User guide

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The Timeline
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At the top of the ’Timeline cropping’ window you can find items to
control the aspect ratio of the cropped image.
Figure 6-22: Aspect ratio controls
The Output information at the top provides you with details about the
currently set video format and its aspect ratio. Directly below it you can
find the Aspect ratio combo box where you can either select one of
the predefined aspect ratios from the provided list or simply enter the
desired ratio in the field of the combo box directly. You can enter the
aspect ratio in any format you like either by typing in a floating point
number or its original division formula. The cropping will be applied to
the video output representation, the video overlay as well as to the vid-
eo output directly as soon as a predefined aspect ratio is selected or a
typed in value is confirmed by pressing the [Enter] key.
With the Hold aspect ratio check box you can lock the aspect ratio
selected with the combo box above. Then, when changes are applied
manually to the cropping (e.g. via the entry fields or the sliders), the
chosen aspect ratio will be maintained.
In the middle of the window you can find a representation of your cur-
rent video output. With the items provided by and positioned around
the image you can change the cropping manually:
During configuring, the cropping will appear in the video over-
lay and at the video output of the DVS system. However, this
is temporary and for monitoring reasons only. To apply the set-
tings to the timeline the cropping has to be activated with the
check box Video-Cropping in the Options area of the ’Time-
line output settings’ window (see below).
Notation: Floating point or division (x:y)
Examples: 1.77777778
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