Specifications

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Introduction

1.1 Overview

This guide informs you about the installation of the CLIPSTER hard-

ware, its operation as well as all connection possibilities. Furthermore,

it describes maintenance tasks that you may carry out on your own.

The chapters contain the following information:

Color Correction Panel Tactile colorist control panel in a standard

or deluxe variant for CLIPSTER’s primary

color correction.

Special Raster Formats Some standard and non-standard for-

mats including 1080p /50/60

(SMPTE 372), Slow PAL 625i /24 and

Eureka 1980 × 1152i /25.

Raster Customer tailored video rasters for in-

and output.

12 Bit Support of 12- and 16-bit file formats

(DPX and TIFF) for in- and output.

DDR VTR task mode that emulates the behav-

ior of a VTR or digital disk recorder.

Secondary Color

Correction

Secondary color correction as an effect

for video clips in the CLIPSTER Edit Tool.

Additional Operators Additional editing and effects features

for clips in the timeline that enhance the

capability of CLIPSTER.

Chapter 1 Begins with a short introduction to CLIPSTER,

followed by a note regarding the audience this

manual is written for and an explanation of the

conventions used in this manual. Furthermore,

it provides safety instructions that you must ad-

here to and some important notes that you

should observe.

Chapter 2 This chapter gives a front and rear overview of

the system detailing all items, connectors and

interfaces. Additionally, it contains some fur-

ther information about the digital video in- and

outputs.

Chapter 3 Describes the hardware installation of CLIP-

STER.

Chapter 4 Explains how to operate CLIPSTER, i.e. how to

start and shut down the device.