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This menu option will export the source material of the clip according
to your settings made for this application in the Configuration Tool.
If a non-destructive export is selected for the external applications, the
source material of the clip will be copied to the same path and location
where the original material is stored with an incrementing number add-
ed to the directory name of the clip (<name of clip’s directo-
ry><incrementing number>). After this the copied source
material will be opened in the external application where you can pro-
cess it. In the meantime the clip’s representation in the timeline of the
Edit Tool will be changed to the location of the copied material, i.e. a
new bin clip will be added to the bin of the Edit Tool and the represen-
tation of the clip in the video track of the timeline will be changed to
this new bin clip and location. As soon as you have processed the ma-
terial with the other application and saved it, you can use it immediately
in the software without having overwritten the original source (its bin
clip is still present in the bin).
When a destructive export is selected for the external applications, no
changes will be applied to the clip’s representations in the Edit Tool. The
source material is sent directly to the external application where it can
be processed. Once the changes are saved, the material can be imme-
diately accessed with the DVS software. However, due to the destruc-
tive export, your original source material on the storage will be lost.
6.5.6 Vertical Editing of Video Clips in the Timeline
With the Edit Tool and the timeline area configured to several video
tracks you can perform a vertical editing in the timeline.
The approach to work with several video tracks vertically in the timeline
is different from the usual one of a horizontal editing in a timeline. Then
the various tracks of the timeline form a stack: By placing different or
differently edited timeline elements in other video tracks at the same
position in the timeline you can change the contents for a play-out at
that position easily.
When a sequence processing is enabled, each frame between
a set in- and outpoint of the timeline will be sent to the external
application. However, this applies to a single clip only: If the in-
and outpoint are set outside of the clip where the menu option
Export to Application was called, only the image sequence of
the clip where the menu option was called will be sent.
To perform a vertical editing the timeline area has to be con-
figured to contain more than just one video track. This can be
done with the video track size options of the ’Timeline output
settings’ window (see section “Video and Audio Track Prop-
erties” on page 6-7).