some standard and non-standard formats including 1080p /50/60 (SMPTE 372), Slow PAL 625i /24 and Eureka 1980 × 1152i /25.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 1.1 Overview This user guide informs you about the general handling of the Edit Tool as well as of its complete controllable interface. The chapters in this user guide contain the following information: 1-4 Chapter 1 Begins with a short introduction to CLIPSTER and the Edit Tool, followed by a note regarding the audience this manual is written for and an explanation of the conventions used in this manual. Additionally, it provides important notes that you should read.
Introduction Appendix Gives additional information about the software. Among others you can find here a glossary of terms used in this user guide and the file formats that are supported by the DVS software. Index This chapter facilitates the search for specific terms. 1.2 Target Group To use this user guide and the Edit Tool correctly you should have experience in PC handling and be familiar with the hardware handling of a video system.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 1.3 Conventions Used in this User Guide The following typographical conventions will be used in this documentation: y Texts preceded by this symbol describe activities that you must perform in the order indicated. – Texts preceded by this symbol are parts of a list. Texts preceded by this symbol are general notes intended to facilitate work and help avoid errors. You must pay particular attention to text that follows this symbol to avoid errors.
Introduction 1.4 Important Notes Please observe the following while using the Edit Tool: Only use the designated video drive (main storage) to store video and audio data. Other storage locations will be too slow for real-time operations. Leave about 15 % of the overall main storage capacity empty of data for real-time performance reasons. The real-time capability of CLIPSTER depends to a large extent on the performance of the system’s hardware.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 1.5 New in the Edit Tool The following lists the most important features and functions that were new in the latest versions of the Edit Tool: Please note that the features and functions mentioned may be part of optional packages. For further information please refer to the release notes of the DVS software. New in Version 2.
Introduction – Slave mode remote control switchable between different protocols – More than 100 graphic file formats for import/adding New in Version 2.
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Basics 2 The Edit Tool is one of the software modules of the DVS software and thus part of the software package for CLIPSTER. This chapter provides first some background information about the structure of the DVS software which includes a short overview of its different modules. After that an overview of the user interface of the Edit Tool is provided to familiarize you with its appearance. This will be followed by a description of the task bar of the software.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 2.1 Overview of the Software Structure The software package for the DVS system consists of various individual programs and modules that combined provide the system’s unique capabilities to process digital video and audio in real time.
Basics system and are used to perform editing and video as well as audio processing tasks. These modules are the Edit Tool, the I/O Tool, the Configuration Tool, and Spycer, the innovative content management software by DVS. They are the basic software modules of the DVS system, i.e. the ones that you will use most in your every day work. You can see them in the drawing above in the oval ’Software User Interface’.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide example, via import and export functions (import via the I/O Tool and export via the Edit Tool). Integrated Spycer With Spycer, the innovative content management software by DVS, you can manage your content easily. It is a software application capable of handling large amounts of video data and their corresponding metadata, providing you with integrated browse, search and management tools to retrieve data and gather information about them locally as well as via a network.
Basics Most other tools delivered with the DVS software are used during the initial configuration and setup of the system only. In your daily work with the DVS system they are of no use. Further information about the tools in general can be found in the “CLIPSTER Tools and Services” user guide accessible via the PDF files of the software’s online help. For additional information about the defragmentation process in particular please refer to section “The Automatic Defragmentation Process” on page A-19.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 2.2 Overview of the User Interface The following figure shows the user interface of the Edit Tool as it appears after starting the DVS software (for information on how to start the software see chapter “Getting Started” on page 3-1): menu bar tool area task bar control area timeline area Figure 2-2: User interface of the Edit Tool The DVS software is designed to run in full-screen mode to provide for an undistracted view on the video material and the editing task at hand.
Basics After starting the DVS software the Edit Tool software module is activated automatically. Here you can see the following items: menu bar tool area control area timeline area At the top of the user interface you can find a menu bar. This menu bar provides access to functions and tasks of an administrative nature for the DVS software. Here you can find, for example, import and export functions as well as several menu options generally concerned with projects and project files.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide task bar 2-8 The user interface provides at its bottom a task bar where you can switch between the different software modules of the DVS software. The task bar is available in most modules and you can easily start and switch between them. It will be described in more detail in section “The Task Bar” on page 2-9.
Basics 2.3 The Task Bar The user interface provides at its bottom a task bar where you can switch between the different software modules of the DVS software. The task bar is available in most modules and with it you can easily switch to another module. After starting the DVS software the Edit Tool is started automatically ( ). When you click on one of the inactive buttons in the task bar, the respective software module will be loaded, most of them in the upper part of the user interface.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Additionally, you can find at the bottom right of the task bar several items which will provide you with information about the currently loaded project, the duration of its timeline in total and the set video output format for the timeline: project information Figure 2-3: Project information The timeline’s duration shows you the duration of all clips present in the timeline tracks and depends on the currently selected video output raster (frame rate).
Basics 2.4 Working in Real Time With the DVS system you can perform most operations in real time. When playing out or recording, the workstation is capable of handling two data streams of 2K material for transitions in real time. Using CLIPSTER you can even play out one stream of 4K material in real time as long as some conditions are observed: To play out 4K you will need an appropriate hardware equipment (CLIPSTER 4K) and the resolution of the clip should not exceed 4096 × 3112 pixels (10 bit).
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Once a proxy has been created, it will be available in the bin instead of the original high-resolution clip. Nevertheless, the bin clip and all its representations in the timeline are still linked to its original material and by turning the proxies on or off it is for you to decide whether the material of the higher resolution is used or the proxies.
Basics main storage. These proxies are then used for a play-out instead of the original material in the timeline and on-the-fly handled operators. Depending on your system capabilities all timeline elements, i.e. clips as well as operators (such as transitions or color corrections), can be subject to a prerendering. For example, when using a clip of a resolution that exceeds the real-time capability of your DVS system, it will be marked visibly in the timeline that it is not real-time capable.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 2.5 Notes on Project Management To display material of a very high resolution or to enable a real-time play-out of some operators (e.g. the secondary color correction) the DVS system may create proxies as well as prerendered files. Both ways to maintain a real-time workflow are based on the same principle: They use calculated extra files to either enable a play-out (prerendering) or make your working environment more comfortable (proxy generation).
Basics 2.6 Notes on Source Timecode and Keycode Some file formats for clips, e.g. *.dpx files, are capable of storing more information than just their image content. These information are usually written in a specified format into the file headers which can be read and interpreted by different software applications that support these kind of information.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide select between the various timecodes provided by the clips which may give you more control over their position in the timeline. In the Configuration Tool of the DVS software you can configure the general way the software should deal with timeline and source timecode (see “CLIPSTER Configurations” user guide for more information). Here you can set in the respective group the type of source timecode that the DVS software will use as the default source timecode.
Basics 2.7 About Timecode / Frame Number Fields The DVS software provides various fields where data in timecode format is provided or an entry in such a format is necessary. The timecode format is hh:mm:ss:ff (hours, minutes, seconds, and frame number). Drop-frame Timecode Indication The last colon of the timecode format may be displayed in the software as a full stop. Then the timecode fields of the software will display, for example, 12:25.07 instead of 12:25:07.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Entering Timecode When entering timecode in one of the software’s position or length indicators, you may omit digits: if you enter less information, the entered timecode will be interpreted from right to left (the last number is the frame, the next the seconds, etc.). Every digit omitted between the colons is assumed to be a leading zero. You may also omit the separators (colons).
Basics Select from the context menu the respective menu option. This will change the position and length indicators of the respective software module to the selected notation. A switching of the notation may effect the selected display type (internal frames/timecode will be used) and vice versa (see section “Changing the Display Type” on page 6-10).
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Getting Started 3 This chapter provides you with some general information necessary to begin your work with the Edit Tool software module. First, the steps to start the DVS software and the Edit Tool will be explained. This is followed by a beginner’s tutorial that shows you how to work with the Edit Tool: In a step-by-step description you will be instructed what to do to start your first project and how to perform some basic editing tasks.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 3.1 Starting the Program This section provides you with a description how to get the Edit Tool started. To start the program you have to do the following: y Select from the START button menu of Windows on the submenu DVS the entry for the DVS software (for example, All Programs » DVS » DVS Clipster). Alternatively, you may also start the program via its icon on the desktop of Windows. This will load the DVS software.
Getting Started 3.2 First Steps in the Edit Tool This section introduces in a step-by-step description how to work with the Edit Tool. It will be explained what to do to begin a project, how to work with the timeline and how to perform some basic editing tasks. Use this tutorial to familiarize yourself with the Edit Tool and the way it has to be handled. 3.2.1 Preparing the Bin After starting the DVS software the Edit Tool will be started automatically.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide You can configure the appearance of the bin freely. It will be saved together with the project file: – You can arrange the areas horizontally if you like (select the respective appearance from the context menu of the bin’s title bar). – Via the buttons in the button area you can set whether the clips shall be seen as thumbnails with text or with their text information only.
Getting Started 1 Figure 3-2: Drag and drop of clip to bin The respective video data will then be made available to the DVS software and you will receive a thumbnail of the material in the contents area of the bin.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide y Add another, different clip to the bin by performing the drag-anddrop procedure again. The new clip is added to the clip list of the bin as well. Now two clips are available in the Edit Tool and you can start working with them. With the scrub bar below the thumbnails (visible when a clip is selected) you can preview the material and roughly select an inpoint for the respective clip. However, for our demonstration here we will leave the clips’ inpoints as they are.
Getting Started color spaces, or file formats: The DVS system works format independent and is capable of handling material up to 4K. To view your project on an additionally connected monitor, you have to configure the output format of the timeline accordingly. The setting of the output format (video raster) of the project can be configured with the button SETTINGS… at the top left side of the timeline area.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide align itself to these elements, in our example here to the beginning of the timeline. This behavior is called the snapping mode of the Edit Tool. The snapping mode is a very useful feature if you want to position clips in the timeline. It reacts not only to the starting point of the timeline but also to the in- and outpoint of clips, the position of the timeline cursor or the set in- and outpoint of the timeline.
Getting Started 3.2.3 Changing the View of the Timeline Via the sliders below the audio tracks in the timeline area you can change the view of the tracks: Figure 3-5: Timeline sliders With the left slider you can zoom in or out of the timeline (keyboard shortcuts [Up Arrow] and [Down Arrow]). If the slider is set to the leftmost point, you are able to see the whole contents of the timeline. When it is set more to the right, you will zoom into the timeline.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Figure 3-6: Project in timeline The buttons right in front of the timeline tracks (video as well as audio) determine whether a track is muted (barred from an output, button M) or locked (barred from editing, button L). With the button SETTINGS… at the top left side of the timeline area you can determine the output format (video raster) of the project. Here you can also configure the size of the video and/or audio tracks.
Getting Started Figure 3-7: Clip A and clip B in timeline Now we want to change the sequence of the remaining two clips: y Select clip B (second clip in the timeline) with the mouse and drag it along the timeline to the beginning of the timeline: 1 2 3 4 Figure 3-8: Changing the position of the clip When the dragged clip reaches certain elements on the timeline, it will automatically align itself to these elements (snapping mode, see section “Adding Clips to the Timeline” on page 3-6).
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide one of their in- and outpoint has to be trimmed, either the outpoint of clip B or the inpoint of clip A. To demonstrate how to add a transition between the two clips, we now want to change the outpoint of clip B in the timeline: y Select the end of clip B (first clip in timeline) and move it to the left to trim its outpoint (tail).
Getting Started With this you have manipulated the outpoint of the clip. The same way you can, of course, change inpoints as well. You cannot change the in- and outpoint of a clip beyond the limits of its original material on the storage indicated by the head/tail indicator. Clips in the timeline can also be trimmed by cutting them with the button + EDIT and afterwards deleting the not required part of the clip. The cut will be applied to the position of the timeline cursor.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide This will make the button TRANS available in the user interface. y Select the button TRANS. A transition appears between the two clips: timeline cursor transition Figure 3-12: Transition in timeline With the transition available between the two clips you can now call its properties, for example, to change the type of wipe for the transition: y With the mouse double-click the transition in the timeline.
Getting Started 3.2.7 Applying Effects to Clips in the Timeline Adding effects to the timeline of the Edit Tool and playing it out in real time is one strength of the DVS system. Every clip in the timeline provides timeline element properties the same way a transition does: You simply have to double-click the clip on the timeline or invoke the context menu of the clip and select the menu option Show properties.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Figure 3-14: Drag and drop of effect This will apply the selected effect to the clip whose properties are displayed in the area of the timeline element properties. Once an effect is selected from the effects list, its controls will be available in the settings pane to the right. y With the controls of the primary color correction available adjust, for example, the contrast, brightness or gamma of the clip. The changes are immediately applied to the clip in the timeline.
Getting Started A once set and configured effect can also be used as a template effect (preset effect) for other clips in the timeline. Then you can use the same effect settings several times in this project without laboriously configuring the effects operator anew. Further information about this can be found in section “Effects” on page 4-25. To the left of the properties area you can also set the duration of the clip selected in the timeline area.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 3.3 Exiting the Program To end the current software session perform the following: There is no way to end the Edit Tool alone. When you exit the Edit Tool, the whole DVS software will shut down. Therefore, it is recommended to finish all tasks, such as a record or playout operation, beforehand. Otherwise the respective task may get interrupted. y Select the option Exit on the Project menu or press the key combination [Alt + F4] alternatively.
The Tool Area 4 On the left side of the user interface directly below the menu bar you can find the tool area. It shows you depending on the optional features available or the currently activated software module as well as task mode various tools that can be used during your work. The different tools are provided as tabs to switch easily between them.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 4.1 Changing the Size of the Tool Area Some tools may not be shown in full, i.e. with all items or information displayed in the currently visible area of the tool area. To get a better view on the individual tools or make items visible that are otherwise hidden you can change the size of the tool area. For this perform the following: y Move the outer right edge of the tool area to the left or to the right with the mouse.
The Tool Area 4.2 The Bin After starting the DVS software and thus the Edit Tool the bin is by default activated in the tool area. If the bin is not displayed in the tool area of the Edit Tool select the tab Bin to activate it. Then the area will look similar to the following figure: title bar folder area 1 2 contents area 3 4 5 button area Figure 4-4: The bin With the bin you can perform a clip and project management by creating folders and sorting your video and audio material into them.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide contents area view buttons In the contents area you can see the video or audio material already added to the bin and sorted into the folders via their thumbnails or text information. If the thumbnail view is activated, a scrub bar to preview your material in still images and to set roughly the inpoint of the respective clip is provided by a clip once it is selected.
The Tool Area Figure 4-5: Context menu of title bar y Select the horizontal or vertical appearance of the bin from the context menu. The context menu to change the layout of the bin can also be called on the area where the view buttons are located. The layout of the bin will be set accordingly.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide The kind of text information displayed in the contents area of the bin can be set freely with the Configuration Tool (see “CLIPSTER Configurations” user guide for more information). In this view you can easily sort the clips in ascending or descending order by clicking on the column heading that the clips should be sorted by (see also section “Sorting Clips” on page 4-19). The sorting will also be available after switching to the thumbnail view of the bin again.
The Tool Area When adding clips to the bin with a procedure other than a record, some properties may not be discerned properly due to missing file header information. Then they will either be deduced from the file format, color space, etc. of the clip, or configured to the currently set timeline output settings. If the properties of the clip do not match the material on the storage, you have to change them accordingly (see section “Changing the Properties of Clips” on page 4-21).
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Figure 4-7: Drag and drop of clip to bin You may select more than one directory (e.g. with the [Ctrl] key pressed) and drag them to the contents area of the bin. The respective clips will all be added to the bin. With video, if you select another file than the first frame file in a video directory, the scrub bar cursor of the thumbnail (a possible clip’s inpoint) will be set accordingly.
The Tool Area Adding Clips to the Bin Using the ’Add Clip’ Menu Options You can use the ’Add Clip’ menu options to select video or audio clips that you want available in the bin. For a list of the supported file formats see section “Supported File Formats” on page A-9. y Either select the Add Clip menu option on the context menu of the bin’s contents area or the menu option Add clips… on the menu Project (section “The ’Project’ Menu” on page 9-3).
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Adding Clips to the Bin Using Spycer To add clips to the contents area of the bin you can also use Spycer, the content management software integrated in the DVS software. It is the best and most informative way to add clips to the bin, because with Spycer you can, for instance, perform management tasks on the clip or preview it before adding it to your project.
The Tool Area The Clip Types You can add video, audio and so called multi-clips to the contents area of the bin: video clip: audio clip: invalid clip: multi-clips: Video clips are seen in the contents area of the bin usually with their thumbnail previews. When a clip is selected, a scrub bar below the thumbnail will be available that can be used to preview the clip in still images and select an inpoint of the clip roughly (if enabled via the Configuration Tool).
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Multi-clips are a necessity due to file system limitations of the operating system, meaning Windows may cause problems if more than 20,000 files are stored in one directory. However, the DVS software will create multiclips automatically, for example, during the finalizing of a project or when recording a clip with the I/O Tool.
The Tool Area Real-time Capability of Clips With an optimized system and a main storage that incorporates fully functioning hard disks, the DVS system can handle two data streams of film material up to 2K in RGB 12 bit in real time. If you want to process material of a higher resolution or bit depth, the real-time capability of the system cannot be ensured.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide fer rate to make the vast amount of data accessible in time), a warning icon is visible at the top left side of the thumbnail and the respective value of the text information that is the cause for this warning is marked in yellow. The location of the real-time capable storage is a configurable setting in the Configuration Tool of the DVS software (System base video directory, see “CLIPSTER Configurations” user guide).
The Tool Area Creating Folders Via the context menu you can create a new folder manually in the folder area of the bin: y Call up the context menu on a folder in the folder area of the bin and select the menu option New folder. This will create a new folder in the folder area. It will be placed as a subfolder below the selected folder where the context menu was invoked. After this you have to assign a name to the newly created folder.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide y Call up the context menu on a formerly created folder in the folder area of the bin and select the menu option Rename. After this you can change the name of the respective folder: y Enter the new name of the folder via the keyboard and confirm it with the [Enter] key. Then the selected folder will be given the new name. Only previously created folders can be renamed. The root folder cannot be changed in any respect.
The Tool Area preview scrub bar 1 2 3 Figure 4-12: Clips in the contents area of the bin In this section you can read what to do to administer clips. For some of these tasks the context menu of the clips in the contents area is used. It provides different clip related functions, such as the adding of a new clip to the contents area of the bin or altering its properties.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide If the contents area is empty of clips and you call up the context menu, not all menu options are displayed. How to add clips to the contents area of the bin is in detail described in section “Adding Clips to the Bin” on page 4-6. How to work with proxies in the bin is described in section “Using Proxies” on page 4-22. Selecting Clips Clips can be selected or deselected easily in the contents area of the bin.
The Tool Area lower track numbers where the pasting should not occur (see section “Muting and Locking Tracks” on page 6-36). When operating between bin and timeline or vice versa, the selected clip(s) will be added (i.e. copied). For these procedures the focus must be set correctly. For example, when operating in the bin, its contents area (not the folder area) must have the focus.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide y To sort the clips into folders simply select the clips in the contents area of the bin and drag and drop them to the respective folder in the folder area. They are then present in this folder and you can view them again in the contents area when the folder is selected from the folder area. If you drag and drop the clips while the [Ctrl] key is pressed, the clips will be copied instead of moved.
The Tool Area source-edit mode where you can select the in- and outpoint of the clip frame accurately before adding it to the timeline (see section “The Source-Edit Mode” on page 5-14). Changing the Properties of Clips In the bin you can call up the properties of clips. Then you can, for example, assign flags to clips or change their properties, such as their names or video formats.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 4.2.6 Using Proxies A proxy can be used when working with high-resolution film material, such as 4K. It is a downscaled clip of the high-resolution data that will be internally used by the Edit Tool as a substitute for its original material to ensure a real-time working environment. Once a proxy has been created, it will be available in the bin instead of the original material.
The Tool Area Once the render operations are finished, their entries will disappear from the list of the Jobs tab. Afterwards you can begin to work with the proxies. They will be already activated in the bin and ready for use. After a proxy generation save your project file.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Deleting Proxies Once you are finished with your editing work using the proxies, you may want to dispose of them, i.e. delete them from the main storage: y In the contents area of the bin select the clips whose proxies you want to delete (see section “Selecting Clips” on page 4-18). y Next call up the context menu on one of the selected clips and choose the menu option Delete proxy.
The Tool Area 4.3 Effects The tab Effects of the tool area provides access to all effects delivered with the DVS software. After starting the software the bin is by default activated in the tool area. Once you select the tab Effects in the tool area, the area will look similar to the following: effects pane Figure 4-15: Available effects in the tool area The effects pane offers you the available effects operators in a tree structure.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide list of the respective clip which is a part of its timeline element properties. Information about how to add a clip to the timeline can be found in section “Adding Clips to the Timeline” on page 6-2. You can call up the properties of a timeline element with a double-click of the mouse on the respective element in the timeline, or by selecting the menu option Show properties on the element’s context menu.
The Tool Area Creating Preset Effects with the Mouse To create a preset effect with the mouse via drag and drop perform the following: y If necessary, activate the tab Effects in the tool area of the Edit Tool. y Take the adjusted effect from the effects list of the timeline element properties and drag and drop it back to the effects pane in the tool area.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide y Select the adjusted effect from the effects list of the timeline element properties. y Then press the key combination [Shift + F], with as the number of the function key on your keyboard that you want to assign the preset effect to (i.e. keys [F1] to [F12]). This will create a ’subeffect’ under the respective effects operator in the effects pane. It will carry in its name the function key written in square brackets as the last element.
The Tool Area You can also use the preset effects to alter settings of an effects operator already applied to a clip: y Select the effects operator from the effects list of the timeline element properties so that its settings are visible in the settings pane to the right. y After this drag and drop the preset effect into the settings pane.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Figure 4-17: The context menu of the effects pane Renaming Preset Effects To rename a preset effect and thus to give it a different name once it was created in the effects pane perform the following: y Call up the context menu on the respective preset effect and select the menu option Rename. Alternatively you may click on a preset effect a second time with the mouse.
The Tool Area To delete all preset effects from the effects pane in one step perform the following: y Call up the context menu on an entry in the effects pane and select the menu option Clear all presets. After this a warning message will appear on the screen. y If you want to delete all preset effects from the effects pane, confirm the warning message. This will delete all preset effects from the effects pane. Saving All Preset Effects You can save the contents of the effects pane, i.e.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide y In the dialog window select the file that contains the desired settings from the list box or enter its name in the respective entry field. File extensions: *.xml Effects file *.cp Project file *.cp.autosave Automatically saved intermediate situation *.backup.cp Backup file of old project file y Once the appropriate file is selected, confirm your choice with the button OPEN.
The Tool Area 4.4 Jobs The tab Jobs details information about the status of render operations that have been initialized in the DVS software. On this tab you can find, for example, information about the progress of prerenderings or proxy generations. For each triggered job one entry will be displayed: Figure 4-18: Jobs in progress Whenever possible, the render jobs will be performed in the background of the system, i.e.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 4.5 The Marker Table In the timeline of the Edit Tool you can place markers at certain positions, e.g. as a reminder to cut the clip at this position at a later stage or other reasons. These markers can be placed either manually in the timeline of the Edit Tool or automatically. Additional information about markers and their placing can be found in section “Marking Positions in the Timeline” on page 6-52 as well as in section “The Drop Table” on page 4-42.
The Tool Area Column Description Action Out Shows the end of the timeline stretch indicated by the marker (see ’Action In’). Action Dur Shows the duration of the timeline stretch indicated by the marker (see ’Action In’). Name In the fields of this column you can enter a customized name for the marker. The number of characters is not limited and all characters are allowed. Marker Type Indicates the type of the marker.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 4.6 The Performance Monitor With the performance monitor of the DVS software you can monitor the workload of the DVS system during a real-time operation. Thus you can verify, for example, the status of the hard disks of the storage as well as of certain files. After starting the DVS software and thus the Edit Tool the bin is by default activated in the tool area.
The Tool Area chart controls status bar drop table table controls With the chart controls you can control the appearance of the results in the chart or create a proprietary DVS information file. They are explained in section “Chart Controls” on page 4-40. Right below the chart controls you can find a status bar which will provide you with status messages about the operation of the performance monitor. It is described in section “The Status Bar” on page 4-41.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide cause for this drop. If the performance monitor is disabled, the log file will be written but provide no information about drops that occurred. Drops are reported by the real-time core of the DVS software. In some cases it may not be able to provide information about the file name and/or path. Only the last ten reports will be stored. Individual frames missing in an image sequence (clip), i.e. image files that are not present on the storage at all, are not registered as drops.
The Tool Area You can switch between the two measurings with a setting available in the Configuration Tool (see “CLIPSTER Configurations” user guide). They and their effect on the drawn charts will be explained in the following. Missing frames on the storage are not registered by the performance monitor as drops.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide the single-threaded I/O mode. If used in the multi-threaded I/O mode, the drawn access times to a single file (one bar) may be longer because several files were read/written at the same time. Figure 4-22: Chart of performance monitor (individual file I/O duration) At the top left of the chart you can find the last measured access time. It details in certain intervals during operation the measured access time in milliseconds, i.e. the value of one bar in the chart.
The Tool Area The slider to the right of the UPDATE button determines the viewing resolution of the chart. When pulled to the left, you will receive a higher resolution: The bars displayed in the chart will get thinner and more bars will be displayed in the chart. When pulled to the right, the bars will get thicker and fewer bars will be visible. In case of problems with your DVS system you may get asked by the DVS service department to create and generate log files.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Figure 4-23: Status message in the status bar The messages in the status bar inform you, for instance, about whether the performance monitor is enabled and ready to measure the workload. 4.6.4 The Drop Table As soon as drops occur during your real-time operation, entries will appear in the drop table, one for each drop that could be detected. If the drop table is unavailable (dimmed), the performance monitor is disabled. To use it you have to enable it first.
The Tool Area timeline marker Figure 4-25: Timeline marker in timeline Additional information about timeline markers can be found in section “Marking Positions in the Timeline” on page 6-52 and section “The Marker Table” on page 4-34. Furthermore, with the controls below the table you can, for example, save the results shown in the drop table to a file (see section “The Table Controls” on page 4-43). 1 4.6.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Once the placing of the markers is finished, this button shows the labeling UNMARK ALL. Then you can remove with it all timeline markers from the timeline in one step. The MARK ALL button will not be available in the I/O Tool because this module provides no timeline where markers can be set. The CLEAR button deletes all entries displayed in the drop table. Afterwards you may start a new real-time operation which in turn may report new drops in the table.
The Tool Area After starting the software and thus the Edit Tool the bin is by default activated in the tool area. Then perform the following: y Add at least one clip to the bin of the Edit Tool. y Afterwards take this clip and add it to a video track of the timeline (see section “Adding Clips to the Timeline” on page 6-2).
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Measuring the Performance Once the performance monitor and the software are prepared as described in section “Preparing the Software and the Performance Monitor” on page 4-44, you can begin the assessment of the workload: y Start the play-out operation of the material added to the timeline with the play button available in the control area of the Edit Tool (see section “Controls” on page 5-11).
The Tool Area If drops occur, they will be entered in the drop table of the performance monitor and red bars will appear in the chart. Then please proceed as follows: y Check the position of the drops on the video timeline by doubleclicking entries individually or by selecting the MARK ALL button of the table controls. y Afterwards perform the play-out operation and the checking of the drop positions again.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Marker Position Timeline Element Probable Cause Solution Throughout the The storage location(s) Move the material to a real-time capatimeline is(are) not real-time ca- ble storage. pable The storage location(s) where the material is stored is(are) too full It is recommended to use only 85 % of the overall storage capacity. If the storage(s) is(are) too full, delete some of the data.
The Control Area 5 To the right of the tool area you can find the control area of the Edit Tool. This area is used to pre- and review your current project and set frame accurately the in- and outpoint of clips, either coming from the bin or already present in the timeline.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 5.1 The Video Overlay With the video overlay you can view the material present in the timeline. All clips and added operators to the timeline – as long as they do not require prerendering – can be viewed in real time. While working, the video overlay will always adjust to your moves on the timeline. This provides a total control for your work and you can immediately monitor your progress.
The Control Area This can be done with the Configuration Tool. Please refer to the “CLIPSTER Configurations” user guide for further information. Furthermore, you can adjust the size of the video overlay with the edges of the control area at its very bottom and to the left. Simply enlarge or reduce the area by dragging the edges (see section “Changing the Size of the Tool Area” on page 4-2). 5.1.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Figure 5-4: Video scope in control area With the menu option Above overlay available on the context menu of the control area this layout can be altered. When the menu option is deactivated, the scope and the overlay are displayed separately in the control area; when activated, the selected video scope will be superimposed on the video overlay. Figure 5-5: RGB parade superimposed on video overlay Most video scopes provide in its graph an indication of the headroom.
The Control Area By using the menu option Analyzer off the selected video scope can be turned off again at any time. The color of the graph, of the graph’s background as well as of the drawn data (for vectorscopes and the YUV parade only) can be adapted to your needs via the Configuration Tool. Please refer to the “CLIPSTER Configurations” user guide for further information. The menu option Scene Detection provides an RGB parade.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide ors, for example, for a legal broadcast signal, this video scope already indicates the safety area of the colors: The dotted line represents the full color values (100 %) whereas the squares show the colors with 75 % of their values. Figure 5-7: The vectorscope 75 % The colors of the output image should be located within the area enclosed by the squares.
The Control Area mulation of dots in all three color components near the 0 % line (plus headroom, if applicable). When playing out in RGB, this video scope can be used to evaluate the color distribution of the output image accurately. YUV Parade The YUV parade displays graphically the distribution of the components Y, U and V separately. The Y graph is shown on the left side, while the color difference signals U and V are displayed in the middle and to the right.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide blue (RGB) of an output image. For this the image is evaluated line by line and for each the color distribution is displayed. Figure 5-10: The waveform The horizontal scale of the scope represents the image’s horizontal direction, while the vertical axis shows the RGB levels. The color components are drawn in their respective colors. The more scan lines of an image provide the same color at the same horizontal location, the more saturated the color will be in the graph.
The Control Area 5.2 The Scrub Bar of the Control Area Below the video overlay a scrub bar of the timeline is available. Figure 5-11: Timeline scrub bar In contrast to the timeline of the timeline area where you can zoom in and out (see chapter “The Timeline” on page 6-1), the scrub bar of the control area always shows the complete timeline of the loaded project. You can use the scrub bar for overview purposes or to move within your project.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Items of Scrub Bar Description The blue line indicates the part of the timeline selected via the timeline’s in- and outpoint. For information on how to set the in- and outpoint of the timeline see section “Setting an In- and Outpoint for the Timeline” on page 6-32. With the scrub bar cursor you can move within your project. Simply select the cursor with the mouse and move it along the scrub bar to the desired position.
The Control Area 5.3 Controls At the bottom of the control area the controls to play out and move within your current project are located. In addition to other important buttons you can also find buttons to switch between the different modes of the control area here: the edit mode, the source-edit mode and the trim mode. With this button you can switch to the edit mode. The edit mode of the Edit Tool is the standard operating mode of this software module.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide The SLAVE button activates the slave mode of the Edit Tool. With the slave mode the DVS system can be controlled via RS-422 from another workstation, e.g. a VTR or a digital disk recorder such as the Pronto3 by DVS. Then it will behave like a VTR by using preroll, postroll, etc. The specifications of these parameters can be found in section “Slave Mode / RS-422 Control” on page A-18.
The Control Area If you activate a play action of the clip from the bin in the source-edit mode (see section “The Source-Edit Mode” on page 5-14), a play-out of the timeline will be terminated. You can jump to particular points on the timeline, such as cutting/edit points and timeline markers, with these buttons. The first button jumps to the point that is previously located on the timeline while the second button jumps to the next one. Alternatively, you may use the keyboard shortcuts [A] and [S].
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 5.4 The Source-Edit Mode If you drag either a video or audio clip from the bin to the control area of the Edit Tool, the software changes to the source-edit mode. control area Figure 5-12: Drag and drop of clip to control area The clip in the bin is neither removed nor deleted when it is dragged to the control area. It will remain there for future use so that you can add the clip (or other parts of it) to the timeline again.
The Control Area video overlay bin clip Figure 5-13: The source-edit mode 1 The left part of the control area shows the clip coming from the bin (in the following called ’bin clip’). Its contents will be displayed in the overlay to the left. The right part of the control area displays your current video overlay as it would be in the edit mode. Audio clips can be used the same way as video clips in the source-edit mode.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide (as described in section “Taking a Clip from the Control Area” on page 6-4). While in the source-edit mode you can use the controls at the bottom of the control area as usual. They control the video overlay on the right side (see section “Controls” on page 5-11). Furthermore, although the edit mode is the most appropriate mode to perform editing tasks, you can also perform your work in this mode.
The Control Area With this button you can play out the bin clip in real time. When a play-out is initiated, the contents of the bin clip between the set in- and outpoint will be displayed in its overlay on the left as well as at the video output of the DVS system. If the bin clip is an audio clip, the contents of the audio clip will be played out at channel 1 and 2 of the system’s digital audio outputs.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 5.4.2 Setting In- and Outpoint for the Clip from the Bin When the video or audio clip from the bin (bin clip) was dragged to the control area and the source-edit mode is activated, you can set the inand outpoint of the clip frame accurately. For this you have to use the scrub bar and the position items: scrub bar position items Figure 5-14: Bin clip in source-edit mode The scrub bar provides a timeline of the clip coming from the bin.
The Control Area Items Description The DELETE button is a toggle button. If it is activated ( ), you can delete the in- or outpoint by clicking the in- or outpoint button. Regardless of the position of the scrub bar cursor the in-/outpoint will be deleted. If the DELETE button is deactivated, a click on the in- or outpoint button will set the in- or outpoint respectively at the current position of the scrub bar cursor. For a frame accurate positioning you may use the in- and outpoint entry fields.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Items Description The in- and outpoint handlers together with the blue line show you the selected part of the clip. To position them you can select and move the inand outpoint handlers with the mouse. They can also be set via the in- and outpoint position items. Once the final length of the clip to be inserted is set, you can move the selected part of the scrub bar (indicated by the blue line) with the mouse to position it.
The Control Area Figure 5-15: Set in- and outpoint of the bin clip You can also work the other way around: you can first determine and set the length of the clip to be inserted and then move the part in light grey along the scrub bar with the mouse to position it. When everything is set as desired, select the bin clip in its video overlay and drag and drop it to the respective video or audio track of the timeline (see section “Taking a Clip from the Control Area” on page 6-4 for further information).
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Figure 5-16: Processing video material The menu option Export to Application opens a submenu where you can select another application than the DVS software to process your video data. To have an application available in this submenu you have to define and set it first. This can be done with the Configuration Tool (group External, see “CLIPSTER Configurations” user guide).
The Control Area ry>). After this the copied source material will be opened in the external application where you can process it. In the meantime a new bin clip will be added to the bin of the Edit Tool which will refer to the location of the copied material. Once the material is processed with the other application, you can save it and then use the new bin clip as well as the unaltered original source in the DVS software as usual (its bin clip is still present in the bin).
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 5.5 The Trim Mode With the trim mode of the Edit Tool you can change the inand outpoint of adjacent clips to a cutting point, for example, if there are not enough head and tail available for a transition. When a transition is already applied to the cutting point, the in- and outpoint of the clips can be changed in this mode as well.
The Control Area last frame of the clip left to the cut/transition while the right one displays the inpoint and first frame of the clip to the right. If in- and outpoints were already trimmed for your clips, you will see the determined in- and outpoints in this mode. The selected parts of the scrub bars will be shown in light grey while the deselected parts are shown in dark grey. Above each overlay you can find further information about the clip.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide trim mode provides the following elements to control a trimming frame accurately: Items Blue bar Description The blue bar between the two overlays represents the cut between the two clips. It can be selected with the mouse and when moving the mouse cursor to the left or right, you can trim the out- and inpoint of the two clips adjacent to the cutting point simultaneously. Thereby you will extend the length of one clip while shortening the length of the other at the same time.
The Control Area Items Description The two entry fields below the OUT and IN button allow you to monitor and adjust the trimming. The left field indicates the changes to the outpoint of the clip to the left of the cut, the right field displays the changes to the inpoint of the clip to the right. To use the fields to adjust the trimming select the out- and/or inpoint with the buttons OUT and IN, then enter the trimming values (positive or negative) either in timecode or frames notation and press [Enter].
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide y Select the in- or outpoint handlers in the scrub bars of the clips with the mouse and move them to the desired position for each clip. As long as the insert mode of the Edit Tool is active, the subsequent clips and embedded operators will automatically adjust their positions on the timeline respectively. When the Edit Tool is set to the overwrite mode, gaps may occur in the timeline.
The Control Area 5.6 The Slave Mode Control Window The DVS software provides in some of its software modules a slave mode. Usually it can be activated with the button SLAVE. Then the following window may be displayed on the screen allowing you to control the respective software module without relinquishing the slave mode: Figure 5-20: Slave mode control 1 In slave mode the DVS system will behave like a VTR by using preroll, postroll, etc.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide On the one hand the Pos field indicates the current position of the timeline cursor, for example, during a play-out operation of the Edit Tool’s timeline. On the other it can be used to move the timeline cursor by entering a particular position in its entry field (afterwards press [Enter]). With this button you can play out the contents of the timeline in real time.
The Timeline 6 For the editing process the Edit Tool provides a timeline with video and audio tracks where you can add the clips in the desired sequence as they should be played out in the end. You can then, for instance, define wipes, dissolves or cuts for the material. This chapter explains how to work with the timeline in detail. It will be discussed how to add clips to the timeline and how to work with them afterwards.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 6.1 Adding Clips to the Timeline To begin an editing work you have to drag the clips to the video and/or audio tracks of the timeline first. You can add clips of different formats to the timeline because the DVS software works format independent and is capable of handling even high-resolution film material. There are two ways to add a clip to the timeline: 1. 2.
The Timeline y Then select the clip in the contents area of the bin and drag and drop it with the mouse into a video or audio track. Video clips can only be dragged to the video track(s) of the Edit Tool and audio clips only to the audio tracks. 1 timeline video track 2 audio tracks 3 Figure 6-2: Drag and drop of video clip to timeline 4 Once the mouse button is released, a representation of the clip is added to the timeline.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide line as described in section “Changing In- and Outpoints of Timeline Elements” on page 6-47. If more than one clip is selected for the drag-and-drop procedure, the Edit Tool will either align the clips horizontally in one track of the timeline or put each clip into another track directly below the selected one. This drag-and-drop behavior can be configured with the Configuration Tool (see “CLIPSTER Configurations” user guide for more information).
The Timeline timeline video track audio tracks 1 Figure 6-3: Drag and drop of video clip to timeline 2 Once the mouse button is released, a representation of the clip is added to the timeline. 3 The clip will be placed at the position of the mouse pointer where the mouse button was released. 4 When adding a video clip and releasing it somewhere in the video track, a gap may appear in the timeline.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 6.2 Configuring the Timeline Because the timeline is the most important part of the Edit Tool, it can be configured freely and thus adapted to your individual needs. For a more comfortable working you can change the layout of the timeline area in various ways. You can also adjust the timeline scale to the needs of your project, e.g. by defining a special offset.
The Timeline Video and Audio Track Properties Via the SETTINGS… button you can alter the size and number of video and audio tracks. It is located at the top left side of the timeline area. After pressing this button the ’Timeline output settings’ window is displayed. At the bottom of this window you can find in the Options area further optional settings.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Changing Track Sizes Manually The track sizes can also be manually set in the timeline area. Setting the tracks to individual sizes may be useful in case you want to focus on important tracks or display an audio track with an audio waveform more clearly (see section “Waveform Display” on page 6-79). The video and audio tracks can be adjusted to an individual height.
The Timeline In detail the clips in the video track(s) can be set to the following appearances: Selection Meaning No thumbnails The clips’ representations in the video track(s) of the timeline are shown without thumbnails. At start/end Thumbnails of the clips are displayed at the start and the end of the clips only (e.g. as shown in figure 6-55 on page 6-60). Continuously All clips in the video track(s) are filled with thumbnails continuously (as shown in the example figure above).
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 6.2.4 Configuring the Tooltips of Clips All clips added to the timeline of the Edit Tool, i.e. video as well as audio clips, provide various information via tooltips. These information will be displayed as soon as the mouse cursor is placed over a clip: Figure 6-10: Tooltip of video clip Then you can see, for example, the file name of the clip or its in- and outpoint on the timeline.
The Timeline Figure 6-11: List of the display types From this list select the display type that should be used in the software. Selection Meaning Internal frames The clips show positions according to an internal frame count. This setting also activates the frame notation for the Edit Tool (see section “About Timecode / Frame Number Fields” on page 2-17). Internal timecode The clips show positions according to an internal timecode count.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 6.2.6 Configuring the Video and Audio Output To output video and audio and to view your project’s timeline with a monitor connected to the DVS system, you have to configure the output format of the timeline accordingly. Both, the video and audio output, can be configured freely. How to Configure the Video Output With the button SETTINGS… at the top left side of the timeline area you can determine the output format (video raster) of the project.
The Timeline 1 2 3 4 5 6 Figure 6-12: Window to set the output settings As a standard after selecting the video format settings the SDI output configurations are displayed. Use the provided items to set the video format accordingly. In this window you can also set the software to an autoscaling of the material to be played out if its original resolution differs from the configured output raster.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide As soon as you confirm your settings with the OK button, they will be in effect. The in- and outputs of the system (except the SD outputs) will change their format respectively. Depending on the selected video format for SDI the video overlay of the Edit Tool may change its aspect ratio (16:9, 4:3, et al.).
The Timeline audio routing button for 2nd audio track Figure 6-13: Button to configure the audio output settings With these buttons you can set for each track separately the audio output. After pressing one of the R buttons the following window will be displayed: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Figure 6-14: Window to configure the audio output settings 7 In the area Audio Mode select whether the audio mode of the track should be mono or stereo.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide ingly. With the check box Copy to all tracks the adjusted offset can be transferred to all other available audio tracks easily: Simply enable the check box and confirm your setting with the OK button to copy the synchronization settings to all audio tracks. In the area Output Path(s) you can see the different digital audio channels that the DVS system provides. With a click on the respective button select the digital audio channel(s) that should be used for the output.
The Timeline of the downmixed stereo clip will be provided. If the channels are set to stereo, a standard stereo signal will be output.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide audio configuration Figure 6-15: Items for a further configuration of audio In detail this area provides the following items: Audio Scrubbing If this check box is activated, the contents of the audio tracks will be given out during a scrubbing of the Edit Tool’s timeline, for example, when making a fast shuttle operation with the mouse. Then the audio signal resembles and imitates a fast shuttle operation of a VTR.
The Timeline create a profile for it. Afterwards the loaded 3D LUT file has to be enabled for the DVS software. The 3D LUT support of the DVS software is an optional feature. Depending on the configuration of your DVS system it may not be available. Via the SETTINGS… button you can access the items to load a 3D LUT file into the Edit Tool. It is located at the top left side of the timeline area. After pressing this button the ’Timeline output settings’ window is displayed.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide To load and administer available 3D LUT files the window provides the following items: Several sample LUT files are delivered with the DVS software. They can be found in the directory lut of the software’s installation path (default: C:\Program Files\DVS\Clipster). More detailed information about 3D LUT files can be found in section “3D LUT Files” on page A-14. Profile ADD DELETE LIN TO LOG Custom Name File incl.
The Timeline – By pressing the left mouse button and moving the mouse you can rotate the color cube. – By clicking with the scroll wheel or the right mouse button you can switch the output colors to the input colors and vice versa. The one currently displayed will be indicated at the top of the preview area. – By turning the scroll wheel of the mouse you can morph the colors in the cube from output to input and vice versa. The degree of the morphing will be indicated at the top of the preview area.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide At the bottom of this window you can find further optional settings in the Options area.
The Timeline During configuring, the cropping will appear in the video overlay and at the video output of the DVS system. However, this is temporary and for monitoring reasons only. To apply the settings to the timeline the cropping has to be activated with the check box Video-Cropping in the Options area of the ’Timeline output settings’ window (see below). At the top of the ’Timeline cropping’ window you can find items to control the aspect ratio of the cropped image.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Figure 6-23: Manual controls of cropping To change the cropping manually use, for example, the entry fields and type in the desired values (in pixels). The cropping will be applied to the representation as well as to your video output as soon as a value is confirmed by pressing the [Enter] key. You may also use the sliders at the bottom and to the left to change the cropping.
The Timeline Once everything is set as desired, confirm your selection with the OK button at the bottom of the ’Timeline cropping’ window. The button CANCEL will close the window for the cropping settings without confirming any of the alterations. However, the cropping will be in effect for the timeline only if the check box Video-Cropping in the Options area of the ’Timeline output settings’ window is activated.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide At the bottom of this window you can find the Options area where further optional settings are provided.
The Timeline The following settings items are available for the windows: Activate With this check box you can activate or deactivate the window for the output signal. combo box From the combo box select variable information that should be displayed in the window. Then insert a place holder for this information in the entry field with the button INSERT. It will be inserted at the current position of the cursor.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide However, the configured burn-in information will be in effect only if the check box Burn-In is activated which is available in the Options area of the ’Timeline output settings’ window. Figure 6-28: Activation of the burn-in feature Then the configured window(s) will be applied to the digital video output(s) of the DVS system. 6.2.11 Naming Tracks When working with a lot of timeline tracks, each can be given a name of its own to distinguish between them more easily.
The Timeline 6.3 Controlling the Timeline Most work is performed in the timeline of the Edit Tool directly. In the timeline you can arrange the sequence of video clips, cut the material or set transitions and other operators for the clips. Furthermore, you can play out the timeline, either the whole timeline or a defined range of the timeline. This section explains in detail how to control the timeline.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Figure 6-31: Timeline sliders With the left slider you can zoom in or out of the timeline (keyboard shortcuts [Up Arrow] and [Down Arrow]). If the slider is set to the leftmost point, you are able to see the whole contents of the timeline. When it is set more to the right, you will zoom into the timeline. When you have zoomed into the timeline, you can change the viewing position of the timeline with the right slider.
The Timeline scrub bar with cursor Figure 6-33: The scrub bar There are several ways to move within your project with the scrub bar of the control area: – Select the scrub bar cursor ( ) with the mouse and move it to the left or right to the desired position. – Click anywhere below or above the scrub bar to position the scrub bar cursor there instantly. – Click on a position on the scrub bar outside the visible part of the timeline to move the scrub bar cursor there instantly.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide The first two are also initiated via their respective controls of the Edit Tool (the play and REVIEW button). However, to play out a defined part of the timeline only, you have to set an in- and outpoint for the timeline. How to do this is described in section “Setting an In- and Outpoint for the Timeline” on page 6-32. Once they are set, you can initiate a play-out of the defined range with the play button of the controls (see section “Controls” on page 5-11).
The Timeline The inpoint button sets or deletes the inpoint of the timeline depending on the state of the DELETE button. When setting, the inpoint will be set at the position of the timeline cursor. The outpoint button sets or deletes the outpoint of the timeline depending on the state of the DELETE button. When setting, the outpoint will be set at the position of the timeline cursor.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Figure 6-35: Timeline with set in- and outpoint With a set in- and outpoint a play-out of the timeline will then be performed between in- and outpoint only if set accordingly via the Configuration Tool (see “CLIPSTER Configurations” user guide). Deleting an In-/Outpoint To delete an in-/outpoint perform the following: y Press the button DELETE to activate the deletion mode for the inand outpoint. y Click the in-/outpoint button ( ). The in-/outpoint will be deleted.
The Timeline on the timeline. In the insert mode no video material will be overwritten and intact (undivided) clips will be divided at the insertion point. To set a transition in the insert mode there must be enough head and tail available, otherwise the TRANS button will not be available. For more information about transitions see section “Setting Transitions” on page 6-44. When working with attached clips in the timeline, the overwrite mode is activated automatically.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide In the overwrite mode you can set a transition between two neighboring clips at all times. If needed, the Edit Tool will create the necessary head and tail automatically. This means that parts of the clips may be moved to enable the transition which, in turn, may cause gaps in the timeline. For more information about transitions see section “Setting Transitions” on page 6-44.
The Timeline To lock or mute a track you have to use the buttons available in the areas right in front of the tracks. The button M mutes the track (bar it from an output), while the button L locks it (bar it from an editing work): master mute/lock mute button lock button 1 Figure 6-36: Buttons to lock and mute tracks With the M and L buttons to the left side of the timeline scale you can mute and lock all video and audio tracks with one click (master mute/lock).
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 6.4 Working with the Timeline in General After adding clips to the timeline (see section “Adding Clips to the Timeline” on page 6-2), you can begin your editing work by, for example, altering the sequence of clips, cutting clips or defining transitions. To view your work on an additionally connected monitor, you have to configure the output format of the timeline accordingly (see section “How to Configure the Video Output” on page 6-12).
The Timeline Figure 6-37: Moving a clip With the insert mode activated, if a clip is moved to a cutting point, the clip will be inserted there while the rest of the material moves backwards in the timeline. If it is dropped in the middle of another clip, this clip will be divided and its rest as well as the rest of the track’s contents will be moved to the end of the inserted clip. This behavior depends on the selected mode of the timeline.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide red line gap Figure 6-38: A gap in the timeline Then you either have to move the other clips respectively or fill the gap by adding another clip (see section “Adding Clips of a Certain Length to the Timeline” on page 6-41). Additionally, you have the possibility at hand to close the gap automatically. When positioning the mouse cursor over a gap (red line) on the timeline scale it will change its appearance to a hand.
The Timeline Range of clips A range of adjoining clips can be selected by clicking one clip (the starting clip) and afterwards holding down the [Shift] key while clicking the clip that marks the end of the range. You can also select a range of clips by drawing a rectangle with the mouse over the clips that you want to select. The starting point of the rectangle has to be on an empty part of the timeline track.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide y Now move the timeline cursor to the position on the timeline where the clip to be added should end. y Click the outpoint button of the timeline area ( ). After this you have set the in- and outpoint of the timeline to the position and length of the clip that it should provide after the adding procedure. For more information about the setting of the in- and outpoint of the timeline see section “Setting an In- and Outpoint for the Timeline” on page 6-32.
The Timeline y Move the timeline cursor to the position on the timeline where the range should begin (see also section “Moving within the Timeline” on page 6-29). y Click the inpoint button of the timeline area ( ). This will set the inpoint of the timeline to the current position of the timeline cursor. y Now move the timeline cursor to the position on the timeline where the range should end. y Click the outpoint button of the timeline area ( ).
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 6.4.6 Performing a Cut Once at least one clip is present in the video or audio tracks of the timeline, you can cut the clip at a desired position. For this perform the following: y Move the timeline cursor to the desired position in the timeline as described in section “Moving within the Timeline” on page 6-29.
The Timeline This will make the button TRANS available in the user interface. To set a transition there must be enough head and/or tail available of at least one clip to make a blending possible, otherwise the button TRANS will be unavailable. You can create the necessary head and tail manually by adjusting the in- and outpoint of clips (see section “Changing In- and Outpoints of Timeline Elements” on page 6-47).
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 6.4.8 Prerendering of Timeline Elements When adding timeline elements, such as clips or operators, to the timeline, they are immediately tested for their real-time capability which depends on various factors, such as frame size, play-out frequency, location of the clip on the storage, etc. Those elements that exceed the real-time capability of the DVS system will be subject to a prerendering.
The Timeline yellow line Figure 6-42: Timeline element marked for prerendering Additionally, video clips that are subject to a prerendering will be marked in the timeline with colors: yellow The clip has to be prerendered (see figure above). purple The clip is currently prerendered. Its progress can be seen in the job list. blue The clip is already prerendered. 1 With a double-click of the mouse on the timeline scale below the yellow line you can start the prerendering process.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide There are two ways to change the in- and outpoints of timeline elements already added to the timeline: 1. 2. You can change the in- and outpoint of adjacent clips to a cutting point via the trim mode of the Edit Tool, or you can change the in- and outpoints manually in the timeline track directly. Both procedures are detailed in this section.
The Timeline Your alterations will be effective immediately in the timeline. After changing the settings of the handlers you can, for example, define a transition between the clips or perform a play-out. More information about the trim mode and how to adjust an in- and outpoint in this mode can be found in section “The Trim Mode” on page 5-24. The length of a timeline element, i.e.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Figure 6-44: Changing the length of a transition The length of a timeline element, i.e. its outpoint, can also be adjusted frame accurately with its timeline element properties (see section “General Items of the Properties Area” on page 7-3). As long as the insert mode of the Edit Tool is active, the subsequent clips and embedded operators will automatically adjust their positions on the timeline respectively.
The Timeline on page 6-49). They are available when you select two or more in- or outpoint handlers of timeline elements present in the timeline. This procedure can be used for all timeline elements, i.e. video clips, audio clips and embedded operators (e.g. transitions). For further, more general information about trimming see section “Changing In- and Outpoints of Timeline Elements” on page 6-47.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Figure 6-48: Two selected outpoint handlers The following two trimming techniques are called ’slip and slide trimming’.
The Timeline Once one or more markers are placed in the timeline you can easily jump to them with the respective controls ( ) of the control area (see section “Controls” on page 5-11). The appearance of timeline markers can be configured to your liking with the Configuration Tool (see “CLIPSTER Configurations” user guide). A list of all markers positioned in the timeline is available via the tab Markers of the tool area (see section “The Marker Table” on page 4-34).
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide This will add a marker to the timeline of the Edit Tool at the current position of the timeline cursor. How to Set Markers Automatically Markers can also be positioned automatically. For this perform the following: y Select from the context menu of the timeline scale the menu option Set markers automatically….
The Timeline You also have the possibility at hand to remove all timeline markers in one step from the timeline. For this select the menu option Remove all markers from the context menu. 6.4.12 Attaching Audio Clips to Video Clips Sometimes during your editing work you may want to group audio and video clips, for instance, if they are already perfectly aligned and in synchronization. For this the timeline provides the possibility to attach an audio to a video clip.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide ample, be moved easily together while their alignment and relative position to each other is maintained. However, because attached clips can only be used in the overwrite mode of the Edit Tool, once clips are attached in the timeline, the software switches on the overwrite mode automatically. When working with attached clips in the timeline, you cannot switch to the insert mode anymore.
The Timeline pression allows you to speed up or slow down the play-out of a clip, for instance, for slow/fast motion purposes or to match your project’s pace. For this the respective timeline element can be automatically resized in the timeline, left in its original size (set via the clip’s in- and outpoint) or adjusted to the desired length manually in the timeline. When changing the timing of audio clips, no pitch control is provided. Thus it should be used for slight timing changes only.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide The combo box Preset allows you to select common timing changes from its drop-down list. Once one of the predetermined settings is selected, the Manual items will be adjusted accordingly. The Resize Timeline Element check box resizes the clip automatically in the timeline accordingly once the settings for stretching/compression are confirmed.
The Timeline page 6-61 and section “The Context Menu of Audio Clips” on page 6-75). This will open the standard dialog window of the DVS software for the selection of a file. y Select the new source in this dialog window. Once confirmed with the button OPEN, the clip selected as the new source will be referenced to the clip’s representation in the timeline and a new bin clip will be added to the root folder of the bin.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 6.5 Working with Video Clips The Edit Tool works with representations of clips in the timeline only. This means that as long as you perform your work on the timeline, the original material on the storage is maintained and never altered. The appearance of the clips in the video track(s) of the timeline can be altered in several ways: You can change the height of the track(s) and the display of the thumbnails.
The Timeline top right bottom left bottom right Usually, the exact outpoint of the last frame of the clip on the timeline. This value and its notation depend on the display setting for the timeline (timecode/frame notation, see section “Configuring the Timeline Scale” on page 6-9) and the display type setting of the timeline (see section “Changing the Display Type” on page 6-10). Name of the clip as it is available in the bin together with its folder path. Length/duration of the clip.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Enable tooltip Clips added to the timeline provide various information via tooltips. With this menu option you can activate or deactivate the display of the tooltips when the mouse cursor is placed over a clip in the timeline area. If it is activated, the menu option will show a cross in front. Additional information about tooltips can be found in section “Configuring the Tooltips of Clips” on page 6-10.
The Timeline Select all With this menu option all clips in the timeline area can be selected in one step. Further information about how to select clips in the timeline can be found in section “Selecting Clips” on page 6-40. Cut Using these menu options timeline elements can be cut or copied to the clipboard of the operating system and afterwards pasted again at the location of your choice. Further information about this can be found in section “Cutting, Copying or Pasting Clips” on page 4-18.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide If a clip is played out where frames are missing, the missing frames will be substituted by the DVS software automatically with a standard image: Figure 6-56: Substitute image for a missing frame Then it is best to check your bin and thus your timeline for inconsistencies more thoroughly with the menu option Check Bin on the Bin menu (see section “Check Bin” on page 9-19). This menu option will provide you with a list of the clips where frames are missing.
The Timeline Figure 6-57: Matching an individual video frame After this the control area of the Edit Tool switches to its source-edit mode and the particular frame together with its clip will be made available in the video overlay to the left of this mode: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Figure 6-58: The matched frame 8 Then you can easily recognize the exact frame position in its source material via the position field to the right because the scrub bar cursor will be placed accordingly.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide ther processing (see section “Processing the Source Material of a Video Clip” on page 5-21). To switch the control area back to its edit mode use the appropriate button of the control area ( ). 6.5.
The Timeline This menu option will export the source material of the clip according to your settings made for this application in the Configuration Tool. When a sequence processing is enabled, each frame between a set in- and outpoint of the timeline will be sent to the external application.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide With vertical editing you still work with the video track(s) as usual, i.e. horizontally. But, for instance, in case you want to realize a temporary cutaway or to evaluate the visual outcome of different shots at a particular position in the timeline, simply place the respective timeline elements in another track in the timeline. The higher the track number the more priority is given to the respective track during a play-out.
The Timeline Example 2: In the second example the third track is now disabled (muted). 02:00 Track 3 04:00 06:00 08:00 10:00 12:00 [10:00] M Clip 2 Track 1 16:00 M Clip 3 Track 2 14:00 [04:00] Clip 4 [04:00] M Clip 1 When a play-out is initiated, this will lead to an output where clip #3 is not given out at all while the clips #2 and #4 overlay the clip #1 present in the first video track (the one with the lowest priority).
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Starting a Scene Detection To start a scene detection perform the following: A scene detection can be performed in a single video track only, i.e. all others must be locked and muted (see section “Muting and Locking Tracks” on page 6-36). y If not already available add the video clip that should be analyzed for scenes to the timeline (see section “Adding Clips to the Timeline” on page 6-2).
The Timeline 1 Figure 6-61: Activated scene detection The video scope Scene Detection is an RGB parade that can be used to evaluate the scene detection (see section “The Video Scopes” on page 5-3). Furthermore, its graph will flash in white every time a scene is detected. During the scene detection a luminance mean value is calculated over a number of frames of the played out clip. This is compared to a mean value of the single frame that is currently played out.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Editing the Scene Markers The scene detection detects cuts reliably when the changes of scenery are distinct. However, if the content of the images varies much, cuts may be detected wrongly. For example, with its standard settings the scene detection will sometimes mark a camera panning as another scene because the image content between two frames differs considerably. Then you have the possibility at hand to edit the detected scenes.
The Timeline To display the alpha channel of a video clip you have to activate the menu option Show Alpha Channel only on the context menu of a video clip in the timeline of the Edit Tool (see also section “The Context Menu of Video Clips” on page 6-61). Then the video overlay and the DVS system’s video outputs will show you the alpha channel mask of the video clip where the menu option was activated. The parts of the images displayed in white are selected, black areas are not selected (i.e. keyed out).
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 6.6 Working with Audio Clips With audio clips it is the same as with video clips: The DVS software works with representations of the clips in the timeline only. Throughout your work in the Edit Tool the original material on the storage is maintained and never altered. By default the timeline area will show 16 audio tracks where you can add audio clips in the desired sequence, set fade-ins and -outs and control the volume of each clip.
The Timeline top right bottom left bottom right Exact outpoint of the clip on the timeline (minus one sample); with the timeline set to the timecode notation, the seconds and frames will be shown as seconds in a decimal number, i.e. with milliseconds; when the frame notation is activated, the outpoint will be displayed in milliseconds only Name of the clip as it is available in the bin together with its folder path; in curly brackets the audio channels (streams) of the clip indicating its audio mode, e.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Attach These menu options enable you to work with atDisconnect ele- tached clips: Sometimes during your editing work you may want to group audio and video clips, for ment example, if they are already perfectly aligned and Disconnect in synchronization. For this the timeline provides group the possibility to attach audio to video clips.
The Timeline Relink clip Once a clip is available in the timeline, it can be relinked, i.e. referenced to other source material manually from the timeline directly. For further information about this see section “Relinking Clips” on page 6-58. Bin-Clip properties With this menu option you can open from a clip in the timeline the properties of its source clip in the bin (see section “Changing the Properties of Clips” on page 4-21). 6.6.3 Volume Control The button VOLUME is important for audio clips.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide This will create a control point which can be moved in every direction on the audio clip. The control points react to certain elements in the video and audio tracks of the timeline (snapping mode) to allow for an automated positioning. You can deactivate the snapping mode and activate a fine tuning mode by pressing the [Shift] key. Further information about the snapping mode can be found in section “Moving Clips within the Timeline” on page 6-38.
The Timeline Decibel Indicator Loudness (in %) 6 dB 200 % 12 dB 400 % While a totally decreased control point means that audio is muted, a fully increased one does not necessarily mean that audio is set to 200 %. You can move a control point beyond the limits of the audio clip which will increase the volume over 200 %. This will be indicated by a shifted 100 % level line: it is then located in the lower half of the audio clip. 6.6.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 6.7 Finalizing the Timeline Once a project is finished, you can generate from a project’s timeline a new clip in a configurable format and raster without affecting the original material (original data and project file are preserved). This process is called ’finalizing’ and it can be made with the menu option Finalize… on the Project menu (see section “Finalize…” on page 9-14). Via this option you can select the video and/or audio format freely.
The Timeline 6.7.1 General Settings When performing a finalizing you have to specify some general settings, such as the storage information and some timeline settings, first. They can be made with the settings items at the top of the window to configure a finalizing: Figure 6-70: The general settings In the entry field Filename enter the name of the clip to be generated. You may also click on the button to the right of this entry field ( ) to select an already existing file.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide The source timecode provided by the clips already present in the timeline is written to the files’ headers as their source timecode, i.e. if the clips already provided source timecode, it will be preserved. Clips without source timecode information may receive a virtual source timecode (see section “Notes on Source Timecode and Keycode” on page 2-15).
The Timeline dio output (see section “Configuring Audio” on page 6-86). By turning on either one of these only the activated output will be created. If a container format is selected as the file format (e.g. Windows Media), you cannot generate audio and video separately. Both will automatically be included in the created file. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Figure 6-71: Configuring video To the right of the check box Video output you can find the Hardware finalize support check box.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Furthermore, some file formats offer additional saving types, such as bit depth and/or byte order settings. If provided by the format, select from the File type combo box the desired additional saving type. A list of saving types can be found in the “CLIPSTER I/O Tool” user guide. The items Files per folder allow you to limit the number of files that will be stored in one directory.
The Timeline If appropriate and available select whether drop-frame timecode should be applied to the source timecode written to the files with the TC - Drop frame combo box. It will be evaluated if for the clip to be generated a file format is selected that stores source timecode information in its header (e.g. *.dpx). Further information about drop-frame timecode can be found in the “CLIPSTER Configurations” user guide.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide with the video format of the clips in the timeline, and their output for the clip to be rendered must be seen in relation to the selected video format of the new clip: – With the combo box Auto scale set to Fit and the Original aspect ratio combo box activated, the clips of the timeline will be scaled to their maximum allowable width or height so that no information gets lost. If the aspect ratio is different, you will receive black bars in the finalized images.
The Timeline With the File format combo box select the file format of your audio file(s) to be generated. For a list of the supported file formats see section “Supported File Formats” on page A-9. To the right of the File format combo box you can find the button OPTIONS which provides, depending on the selected format, further configurations for the files to be generated. From the Resolution combo box select the bit depth of the audio files. The DVS software supports all common resolutions (bit depths).
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 6.7.4 Finalizing The buttons at the bottom right-hand side of the window ’Finalizing’ allow you to control this window: Use the button RENDER to start the finalizing process. It will be available as soon as the necessary information are set, such as output type, storage information and format. Then the ’Finalizing’ window will be closed and the tool area of the DVS software will switch to the job list automatically (see section “Jobs” on page 4-33).
The Timeline dio” on page 6-86 would lead to the following output on the storage when as the video output format the *.dpx file format were selected and for audio the *.wav file format: V: tempest act05 scene01 Clip Clip_0000 Clip_0000000.dpx Clip_0000001.dpx Clip... Clip_0019999.dpx Clip_-0.wav 1 2 Clip_0001 Clip_0020000.dpx Clip_0020001.dpx Clip... Clip_-1.wav Clip_... SequenceInfo.xml 3 4 5 In the path V:\tempest\act05\scene01 a directory will be created carrying the name Clip.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide tiple channels is generated, the place holder will be left out. When video (still image sequence) or audio clips are finalized or recorded, an additional file with the name SequenceInfo.xml is created in the main directory of the clip. It is used by the DVS software to enable a recognition of multi-clips with different Files per folder settings, for example, during a drag-and-drop procedure to the bin.
The Timeline 1 2 Figure 6-75: Options to configure a variable file naming 3 To set the name options perform the following: y If not already available enter a file name prefix in the entry field File name. 4 y By activating or deactivating the File name extensions check box you can add variable and/or static components to the file names: 5 combo box The upper combo box is used to assemble the file name extensions.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Extension will be Select from this combo box the variable or separator that should be transferred to the upper combo box. The variables will be replaced during the operation with the respective data if available. In case none is available ’Unknown’ will be output. The variable Customized can be used to add a user-defined string to the extensions: With Customized selected the string can be entered in this combo box and then transferred to the upper one with the button ADD.
The Timeline y Use the Numbering options to configure a file numbering for the image files to be created: File number will be Select from this combo box what should be used to create the file numbers. You can select between a consecutive numbering of frames or the timeline timecode of the Edit Tool’s timeline. When using the latter the Edit Tool’s timeline timecode will be recalculated in frames with the frame rate set for the finalizing. This value is then used for the numbering.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide This will close the window to configure the name options and you will be returned to the finalize dialog. y In the finalize dialog make sure that the check box in front of the NAME OPTIONS… button is activated, otherwise they will not be applied. With this the configured file naming will be detailed in the finalize dialog accordingly (entry field File name). As long as the variable naming is activated via its check box, the field File name will be unavailable.
Timeline Element Properties 7 Timeline element properties are provided for video clips as well as transitions. They can be used to determine the appearance of the respective element in the timeline further. While with the properties of a transition you can, for example, set the type of wipe used for the transition, with the ones for a video clip you can add effects operators to the clip. The effects operators of video clips provide you with additional editing features for your video processing tasks.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 7.1 Accessing the Timeline Element Properties The properties of timeline elements can be accessed easily in the Edit Tool. They will be shown instead of the visible audio tracks right below the timeline area in an area of their own. To make this area visible perform the following: y Call up the context menu of a timeline element present in the video track of the timeline area. y Then select the menu option Show properties.
Timeline Element Properties 7.2 General Items of the Properties Area This section explains the items that are available in the properties area for all timeline elements. Depending on the type of element selected from the timeline not all items may be available. If they are dimmed, they cannot be used in conjunction with this timeline element.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide The button MODIFY AFTER applies the settings of the currently selected timeline element or, with video clips, of the currently selected and displayed effects operator to all elements of the same type that succeed it in this track of the timeline. The button MODIFY ALL applies the settings of the currently selected timeline element or, with video clips, of the currently selected and displayed effects operator to all elements of the same type in this track of the timeline.
Timeline Element Properties 7.3 Changing Values of Sliders and Entry Fields Almost all operators provide sliders as well as entry fields to adjust their effects. You can adjust their values and settings in several ways: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Select a slider with the mouse and move it to the left or right (up or down) to the desired settings. Use the [Up Arrow]/[Down Arrow] keys after the selection of one of the settings by clicking in its entry field to step the value up or down.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 7.4 Closing the Timeline Element Properties The timeline element properties can be closed the same way they are called. After this the view of the audio tracks will be restored. To close the timeline properties area perform the following: y With the timeline elements properties area visible below the timeline area call up the context menu of a timeline element present in the video track of the timeline area. y Then select the menu option Show properties.
Timeline Element Properties 7.5 Properties of a Transition As soon as a transition is selected in the timeline, its properties are displayed in the timeline element properties area right below the timeline area. If the properties area is not visible in the Edit Tool, you have to display it first (see section “Accessing the Timeline Element Properties” on page 7-2). By default a transition is set to the wipe Crossfade.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Crossfade/ Dissolve 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 21 22 23 24 25 26 41 42 61 62 63 64 101 102 103 104 105 106 119 122 123 124 125 201 202 203 204 205 211 212 213 214 221 222 224 225 226 231 232 233 234 235 241 242 243 244 206 7 207 236 Random 251 252 253 254 409 Figure 7-4: SMPTE wipes of the DVS software 7-8
Timeline Element Properties After selecting one of the available wipes you have further possibilities at hand to adjust the transition: Item Description Softness Use the Softness slider and the percentage value to its right to adjust the softness (feathering) of the wipe. Then the edges of the emerging image appear softer so that they blend into the receding image with less contrast. With the slider you can set the softness to values between 0 and 100 %.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 7.6 Properties of a Video Clip Every video clip added to the timeline provides timeline element properties which offer you additional editing features for your work. These editing features can be accessed in the form of effects operators. Depending on its optional features, DVS provides for the Edit Tool various operators that enhance the editing functionality of the DVS software.
Timeline Element Properties pane the same way as the effects operators provided by DVS (see section “Effects” on page 4-25). Usually, effects operators are applied to single clips on the timeline only but their settings can be transferred to other clips of the timeline easily (see section “General Items of the Properties Area” on page 7-3). This section explains in detail the possibilities when dealing with the properties of a video clip.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide y Select from one of the folders the respective effects operator that you want to apply and drag and drop it to the Effects list of the timeline element properties: Figure 7-6: Drag and drop of effect This will apply the selected effect to the clip whose properties are displayed in the area of the timeline element properties.
Timeline Element Properties effects list settings pane Figure 7-7: Video clip properties Simply select an effect from the effects list and its settings are immediately displayed in the settings pane to the right of the list. Then they can be altered according to your liking and the changes are directly applied to the clip in the timeline. The individual settings possibilities of the effects operators developed by DVS are explained in the later sections of this chapter.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide If you need an operator to be applied to a limited range of frames of a clip only, you have to edit the clip with hard cuts beforehand because the applied effects are valid for a whole timeline clip always. Some operators may not be real-time capable. Clips modified with such an operator will automatically be subject to a prerendering (see section “Prerendering of Timeline Elements” on page 6-46).
Timeline Element Properties To create such a preset effect as well as apply it to a selected clip in the timeline you may use the context menu of an effect in the effects list. Further information about preset effects and, for example, other ways to create and apply them as well as how to use them for several projects, can be found in section “Effects” on page 4-25.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 7.7 The Operator ’Zoom + Pan’ The operator ’Zoom + Pan’ allows to zoom, pan and rotate as well as to sharpen or blur the contents of the video clip in the timeline. It is by default available and active for all clips in the timeline and thus the first operator visible in the timeline element properties area after it has been accessed. For this effect keyframing is available (see section “Keyframing” on page 7-21).
Timeline Element Properties Additionally, you can enter either the zoom factor or the pixel size that the original frames should be set to in the respective entry fields to the right of the sliders manually. Slider Slider Movement Result Factor Range left zoom out <1 right zoom in >1 Width / Height With the check box Lock activated, the original aspect ratio (the relation of width (x) and height (y) of the video format) can be preserved.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Slider Slider Movement Image Movement Factor and Pixel Range left negative right positive Y As already indicated in the table above to the right of the sliders you can find entry fields where you can specify either the image movement factor or the movement in pixels manually. Simply enter the respective value with the appropriate sign as specified in the table to pan the image.
Timeline Element Properties Filter Meaning Bilinear (real time) This setting applies a bilinear filtering to the zoomed image and may be appropriate for greater scaling factors. If this filter is selected, all alterations will be performed in real time, but sharpness cannot be controlled manually. Adaptive Filter (real time) The ’Adaptive Filter’ is the default setting for the ’Zoom + Pan’ operator.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide slider and pull it to the left or right until the jittering or other interferences disappear. Slider Aperture Slider Position Result Factor or Factor Range left blur <1 right sharpen >1 The Aperture slider is not available for certain filters selected via the combo box Filter. With the Rotation slider and its entry field at the bottom of the settings pane you can rotate the clip full circle (±180°).
Timeline Element Properties 7.8 Keyframing For effects there may be keyframing available. It allows you to use the effect on a clip’s timeline with definable points of settings (keyframes). With this you can easily configure, for instance, smooth transitions between these effect’s settings, for example, to fade in the effect during a play-out of the clip. This feature is available for zooming and panning (see section “The Operator ’Zoom + Pan’” on page 7-16).
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Figure 7-15: Parameters list For each effect setting in the list there is one keyframing line available in the graph of the keyframe editor. In the default view of the keyframe editor they are color coded, meaning each setting is displayed in a different color and you can easily identify the keyframing line belonging to a setting because they are drawn in the same color. However, due to the fact that most effect settings have default values of either one (e.g. 1.
Timeline Element Properties Figure 7-16: Context menu of parameters list Linear These settings determine the curving of the keyframing line of the selected setting. You can togNatural Spline gle between them. With Natural Spline activated the keyframing line will be curved between the keyframes, with Linear it will be straight from keyframe to keyframe. To activate Natural Spline at least one additional keyframe has to be set on the keyframing line of the selected setting.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Figure 7-17: The graph To work on a selected part of a clip you can use the button FRAME IN/OUT: Set the timeline’s in- and outpoint to the part you want to zoom into and press this button. The graph will then display the selected part only. The graph will show the timeline’s in- and outpoint same as the timeline: Any deselected part will be displayed in a dimmed fashion.
Timeline Element Properties Figure 7-18: Context menu of the graph On the graph’s context menu select the menu option Reset Zoom to reset the view of the timeline. Furthermore, the context menu provides the possibility to switch the notation of the graph’s scale. For this select from the context menu either the Timecode Display or Frames Display menu option. This will change the notation of the graph as well as of all position and length indicators in the software module. 1 2 3 7.8.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide – You can use the controls of the Edit Tool as usual to move in or play out the timeline (see section “Moving within the Timeline” on page 6-29). The cursor of the graph will be moved accordingly. – You can set an in- and outpoint for the timeline (see section “Setting an In- and Outpoint for the Timeline” on page 6-32), for example, to confine a play-out to the clip currently under processing or to zoom further into the graph (see section “Viewing the Graph” on page 7-23).
Timeline Element Properties With these buttons you can step one frame for- or backward in the clip currently under processing. The cursor will move accordingly. Alternatively, you may use the keyboard shortcuts [Left Arrow]/[Right Arrow] or [3]/[4] when the timeline has the focus. 7.8.4 Setting Keyframes Keyframes for an effect setting can be set easily in the keyframe editor: A single click on the respective keyframing line of the setting in the graph will create a keyframe.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide During the moving of a keyframe with the mouse, its position and setting is displayed on the screen, allowing you to accurately position and set the keyframe. Each keyframing line represents a setting of the effect. Thus, to set and adjust a keyframe you can also use the settings of the effect directly.
Timeline Element Properties Figure 7-25: Selecting several keyframes Once the mouse button is released, the keyframes within the rectangle will be selected. Then they can, for example, be positioned all at once by moving one of them with the mouse. The selected keyframes can be deselected with the menu option Deselect Keyframes of the graph’s context menu (see figure 7-18 on page 7-25). Of course, created keyframes can also be deleted.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 7.9 The Operator ’Flip Flop’ The flip/flop operator enables you to mirror the video image vertically and/or horizontally. If the flip/flop operator is used on a clip, it has to be prerendered prior to a play-out (see section “Prerendering of Timeline Elements” on page 6-46).
Timeline Element Properties 7.10 The Operator ’1st Color Correction’ The operator ’1st Color Correction’ can be used to perform a primary color and/or gamma correction on the currently selected clip in the timeline. It provides a user interface where you can load a static LUT, as well as several sliders for a more immediate control: Figure 7-27: 1st color correction operator This section describes in detail the settings provided by the ’1st Color Correction’ operator. 1 2 3 7.10.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide more than one LUT, the effects of the LUT files are combined to color correct the images of the clip. Below the list box three buttons are available. With the button + you can load a LUT. For this select in the opening dialog window the directory path and file name of the look-up table. After this confirm your selection with the button OPEN. This will load the selected LUT file and its name and path will be entered in the list box above. File extension: *.lut *.
Timeline Element Properties Figure 7-29: The area for master, luma and chroma With the Master items you can adjust luminance relevant settings, such as gamma or brightness: Contrast Gamma Brightness With the contrast items you can set the contrast of the clip’s images. An increase of the contrast setting will push the image colors more towards their full color, whereas a decrease will adjust the colors more towards a tone of grey.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Low Adjusts the darker parts of the clip, i.e. the lift or black point. By using this setting only the luminance changes, the chroma settings remain as they were. Values range from -100 to +100. With the Chroma items you can adjust color related settings, such as the hue: Hue Saturation The hue setting moves the colors of the images around the color wheel in the HSL color space (±180°).
Timeline Element Properties The check box Hold Luma allows you to hold the luminance level of the clip while adjusting a single color component. Usually, while adjusting a color component, the luminance of the clip is changed as well, i.e. changes occur in the Brightness setting, too. When this check box is activated during the adjustment of a color component, e.g.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide The check box Hold B+W allows you to hold the black and white points of the image. When it is activated, a gamma correction will be performed between adjusted black and white points. With the check box deactivated, the black and white points will be disregarded and a gamma correction will be made on the full value range of the image’s color channels instead.
Timeline Element Properties When called for the first time, you can find in the middle of the color circle three dots that overlay each other. These are the selectors for the high-, mid- and low-tones of the image. Each can be selected individually and positioned anywhere in the circle. To select a particular tone selector when they are all located in the center of the circle, click somewhere inside the color circle with the mouse. Each click will bring another selector to the foreground.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 7.11 The Operator ’2nd Color Correction’ The ’2nd Color Correction’ operator is an optionally available feature for the DVS software. If you have received this option, you will be able to adjust one color value in a video clip without affecting the other colors. This type of color correction is often referred to as selective or secondary color correction. The secondary color correction can be used, for example, to change the color of a shirt, a car, etc.
Timeline Element Properties afterwards hold your data of the selected color or color range as well as the information about the performed color correction. The DVS software provides overall seven predefined color vectors: One that has all colors selected and six others that provide each a different color by default (red, green, blue, yellow, cyan and magenta). Tolerances and softness are also predefined in these vectors.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide correction if already set), a display of the alpha channel only and a view of the alpha channel plus the source image. Figure 7-35: Alpha channel view of the selected color vector In the alpha channel view of the preview window the black parts of the image will not be affected while all areas and pixels displayed in white will be color corrected. The set color vector will be graphically shown in the color wheel to the left of the color mask area.
Timeline Element Properties Figure 7-36: Color corrected example image Once the color alterations are set as desired, the procedure to perform a secondary color correction is finished. The changes are immediately applied to the selected clip in the timeline. However, prior to a real-time play-out the clip where the secondary color correction is applied has to be prerendered (see section “Prerendering of Timeline Elements” on page 6-46).
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Figure 7-37: Color vector list of the secondary color correction Simply select one of the predefined color vectors from the list. Its settings are immediately displayed in the settings pane to the right of the list. Then they can be altered according to your liking and the changes are directly applied to the clip in the timeline. Each vector available in the list may hold a different color as well as a unique color correction, i.e.
Timeline Element Properties Figure 7-38: Color mask controls In detail the color mask area provides the following control elements and possibilities: Color Wheel The color wheel of the color mask area shows you the selected color vector in a circle. The circle contains all colors according to their hue and their saturation (HSL color space), and additionally all color components are indicated (RGB and CMY). The distance from the circle’s center determines the saturation of the respective color.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide While the selected color vector is displayed in a light grey, the colors not selected are shown in a darker grey. The blue-grey surrounding the vector marks the softness/tolerance of the selected color vector, i.e. the colors lying in this area will be selected as well, but a color correction will only be performed on them on a percentage basis.
Timeline Element Properties ting. Therefore, in case the shape is no trapezoid but a rectangle, no softness is selected for the respective value. The settings of the left two bars are displayed in the color wheel to the left. The luminance setting is not shown in the color wheel.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide and afterwards pressing [Enter] on your keyboard.
Timeline Element Properties INVERT RESET Soft a a+P With this button you can invert the color vector that is currently selected. Afterwards all colors that were previously deselected are selected. The button RESET sets the selected color vector back to its default values. With this slider and its entry field to the right you can adjust an overall softness for the selected color vector as well as for an already set softness.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide see the selected color vector more clearly because it will be shown in grey. As soon as the preview window is visible, the pipette is automatically active. With it you can select in the image directly the colors that you would like to add to your alpha mask, i.e. your color vector. A left-click of the mouse selects the color where the pipette cursor is positioned. A right-click of the mouse deselects all colors.
Timeline Element Properties vector the settings of a primary color correction are at your disposal. The respective settings items can be found in the color correction and balance area to the right of the settings pane: 1 Figure 7-44: Color correction and balance controls 2 The applied color correction will be shown in the preview window in its source view as well as in the video overlay and at the outputs of the DVS system.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide The outer ring of the color wheel displays the color vector that you have set with the color mask items to the left. It can be selected with the mouse and turned around the color circle, thereby causing a hue shift (the hue slider to the right will change accordingly). With this any shift of the color vector towards another color can be seen at once in the wheel: It is the color that the color vector in the outer ring is positioned above.
Timeline Element Properties 7.12 Picture Masks For effects there may be picture masks available. They allow the usage of an effect on a selectable part of a clip only. The part of the images that will be affected can be set with freely definable shapes (masks). This feature is available for a secondary color correction (see section “The Operator ’2nd Color Correction’” on page 7-38). For a description how to activate it, please refer to the section of the above mentioned effect.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Figure 7-47: Shapes list The settings of the selected shape are displayed in the settings pane to the right of the list. Then they can be altered according to your liking and the changes are directly applied to the clip in the timeline. With the check boxes in front of the shapes in the list you can display or hide shapes after they have been defined.
Timeline Element Properties Figure 7-48: Items to set a shape With the combo box Shape you enable a shape: As soon as it is set from None to Static, the preview window will be displayed on the screen. It shows the frame at the current timeline cursor position: shape 1 mouse cursor 2 3 4 Figure 7-49: Preview window When placing the mouse on the image, the cursor forms a cross. Then, to set a shape click at least three times in the image at different locations.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Alpha Shows the alpha channel (same as in figure 7-35 on page 7-40). The parts of the image shown in black are not selected, white parts are. Default Shows the source image only. Shapes are not displayed in this view, nor can they be defined. Once a shape is defined, you can close the preview window at any time. Afterwards it can be displayed again by selecting, for example, the Outline setting of the View combo box. 7.12.
Timeline Element Properties 7.13 The Operator ’6-Vector CC’ The ’6-Vector CC’ operator enables you to adjust colors based on predefined color vectors in a video clip without affecting other colors. It operates similar to the secondary color correction, but instead of freely definable color vectors it provides several predefined ones that can be used for a selective color correction. In many cases when you want to perform a selective color correction, applying a 6-vector color correction will be suffice.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide ed). The button a + P shows you the alpha channel together with the original image (the selected colors will appear in grey). The finally applied color correction can be seen when both buttons are deactivated. With the items of the Color Balance area you can perform the color correction. They are almost identical to the ones offered by the secondary color correction but provide, for example, no tone selectors or gamma settings.
Timeline Element Properties 7.14 The Operator ’DeInterlace’ The operator ’DeInterlace’ enables you to convert interlaced material (fields) on your system into the progressive image format (frames). If the deinterlace operator is used on a clip, it has to be prerendered prior to a play-out (see section “Prerendering of Timeline Elements” on page 6-46). 1 2 Figure 7-52: Deinterlace operator This section describes in detail the settings provided by this operator.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Motion_Adaptive This mode will yield good results when your clip contains moving objects because motion in the clip’s images is detected automatically. A line interpolation will be applied only when interlacing effects are found. This mode provides best quality and does not lose general resolution as only in fast moving parts an interpolation is applied.
The Conforming Tool 8 With the conforming tool of the Edit Tool you can conform, for example, offline composed projects. This chapter explains how to conform data lists (e.g. EDLs or cut lists) with the Edit Tool. First, an introduction to conforming and the conforming tool in general is provided as well as some notes about what to observe prior to a conforming process. After this follows a description of how to perform a conforming with the Edit Tool (the first steps).
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 8.1 Introduction to Conforming with the Edit Tool This section provides an introduction to conforming and the conforming tool in general. Additionally, you can find here some important notes about what to observe prior to a conforming process. 8.1.
The Conforming Tool outpoints. The possibilities when adapting the conforming in the timeline directly are explained in section “Working with EDLs from the Timeline” on page 8-22. The possibilities of the conforming mode are in detail described in section “The Conforming Mode in General” on page 8-25 and the sections following this one. Furthermore, the conforming mode can also be used to verify the result of the conforming.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide – Cut lists without source in- and outpoints will be automatically provided with this information by the DVS software. They will be calculated from the data available in the list. However, this information may require manual adaptation. – To add the EDL to the timeline, the frame rate of the video format of the timeline must match the frame rate of the imported EDL.
The Conforming Tool – Prior to conforming via the SpycerNet for the first time, it is recommended to initiate a rescan of the watched folders on each system involved in the conforming process (update of the Spycer database). Before updating see to it that the configuration settings mentioned above are set appropriately. A rescan is mandatory if the 'Fast scan' option was activated on a system.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 8.2 First Steps to Make a Conforming This section describes the first and recommended approach to a conforming with the Edit Tool. It will be described how to add EDLs to your project, how to build up a timeline as well as how to set up and perform the conforming. Usually, when everything is set correctly and the points listed in section “Important Notes” on page 8-3 are observed, the conforming will be successful. 8.2.
The Conforming Tool Figure 8-1: Example dialog window to configure an EDL 1 It provides the settings items as described below: Depending on the type of EDL added, the configuration window may provide different settings items. The descriptions below detail all items that can be available even if not present in the figure above. Item Name Gauge 3 Description 4 This field determines the name of the EDL as it will appear in the bin. It can be altered freely.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Item 8-8 Description Extension Cut lists only: Determines how to interpret the reference numbers of the keycode information in the files’ headers on the storage, i.e. whether they should be interpreted as frames or perforations. By default the keycode reference numbers of cut lists are interpreted as frames by the DVS software. Convert to frame rate With this combo box you can convert the frame rate set with Current frame rate to another frequency.
The Conforming Tool y Configure the list to be added appropriately. y Once everything is set as wanted, confirm your settings with the OK button. This will start the import process. When finished, the selected and configured EDL can be found in the folder area of the bin with the clips of the EDL already sorted into reel subfolders. Of course, as long as no conforming has been made, the clips are marked as pending clips without thumbnail preview (see section “Details about Clips” on page 4-10).
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Figure 8-3: Drag and drop of EDL to timeline When the mouse button is released, the following window will be displayed on the screen: Figure 8-4: Dialog window to configure the EDL creation in the timeline 8-10
The Conforming Tool Creating an EDL twice in the timeline will duplicate it (in the bin and timeline). However, if the first created EDL exists only partially in the timeline, a dialog window appears beforehand asking you whether you want to duplicate the EDL or (re-)create the missing clips. By default newly added clips/EDLs will be added for video in the next higher video track (> no. 1), and for audio in the lowest audio tracks (> no. 16).
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Item Description Position Specifies the position where to add the clips of the EDL to the timeline. For example, they can be placed at the current position of the timeline cursor, at the end of the timeline or at their destination positions determined by the destination in- and outpoints of the EDL (not available if C-mode creation is selected in Creation mode). Creation mode With this setting you configure the way the EDL will be created in the timeline.
The Conforming Tool y Once everything is set confirm your settings with the OK button. This will start the creation process and a progress bar may inform you about its status. When finished, the clips of the EDL will be available in the timeline of the Edit Tool.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide The above mentioned methods to start an autoconforming will be described in the following. Right after one of them is performed, you have to configure and afterwards start the autoconforming which will also be explained in this section.
The Conforming Tool Figure 8-6: Continue with autoconforming? After this the window to configure the autoconforming will be displayed on the screen. Then you can continue the conforming as described in section “Configuring the Autoconforming” on page 8-15.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide The first two settings should be used if the headers of the files on the storage provide source timecode or keycode information. Then, if the header data of a found video clip matches a source in-/outpoint stated in the EDL, the respective EDL clip will be appropriately linked. Audio clips will be linked if their duration comprises the source outpoint of the audio event.
The Conforming Tool The setting SpycerNet utilizes the SpycerNet to search for clips. Its main advantage is that you can include remote systems with it in your search, but it may also be helpful during local searches, especially when large amounts of data should be searched through (faster search). Once this setting is selected, the button to the right of the combo box Source type will be available ( ).
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Render speed effects Speed effects that an EDL may provide can be processed by the conforming tool as well. They have to be rendered during the conforming, meaning image files may be omitted or created anew according to the specified speed. This setting can be activated or deactivated with the check box to the left.
The Conforming Tool you want, e.g. via trimming or color correction. You can also import other EDLs and add them to the timeline as well. During editing, the clips of the EDL in the timeline will stay linked to the EDL visible in the bin and the conforming mode. All changes to the timeline will be reflected either in the ’Timeline as EDL’ view or in the EDL directly. Further information about this can be found in section “The Conforming Mode in General” on page 8-25 and the sections following it.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Figure 8-9: Substitute image for multiple found clips This will be displayed instead of the original clip’s images, for example, in the bin as the clip’s thumbnail or in the video overlay of the control area if the timeline cursor is positioned on such a clip. After confirming the message of multiple search results you can work directly in the timeline and identify the clips with multiple search results, for example, by their substitute image.
The Conforming Tool A failing of the conforming may happen because of a number of reasons and how to avoid the most common ones is detailed in section “Important Notes” on page 8-3. You have to make sure that these are observed properly. However, if the failing of the autoconforming cannot be resolved, you can adjust the conforming, for instance, by trying another linking method or by editing the events of the EDL. In case you want to apply another linking method you can work in the timeline directly.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 8.3 Working with EDLs from the Timeline As soon as an EDL is available in the timeline (see section “Building up a Timeline” on page 8-9), you can use the Edit Tool as usual and work with its clips on the timeline. Furthermore, if a conforming has been performed already, you can evaluate and process its result directly in the timeline.
The Conforming Tool Figure 8-12: Conforming functions provided in the timeline Select Autoconform… This menu option opens a further submenu where you can choose between different methods to select clips on the timeline. For example, the option All "online RT" clips selects all clips on the timeline that have the status ’Online RT’ (for further statuses as well as explanations of them see section “The Tab ’EDL Clips’” on page 8-31). 1 Performs the same operation as the button AUof the conforming mode.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Show in the corre- If not already visible, this menu option switches sponding EDL to the conforming mode of the control area, selects the appropriate EDL and displays it on the tab EDL Clips (see section “The Tab ’EDL Clips’” on page 8-31). The entries of the clips that were selected when this menu option was called will be highlighted in the table. It can be used on clips of the same EDL only.
The Conforming Tool 8.4 The Conforming Mode in General All tasks that have been described so far in this chapter can be performed directly with the conforming mode of the Edit Tool. With it you can, for instance, import EDLs, build them up in the timeline or autoconform them. Furthermore, already conformed EDLs can be evaluated and processed further. The conforming mode can be activated with its respective button from the controls in the control area of the Edit Tool (see section “Controls” on page 5-11).
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide grey The clip is unconformed either because a conforming has not been made yet, no matching clips could be found or there are multiple search results available. In case a clip was conformed with material from a non-real-time capable storage, it will be marked in the timeline for a prerendering (see section “Prerendering of Timeline Elements” on page 6-46).
The Conforming Tool 8.5 Conforming Mode – The Work Area Once at least one EDL is available in the bin (see section “Importing and Adding EDLs” on page 8-6), it can be displayed in the work area: tabs 1 Figure 8-15: The work area with the tab ’EDLs’ activated Besides status information at the top right (i.e.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide – via the EDL combo box of the controls (see section “” on page 8-41). Additionally, to view the EDL of a certain clip on the timeline you can select the menu option Conforming » Show in the corresponding EDL on the context menu of the timeline clip (see section “Working with EDLs from the Timeline” on page 8-22). 8.5.
The Conforming Tool Figure 8-16: Example entry fields The above figure shows two examples of entry fields and their additional items: The entry field to the left provides a combo box where you can select settings from a drop-down list. In the entry field to the right you can either enter a value (in this case a directory/file) or use the button to the right ( ) to select one. The button to the far right allows you to transfer the changed entry from this field to other table entries (rows).
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Figure 8-18: The tab ’EDLs’ The other tabs of the work area detail the information of the EDL that is selected in this table (see also section “Viewing EDLs” on page 8-27). By default the entry ’Timeline as EDL’ is available for all projects. It shows the timeline of the project with all its clips as an EDL in the conforming mode.
The Conforming Tool Column Description Found clips Indicates how many clips of the EDL are already linked to data on a storage. Duration Details the duration of the EDL, i.e. its length. When working on an EDL in this tab, for example, with the controls of the conforming mode, all tasks are performed on the selected EDL only. In case you want to work on several EDLs at once you have to combine them (see section “Combine…” on page 8-45). 8.5.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide The following explains the columns that are available for the tab EDL Clips: On this tab you can change the settings for individual events. However, to change the settings for several events in a single step it may be more appropriate to alter them for a complete reel (see section “The Tab ’EDL Reels’” on page 8-36). Changes to events can only be performed as long as they are unconformed (status ’Offline’).
The Conforming Tool Column Description Original This clip does not belong to an EDL. It is a normal clip available in one of the standard folders of the bin. Reel name Details the name of the reel that this clip belongs to as it was determined during the import of the EDL. It can be altered freely. If you enter a new, not existing reel name, the reel count on the tab EDL increases and you will receive a new reel on the tab EDL Reels as well as in the bin.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Column Keycode IN Keycode OUT Destination IN Destination OUT 8-34 Description These entries show the keycode in- and outpoint. Normally these information are detailed in cut lists only. When available, they can be changed either by entering an in-/outpoint manually or by using the button SLIP SOURCE KC (see section “Slip source KC…” on page 8-48). Only the keycode’s reference number can be altered.
The Conforming Tool Column Description VTR Records the event via RS-422 from an externally connected player (see section “Capture data…” on page 8-53). None This event is ignored during a conforming. When an autoconforming is performed for this event, a manually adjusted setting will be overwritten with the one of the autoconforming. Search criteria Details the search criteria that was selected during an autoconforming (see section “Conforming” on page 8-13).
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Column Offset/Start frame Description When File number as TC is selected, you can enter in this field a timecode/frames offset for the respective event (negative as well as positive). The entered offset will be added to the source in- and outpoint. When Start frame is selected, you can enter in this field the frame number that should be identified as the source inpoint, i.e.
The Conforming Tool Figure 8-20: The tab ’EDL Reels’ By selecting one or more reels in this view on the EDL, the clips belonging to this reel will be selected in the timeline area and on the tab EDL Clips as well. This works also the other way around, meaning when all clips of a reel are selected in the timeline and/or on the tab EDL Clips, the respective reel will be selected in this view as well.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Column Description Search criteria Same as the ’Search criteria’ setting on the tab EDL Clips (see section “The Tab ’EDL Clips’” on page 8-31): Offset/Start frame Same as the ’Offset/Start frame’ setting on the tab EDL Clips (see section “The Tab ’EDL Clips’” on page 8-31), with the following exception: The offset/start frame entered here is valid for the complete reel.
The Conforming Tool Figure 8-21: The tab 'Original EDL' With the help of the tab Original EDL you can, for example, compare the contents of the EDL file with its imported version in the Edit Tool. Additionally, you can mark text with the mouse and then copy it to the clipboard of the operating system by simply calling the context menu in the text field and selecting the menu option Copy or using the keyboard shortcut [Ctrl + C].
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 8.6 Conforming Mode – The Conforming Controls The conforming controls offer you various sophisticated functions to process EDLs. Figure 8-23: The conforming controls Via the conforming controls you can, for example, import EDLs, change the viewing settings of the work area or modify imported EDLs. They will be described in this section. 8.6.1 The Edit Controls In the following you can find descriptions of the controls that allow you to edit EDLs more generally.
The Conforming Tool During the closing procedure you will also be asked whether you want to save the EDL, i.e. whether already made changes should be saved as an EDL. In case you confirm this, the procedure to export an EDL will be initiated (see section “Export as…” on page 8-41). Export as… This button exports the selected EDL with all changes applied to an EDL.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide list shows all EDLs currently available in the project (see also section “The Tab ’EDLs’” on page 8-29). View settings… Via the button VIEW SETTINGS… you can adjust the appearances of the tables on the tabs of the work area to your needs. It allows you to hide or display columns of the tables. Additionally, you can configure the size of the thumbnails of the work area.
The Conforming Tool one so that the relation of width to height of the last confirmed size remains the same. Once everything is set close the window and confirm your view settings with the button OK. Your adjustments to the view settings can then be seen in the tables of the work area. Text / Image This combo box switches the view of the table displayed in the work area between the normal text-only view and a view together with thumbnails.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide reel) that have a specific status (Clips with status)). You can add as many AND searches as you like and they can be deleted just by clicking the - button ( ) right in front of the criteria items. Once everything is set, the selection can be performed with the button OK. Afterwards the elements that match your specified criteria will be selected in the table as well as in the timeline. Show When a selection is made in the table displayed in the work area (see e.g.
The Conforming Tool Combine… With this button you can combine EDLs available in this project to a single EDL. It opens the following window: 1 2 Figure 8-29: Combining EDLs Use the items at the top of the window to select the EDLs that should be combined. If you want to combine the timeline of your project with an EDL, you have to create an EDL of the timeline first by duplicating the entry ’Timeline as EDL’ on the tab EDLs (see section “Duplicate” on page 8-41).
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Reconform… When an EDL is already conformed and built up in the timeline and you receive an update for this EDL, you can use this button to compare the used EDL with the changed one. Then, instead of conforming the updated EDL again, the reconforming feature will save you time by linking the clips it recognizes from the older EDL automatically to the clips of the new EDL. Any effects that have been already added to the clips of the older EDL can be retained as well.
The Conforming Tool settings. Then, a clip will receive the same effects settings as a clip of the older EDL if its duration is within the stated tolerance. Enter the tolerance in the entry field to the right either in frames or timecode notation (which can be switched with the combo box to the left). Finally, with the button RECONFORM you can automatically conform the updated EDL on the basis of the already conformed one.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide To adjust the source in- and outpoints you can select between several possibilities and you have to choose one with the radio buttons to the left: Further information about timecode or frames notation can be found in section “About Timecode / Frame Number Fields” on page 2-17. The smallest/largest source in-/outpoint available among the selected events cannot be set beyond the boundaries of a 24hours timeline.
The Conforming Tool Figure 8-32: Slipping keycodes This window provides you with the same possibilities as the window to slip source in- and outpoints, only that it adjusts keycodes. For further information about its settings items see section “Slip source TC…” on page 8-47. Only the keycodes’ reference numbers can be altered. 1 Further information about keycodes can be found in section “About Keycode” on page 2-16.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide be displayed as after initiating an autoconforming (e.g. after the buildup of an unconformed EDL in the timeline). For further information about this window as well as about the autoconforming process see section “Configuring the Autoconforming” on page 8-15. When an autoconforming is performed, manually adjusted settings for events (see section “Conforming Mode – The Work Area” on page 8-27) may be overwritten with the ones set for the autoconforming.
The Conforming Tool This window provides almost the same settings items as the ’Autoconform’ window. The ones that are missing should have been configured manually on the tabs of the work area. The following describes the settings items that are available in addition. For information about the ones not described please refer to section “Configuring the Autoconforming” on page 8-15.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Figure 8-35: Transferring data Use the settings items as detailed in the following to configure the copy process: 8-52 RT-path for data Specify in this entry field the path on your main storage where to save the copied data or use the button to the right of the field ( ) to select one directly via the opening dialog window.
The Conforming Tool Avoid warnings if file/folder already exists Normally, when transferring data, it is checked whether the material to be copied already exists in the target directory. If files/folders are already present, you will be notified about this by the software. By activating this check box you can suppress these notifications, i.e. such messages will no longer appear and the material will be overwritten immediately. Apply to This setting allows you to limit the procedure.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide manually set to VTR as the ’Source type’ (see section “Conforming Mode – The Work Area” on page 8-27). A setting to VTR for ’Source type’ can be performed automatically: For this simply follow the message displayed in case no clip of the EDL is set to VTR. After this the batch list will be transferred to the I/O Tool of the DVS software where it is displayed in the batch record mode ready for a capturing.
The Conforming Tool source material will be combined (consolidated) and captured as a single clip. The tolerance can be entered in the entry field to the right either in frames or timecode notation which can be switched with the combo box to the left. The button PREVIEW… allows you to view the consolidation. It opens the following window: 1 2 Figure 8-37: Previewing consolidated clips In this window the consolidated clips are shown.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide the check box of this setting is deactivated, the events on the tab EDL Clips will be captured in the sequence that the table is sorted by. Speed effects of the EDL to be captured must be rendered, meaning image files may be omitted or created anew according to the specified speed. To receive speed effects the check box Render speed effects has to be activated. The Apply to setting allows you to limit the capturing.
The Conforming Tool tails, i.e. with this function you can relocate the trim points of all clips in the timeline in a single step. It works also with standard clips of the Edit Tool when the EDL of the timeline (’Timeline as EDL’, see section “The Tab ’EDLs’” on page 8-29) is duplicated and built up in the timline. A click on this button opens the following window: When showing or hiding handles, transitions may be replaced by hard cuts.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide When everything is set and the OK button is clicked, the showing/hiding of heads and tails will be applied to the clips in the timeline. If the entered lengths of handles would either reduce or exceed the duration of at least one clip beyond the boundaries of its source material, you will be informed about this by the DVS software.
The Conforming Tool plying this function again with different settings (i.e. they will be adjusted, not doubled). This way they can also be removed from the timeline: Either set them to a length of zero (0) or deactivate their check boxes. After this the pre-/post-rolls will be removed from the timeline. Update linking With this button you can check the ’Online’ statuses of the EDL clips (see section “The Tab ’EDL Clips’” on page 8-31), i.e.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 8.7 Conforming Mode – The Preview Area With the conforming mode of the Edit Tool’s control area activated, the result of your work on the timeline/EDL can be reviewed and monitored in the preview area.
The Conforming Tool 8.7.1 Selecting Contents for Viewing With the preview area you can view either the clips assembled in the timeline or the clips of the EDL. Whether it shows the contents of the timeline or the EDL depends on the state of the toggle button TIMELINE/EDL of the preview controls (see section “The Preview Controls” on page 8-63). With it you can manually select what should be displayed in the preview area. Furthermore, the preview area shows whatever you select in the work or timeline area.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide “The Video Scopes” on page 5-3). In addition to these the following one is provided: Split Screen When the preview area shows the contents of the timeline (see section “Selecting Contents for Viewing” on page 8-61), this menu option activates the split screen operation of the video overlay. Further information about this can be found in section “Working with Split Screen” on page 8-64. 8.7.
The Conforming Tool 8.7.4 The Preview Controls In addition to moving the scrub bar cursor manually you can control it via the preview controls below the scrub bar, e.g. the play button. In detail the controls beneath the scrub bar perform the following functions: A preview can also be controlled with some of the keyboard shortcuts described in section “Keyboard Shortcuts” on page A-7.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide These buttons jump to particular points on the contents currently displayed in the preview area, such as in-/outpoints or timeline markers. The first button jumps to the point that is previously located while the second button jumps to the next one. 8.7.
The Conforming Tool y Then configure the timeline to provide a second video track (see section “Video and Audio Track Properties” on page 6-7). y Add the offline edited low-resolution clip to a standard folder of the bin (see section “Adding Clips to the Bin” on page 4-6). y Next add this clip to the second video track of the timeline (see section “Adding Clips to the Timeline” on page 6-2) so that it is synchronized with the contents of the built up EDL.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide have to adjust the scaling of the clip/timeline by setting one of the following: – Either adjust the autoscaling of the timeline (see section “How to Configure the Video Output” on page 6-12) or – use the zooming and panning operator (see section “The Operator ’Zoom + Pan’” on page 7-16) to scale the clip to the appropriate output format.
The Conforming Tool 8.7.7 Recreating Edit Points for an Offline Edited Clip For a comparison with an offline edited clip (see section “Working with Split Screen” on page 8-64) it is also possible to recreate its edit points, for instance, to verify more easily that transitions match the conformed high-resolution master in the timeline: y Add the EDL of the master once more to the bin (see section “Importing and Adding EDLs” on page 8-6).
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Figure 8-46: Multiple search results in preview area Via the combo box at the bottom left of the preview area you can configure the appearance of the displayed clips, i.e. whether they should be displayed as thumbnails with text or with their text information only.
The Menus 9 At the top of the Edit Tool software module you can see a menu bar. menu bar 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Figure 9-1: Menu bar of DVS software This menu bar provides access to functions and tasks of an administrative nature for the Edit Tool. Here you can find, for example, import and export functions as well as several menu options generally concerned with projects and project files. This chapter describes the menu bar of the user interface. All menus and menu options will be explained.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 9.1 The Menu of the Program Icon The program icon on the menu bar of the user interface provides menu options to control the user interface of the DVS software in general. Here you can find the following menu options: Figure 9-2: The menu of the program icon They are described in the following sections. 9.1.1 Minimize To reduce the DVS software to a button on the taskbar of the Windows operating system, click the Minimize menu option on the menu of the program icon.
The Menus 9.2 The ’Project’ Menu The menu Project contains the following menu options: 1 2 3 Figure 9-3: The ’Project’ menu 4 They are in detail described in the following sections. 5 9.2.1 New The menu option New on the Project menu opens a new project file in the Edit Tool. Once the new project file is loaded, you can begin your new project, for instance, by adding clips to the bin. In the Edit Tool only one project file can be processed at a time.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide When you start a new project file, the autosave function is disabled because of a missing file name for the project. The autosave function automatically saves your project file after a certain period of time for backup purposes (see “CLIPSTER Configurations” user guide for more details). To enable the autosave function you have to save the project file first and thus assign a name to it.
The Menus Additionally, with the project file the bin, the timeline, the viewing settings, the output settings, etc. will be set anew and the layout will be updated. In the Edit Tool only one project file can be processed at a time. If you open another project or activate the menu option New, the currently active project file will be closed. However, if you have already performed changes to the project, you will be asked by the program if you want to save the current project.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 9.2.5 Add EDL… Via the menu option Add EDL… you can add an EDL or cut list to your project. This is described in detail in section “Importing and Adding EDLs” on page 8-6. 9.2.6 Add clips… The menu option Add clips… performs the same operation as the Add Clip menu option on the context menu of the bin’s contents area. See section “Adding Clips to the Bin Using the ’Add Clip’ Menu Options” on page 4-9 for further information about this. 9.2.
The Menus 9.2.8 Save As… The standard dialog window to save a file will open after the selection of the menu option Save As…. This menu option allows you to save a project file under a different name. Further information about the saving procedure itself can be found in section “Save” on page 9-6. The VTR task mode of the I/O Tool that is optionally available uses project files different from the ones usually saved via the DVS software.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 9.2.10 Export EDL… With the menu option Export EDL… of the Edit Tool you are able to create an EDL from its timeline, either in the CMX or GVG format. The selection of this menu option opens the following window where you have to specify the creation of the EDL further: This procedure will also be initiated when exporting an EDL in the conforming mode (see section “Export as…” on page 8-41). However, then only the selected EDL will be exported.
The Menus Figure 9-5: ’Media for export’ settings 1 Video Audio Gaps as black clips Transition mode The check box to the left determines that video should be part of the EDL. When activated, the video of the selected EDL or the contents of the video track selected via the combo box to the right will be exported. If exporting an EDL, no track can be selected.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Range With this combo box you have to set whether the EDL should include the complete timeline (All), or the part between a set in- and outpoint of the timeline only (In <-> Out). If the latter is selected but no in- and outpoint defined in the timeline, the whole timeline will be used for the creation. When exporting an EDL, All should be selected.
The Menus The Source TC setting uses either the source timecodes available in the files’ headers (when exporting the timeline) or the source in- and outpoints specified in the selected EDL (when exporting an EDL). If the clips in the timeline are configured to show a virtual source timecode, this timecode will be taken. When exporting the timeline and no source timecodes are provided by the clips, their file numbers will be translated into timecode instead.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Settings Group ’Additional info for export’ The settings group Additional info for export allows you to specify further information that should be saved as comments in the EDL: Figure 9-7: ’Additional info for export’ settings Activate the item that should be saved as comments in the EDL with its respective check box. Each clip will then detail in the exported EDL the additional information in the indicated notation (e.g. * FROM CLIP NAME: ).
The Menus Figure 9-8: ’Further options’ settings Usually when creating an EDL from the timeline, abbreviated names of the clips as they can be seen in the timeline will be used as the reel/tape name (see, for instance, section “The Clip’s Information” on page 6-60). By selecting this check box you can enter a different reel name in the entry field New reel name. When exporting an EDL, the entered reel name will overwrite already existing reel names.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide In the entry field Path enter the drive/directory where the EDL should be saved. You may also click on the button to the right of this field ( ) to select an already existing file. Notation: Example: drive_letter:\directory\subdirectory\filename Instead of the backslash (\) you may also use a slash (/). V:\tempest\edl\ In the entry field Name you have to state the file name of the EDL to be created.
The Menus 9.2.12 Prerender all With the Prerender all menu option you can prerender all parts of the timeline that need to be processed before a play-out together in one step. A prerendering may be indicated prior to a play-out when the DVS system is not able to handle the contents of the timeline in real time, for instance, a special operator. Further information about this can be found in section “Prerendering of Timeline Elements” on page 6-46).
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide The content (frames) to be copied is determined by the in- and outpoints of the clips on the timeline. With the Heads/Tails entry field you can set the number of frames that should be copied in addition to these for later heads or tails adjustments. When everything is set, you can initiate the copying process with a click on the button OK. Then the DVS high-speed copying process will copy the files to the selected destination.
The Menus 9.3 The ’Edit’ Menu The menu Edit provides functions to aid you in your editing process. In detail it contains the menu options shown below: Figure 9-11: The ’Edit’ menu They are described in the following sections. 9.3.1 Undo The menu option Undo allows to undo your latest timeline related action. When this option is selected, the timeline will be restored to the state before your last timeline operation. 1 2 3 9.3.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 9.4 The ’Bin’ Menu The menu Bin provides several functions to facilitate your work with the bin. In detail it contains the menu options shown below: Figure 9-12: The ’Bin’ menu They will be described in detail in the following sections. 9.4.1 Import Bin… With the menu option Import Bin… you can import the bin of another project into your currently active project. The selection of this menu option opens a standard dialog window for a file selection.
The Menus be checked for inconsistencies, i.e. it is tested whether the first and the last frame of each clip is actually present on the storage. With the help of the menu option Check Bin of the Bin menu you can perform a more accurate testing of your bin (see section “Check Bin” on page 9-19). If the first and/or last frame of a clip is missing, you will be informed about this the same way as described in section “Check Bin” on page 9-19. 9.4.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide tion you can check your bin, and thus your timeline, more thoroughly for errors and inconsistencies. If the first and/or last frame of a clip is missing, you will be informed about this the same way as described in this section. After the selection of the menu option Check Bin the DVS software verifies that each frame of each clip and each audio file is present on the storage. If inconsistencies are found, i.e.
The Menus Figure 9-14: Setting system-wide directories Either type in the appropriate paths or use the buttons to the right ( ) to select them. After confirming your alterations with the button OK the DVS software will change its default paths and search for the clips at the new locations. If found, they will be immediately available in your project. 1 9.4.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Once the render operations are finished, their entries will disappear from the list of the Jobs tab. Afterwards you can begin to work with the proxies. They will be already activated in the bin and ready for use. After a proxy generation save your project file.
The Menus clips are configured to the proxies as their source and the properties of the clips will detail this accordingly. Alternatively, you can use the menu option Activate proxy on the context menu of a clip in the bin to activate a proxy individually. Further information about proxies in general and their handling can be found in section “Working in Real Time” on page 2-11 and section “Using Proxies” on page 4-22. 9.4.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 9.5 The ’Options’ Menu The Options menu provides menu options to set up and configure the DVS system and its software. In detail it contains the menu options shown below: Figure 9-15: The ’Options’ menu They will be described in the following sections. 9.5.1 Driver connect Because the DVS system is based on an open platform, other programs than the DVS software may want to access the video board of the system.
The Menus general setup of the DVS system. Because the default settings include configurations regarding the DVS system as well, it provides comparatively more settings than the project related ones. Use the default settings in case you want to change the system settings or the default values for each initialized new project.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide selection of this menu option opens the standard dialog window for a file selection. To load previously saved default configuration settings select in the dialog window the file that contains the desired settings from the list box or enter its name in the entry field File name. File extension: *.cf Configuration file Confirm your selection with the button OPEN. The selected configuration settings will then be loaded into the DVS software.
The Menus 9.6 The ’Help’ Menu You can get additional information about the DVS software via the menu options of the menu Help. It contains the following menu options: Figure 9-16: The ’Help’ menu They will be described in the following sections. 9.6.1 About You can receive further information about the DVS software with the menu option About on the menu Help. For example, here you can find detailed version numbers of the individual software parts of the DVS system. 1 2 3 9.6.
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A Appendix This chapter provides further information about the Edit Tool. A.1 Glossary of Terms 1 Here you can find several terms and their meaning as they are used in this documentation: 1D LUT A look-up table (LUT, see below) that provides for one input value a set of output values (usually RGB). 3D LUT A look-up table (LUT, see below) that provides for three input values (RGB) a set of output values (RGB). Protocol for serial data communication.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide bin clip Either a clip present in the bin or dragged to the control area of the DVS software. With the latter and when in the Edit Tool, the software switches to the source-edit mode and the bin clip will be available in the left of the two video overlays. C-mode Sorting of material according to a source (linear editing, e.g. when capturing from a tape). With this an EDL would be sorted by reel names and source in- and outpoints, for example. See also A-mode.
Appendix full head (vs. full) head (vs. tail) inpoint (clip) inpoint (data list) inpoint (timeline) insert mode keycode keyframing Color value range of video clips indicating a full value range (full). With this black will be represented in 8 bit data by 0 and white by 255. See also head. Color value range of video clips indicating a restricted value range and thus headroom (head). With this black may be represented in 8 bit data by 16 and white by 235. See also full.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide LUT (look-up table) multi-clip Odetics protocol (RS-422) online-conforming operator outpoint (clip) outpoint (data list) outpoint (timeline) overwrite mode prerendering A-4 In general, a table used to transform data. With the DVS software a LUT is used to map indexed colors of video images to a specified set of output values. A clip that is handled as one clip although it consists of several individual clips.
Appendix preset effect proxy reel RS-422 scrub bar to scrub source timecode tail timeline cursor timeline element transition vertical editing User defined settings of an effects operator. They are available as ’subeffects’ under the respective effects operator in the tool area. With them you can apply the same settings of an effect over and over again in the timeline.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide video clip VTR VTR timeline A-6 Usually, a folder/directory of the file system that contains frames (image files). Video tape recorder. A device to record image and sound data magnetically on tapes. Timeline of the VTR task mode that provides a length of 24 hours. Video and audio material can be stored anywhere on the timeline. See the “CLIPSTER I/O Tool” user guide.
Appendix A.2 Keyboard Shortcuts For a more easy and a faster control of the Edit Tool there are various keyboard shortcuts available which are listed in the table below: Action Shortcut Play (speed 1) [Space], [5] Stop (speed 0) [Space], [K], [Shift + K] Start play-out from inpoint [6] Increase speed by 1 [L] Increase speed by 0.1 [Shift + L] Decrease speed by 1 [J] Decrease speed by 0.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Action Shortcut Trim by one (1) frame backward [,] Trim by ten (10) frames forward [/] Trim by ten (10) frames backward [M] Additionally, the following keyboard actions and shortcuts may be helpful: Action Key Action Deactivate snapping mode Hold [Shift] key while working in the timeline with the mouse Select several clips and/or transitions disjointedly Hold [Ctrl] key while selecting clips/transitions with the mouse Select a range of adjoining clips and/or tran
Appendix A.3 Supported File Formats The DVS software supports over 100 graphic and image file formats. Most are made available by a special library. For a list of all these file formats see http://perso.orange.fr/pierre.g/xnview/ enformats.html. The tables in the following list the file formats that are supported by the DVS software directly. They are listed according to their file types: First the video file formats are detailed, followed by a table of the audio file formats.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Table A-1: Supported video file formats (cont.) Format Name Default Extension JPEG20002 *.jp2 *.jpc Description 3 × 10 bit RGB 10 bit RGB file format. Flexible data and still image compression standard, operating either compressed or uncompressed. 3 × 12 bit RGB 12 bit RGB file format. Flexible data and still image compression standard, operating either compressed or uncompressed. 3 × 12 bit XYZ 12 bit XYZ file format.
Appendix Table A-1: Supported video file formats (cont.) Format Name TIFF Windows Media3 YUV Default Extension *.tif *.tiff *.wmv File storage format Description 3 × 8 bit RGB, 4 × 8 bit RGBA and 8 bit Luma TIFF or Tagged Image File Format in 8 bit RGB with or without key. Highly flexible and platform-independent image format. Not all variants of this format are supported by DVS. 3 × 12 bit RGB, 4 × 12 bit RGBA and 12 bit Luma TIFF or Tagged Image File Format in 12 bit RGB with or without key.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 2) Real-time capability optional. Cannot be captured. 3) Available for a finalizing process only. 4) Not real-time capable. A finalizing can only be performed uncompressed. Cannot be captured. 5) 8 bit YUV422 and YUVA4224: 8 bit per component, 16 bit average per pixel 6) 16 bit YUV422 and YUVA4224: 16 bit per component, 32 bit average per pixel Table A-2: Supported audio file formats Format Name Default Extension Description AIF AIFF *.aif *.
Appendix A.4 1D LUT Files A one-dimensional look-up table (1D LUT) file defines values for color and/or gamma correction. Depending on the color depth, for each input value the file specifies an output value for each color component and the alpha channel (key). It is a plain ASCII text file that has to match the following properties: – Lines starting with a hash (#) are comments and will not be evaluated.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide A.5 3D LUT Files Three-dimensional look-up table (3D LUT) files are used for color corrections and/or color space conversions by defining output color values for input values. They are available in various formats, either encrypted (e.g. *.e3d) or unencrypted (e.g. *.3dl or *.xml). This section describes the unencrypted 3D LUT files. A.5.1 General Description A 3D LUT file lists triplets of values for a color transformation.
Appendix For the 173 nodes 173 output R’G’B’ values have to be set in the 3D LUT file. The first triplet describes the output value of the first node, the second triplet of the second node, and so on.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide – The first uncommented line defines the input values (RGB nodes), i.e. the bit depth (e.g. if the end value is 1023, than 10 bit) and the number of nodes. – All following lines provide the output values (R’G’B’) for one RGB node. – Each following line consists of three values (R’G’B’). The separation is made by spaces. – You have to define all 173 × 3 values and the triplets have to be in ascending order.
Appendix A.5.3 XML Files A 3D LUT *.xml file is a plain ASCII text file that has to conform to the XML standard. It offers the following tags and attributes: The root element/base tag that includes the other elements and tags. It should provide the following attributes: name The name of the 3D LUT file. N The number of nodes, i.e. 17. BitDepth The bit depth of the 3D LUT file. Child element/tag that contains the R’G’B’ output values for the RGB nodes.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide A.6 Slave Mode / RS-422 Control For slave mode the DVS system supports the RS-422 9-pin control protocol as well as a subset (major commands) of the Odetics protocol. When master the DVS system uses the RS-422 9-pin control protocol only. In case you want to control the DVS system in slave mode via RS-422, the following specifications have to be set on the master device to ensure a frame accurate editing: A-18 preroll >= 1 sec. edit lag 7 frames postroll 1 sec.
Appendix A.7 System Maintenance This section contains topics related to system maintenance work. Carry out the described tasks whenever necessary. A.7.1 The Automatic Defragmentation Process The DVS system provides an automatic defragmentation process for the connected storage that defragments previously copied or recorded data on the hard disk array so that they are more suited for real-time operations.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide means a defragmentation will not be performed under the following conditions: – When the system performs real-time tasks such as a play-out or record, – when the software is running in slave mode, or – when the software is running with the VTR task mode of the I/O Tool activated. If one of the above said is the case, no defragmentation will take place. After starting the DVS software the defragmentation process is running in the background of the system.
Appendix Starting the Process Manually The defragmentation process can also be started manually, for example, if its automatic starting during the starting of the DVS software is disabled. To run the defragmentation process manually perform the following: Before starting the defragmentation process manually make sure that the DVS software is no longer running on your system. A manually started process forces a defragmentation at all times, meaning regardless of the state of the DVS system (e.g.
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide project file(s) again and begin new proxy generations and/or prerendering processes. It is recommended to perform the procedure described in the following only when you are sure that the directory for the temporary data contains material for the respective project(s) only. For this it is best to use a project specific directory structure as described in section “Notes on Project Management” on page 2-14. Do not delete temporary data manually while the DVS software is running.
I Index Numerics 1D LUT ............................. 7-31, A-13 3D LUT ............................. 6-18, A-14 color cube .................... 6-20, A-15 description .............................A-14 enable ................................... 6-21 file ........................................ 6-20 file syntax .................... A-15, A-17 finalizing ................................ 6-84 logarithmic color space ............ 6-20 profile ................................... 6-19 visualization ...........
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide attach to video .... 6-55, 6-61, 6-76 change length ...............6-49, 6-51 delete volume control point ..... 6-75 file number (display type) ........ 6-75 properties .... 3-6, 4-21, 6-77, 8-64 properties of multi-clip ...4-12, 4-21 thumbnail .............................. 4-11 volume .................................. 6-77 volume control line ................. 6-77 volume control point ............... 6-77 waveform display ...........5-15, 6-79 audio options ...............
Index Create in TL ........................... 8-56 Cropping ............................... 6-22 Delete ....... 5-19, 6-20, 6-32, 7-29 Duplicate ............................... 8-41 DVSInfo ................................ 4-41 Edit ......................................... 2-9 edit mode .............................. 5-11 end of clip .....................5-17, 8-64 Export as ............................... 8-41 frame backward .
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide delete from timeline ......3-10, 6-42, 6-61, 6-75 duration ....... 3-17, 6-61, 6-75, 7-3 file name display ....................... 6-9 frame missing ..... 4-39, 6-64, 8-21, 9-20 inpoint information ........6-60, 6-74 invalid ................................... 4-11 length .3-8, 3-11, 3-12, 5-20, 6-3, 6-41, 6-50, 6-51, 7-3 looped preview ....................... 8-63 move ..................................... 6-38 multi-clip ............................... 4-11 multiple found .
Index conforming mode ........ 2-7, 5-11, 8-25 conforming tool ............ 5-11, 8-1, 8-2 see also conforming see also EDL autoconforming ... 8-13, 8-23, 8-49 capture data ..................8-23, 8-53 changing EDLs ....................... 8-28 clip not found ......................... 8-20 color scheme (clips) ................. 8-25 cut list ...................... 8-2, 8-7, 8-8 EDL ......................................... 8-2 first steps ................................. 8-6 important notes ..............
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide effects ................................... 7-13 tooltips .................................. 6-10 disconnect attached clips ............... 6-56 element ................................. 6-56 group .................................... 6-56 timeline ................................. 6-56 Disk Online ........ 8-4, 8-16, 8-36, 8-50 disk space ...........................2-11, 2-13 display type ................................. 6-10 dominance ..................................
Index reconform .............................. 8-46 reel name .....................8-33, 8-37 reels ...................................... 8-30 remove from Edit Tool ............. 8-40 remove from timeline .............. 8-47 resolve multiple found ....8-23, 8-67 reverse play ............................ 8-63 search criteria ................8-15, 8-38 select .................................... 8-41 select entries .......................... 8-43 select updated EDL ................. 8-46 selecting .........
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide autoscale ............................... 6-85 channels ................................ 6-89 color space range .................... 6-84 drop-frame timecode .............. 6-85 file format .....................6-83, 6-87 file/frame numbering .....6-82, 6-90 files per folder ...............6-84, 6-88 hardware support ................... 6-83 name options ......................... 6-90 pulldown ............................... 6-85 resizing of material ..................
Index important notes ......................1-7, 8-3 information clip duration ..................6-61, 6-75 clip inpoint ....................6-60, 6-74 clip outpoint ..................6-61, 6-75 name of clip ..................6-61, 6-75 project file .............................. 2-10 timeline duration .................... 2-10 via tooltips ....................6-10, 6-61 video raster ............................ 2-10 information file ......... 4-37, 4-40, 4-41 inpoint ......................................
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide loop ............................................ 5-13 loop mode ................................... 5-30 looped preview ............................ 8-63 low .......................... 7-34, 7-37, 7-55 luma ......................................5-5, 5-7 luminance .................................... 7-46 LUT see 3D LUT see look-up table M maintenance ................................A-19 marker (scene) ............................. 6-71 edit ..............................
Index Online ........................................ 8-59 Online NRT ........................8-32, 8-51 Online RT ...........................8-32, 8-53 online-conforming .................. 8-8, A-4 open bin ........................................ 9-18 project .............................. 9-4, 9-5 open platform .............................. 9-24 OpenFX plug-in interface ....... 2-5, 7-10 operator ....................... 4-25, 7-1, A-4 embedded ...............................A-2 making settings ........
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide in reverse ............ 5-12, 5-16, 8-63 performance ..................4-44, 4-46 position of play-out ................. 5-30 resolving drops ....................... 4-47 plug-in interface (OpenFX) .....2-5, 7-10 position ....................................... 5-19 of clip ......3-8, 6-2, 6-3, 6-5, 6-52, 8-34 of EDL in timeline ................... 8-12 prerendering .......................2-12, 6-46 autosave .................................. 1-7 color scheme (clips) ........
Index recent files ..................................... 9-5 record performance .......................... 4-44 resolving drops ....................... 4-48 redo ........................................... 9-17 reel ...............................................A-5 reference number (keycode) ..2-16, 8-8, 8-34, 8-49 relinking clips ..... 6-58, 6-63, 6-77, 8-3 renaming preset effects ................. 4-30 report (drops) .....................
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide of tool area .............................. 4-2 of tracks ...........................6-7, 6-8 of video overlay ........................ 5-3 of video tracks ...................6-7, 6-8 slave mode .................................. 5-12 control window ...................... 5-29 in-/outpoint (control window) .. 5-29 RS-422 protocol ......5-29, A-1, A-4 specifications ..........................A-18 slide trimming .............................. 6-52 slip source KC ................
Index conforming tool .............8-42, 8-68 continuous ........................6-8, 6-9 file names instead of ................. 6-9 in video track ........................... 6-8 invalid clip .............................. 4-11 multi-clip ............................... 4-11 no thumbnail .................... 6-8, 6-9 pending clip ....................4-12, 8-9 scrub bar ........................3-6, 4-20 text only .................................. 4-6 timeline markers ..................... 4-35 unknown ..
CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide of transitions ............................ 7-7 of video clips .......................... 7-10 reset ........................................ 7-4 timeline marker 4-34, 4-38, 4-42, 4-43, 6-52 add automatically ................... 6-54 add manually ......................... 6-53 configuration .......................... 6-53 delete .................................... 6-54 moving to ........... 5-13, 6-53, 8-64 position ................................. 4-34 sort ...............
Index source ...... 4-23, 5-21, 5-22, 6-58, 6-61, 6-64, 6-66 thumbnail .............................. 4-11 video drive .................................... 1-7 video format see output format video overlay ........................5-2, 8-61 alpha channel ................6-63, 6-72 aspect ratio ..................... 5-2, 6-14 current job ............................. 4-33 safety areas .............................. 5-2 size ......................................... 5-3 split screen ....................
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