User guide

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Getting Started
With the timeline area switched to the DC reels mode you can set new
DC reels manually or edit already determined ones as indicated in sec-
tion “Setting Reels Manually” on page 2-20. Newly created reel in- and
outpoints, when not assigned to a reel already, will be shown in the
timeline with an in-/outpoint marker without the blue line.
Apart from editing already determined reels manually in the timeline,
they can also be configured with the tab DC reels of the tool area as
well as with some menu options of the context menu of the timeline
scale. Both possibilities will be described in the following.
The Tab ’DC reels’
Already set reels can be configured with the tab DC reels of the tool
area:
Figure 2-12: The tab ’DC reels’
The tab DC reels shows you the already defined DC reels as they can
be seen in the timeline. When selecting a reel, for example, with a click
of the mouse, the DVS software will switch to the viewing mode for DC
reels (if not already activated) and highlight the respective reel in the
timeline. Additionally, the timeline cursor will be positioned at the in-
point of the selected reel.
The entries on this tab provide information about the exact in- and out-
points of the reels as well as their durations. Furthermore, for each reel
you can specify an ’action in- and outpoint’ (i.e. determine the param-
eters ’EntryPoint’ and ’Duration’ of a DCP asset in a CPL). You may use
them, for example, if the targeted digital cinema player requires some-
thing similar to pre- or postroll times. When an action in- or outpoint is
specified, the material of this reel that lies outside the action duration
will not be displayed by a digital cinema player, only the material of the
action duration will be shown during a presentation. An action duration
is marked in the timeline area with an orange line below the blue line
of a reel, and it will appear as soon as one of the action in-/outpoints is
set differently than the in-/outpoint of the reel.