User guide

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CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide
8.2 First Steps to Make a Conforming
This section describes the first and recommended approach to a con-
forming 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.
8.2.1 Importing and Adding EDLs
EDLs can be used very easily in the Edit Tool: They just have to be im-
ported and added to the bin of the Edit Tool.
To do this you can use the same procedures as to add a clip to the bin
(see section “Adding Clips to the Bin” on page 4-6). However, instead
of being available in the contents area of the bin, EDLs will be added to
the folder area.
In addition to the above said you have the following possibilities at
hand to import and add EDLs:
y Use either one of the following:
– Call up the context menu on a folder in the folder area of the
bin and select the menu option Add EDL… (see section
“Working with Folders in the Bin” on page 4-14).
– Use the menu option Add EDL… on the menu Project of the
menu bar (see section “Add EDL…” on page 9-6).
These possibilities open the standard dialog window of the operating
system for the selection of a file.
y In this dialog window select the EDL file from the list box or enter its
name in the entry field File name.
y Confirm your selection with the button OPEN.
After confirmation a configuration window similar to the following will
be displayed on the screen:
When adding an EDL this way you have to observe where to
add the EDL. An EDL can only be imported to a standard folder
of the bin (e.g. the root folder). Vice versa, standard clips from
the storage cannot be added to an EDL folder.
An EDL can also be added to the bin with the button
LOAD… of the conforming mode (see section “Conforming
Mode – The Conforming Controls” on page 8-40).
File extensions: *.edl EDL file
*.ctl Cut list file