User guide

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Capturing Clips
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formation were added to the directory name via the button PATH OP-
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From the Bin combo box you can select a folder of the bin. The new
clip will then be automatically sorted into this folder of the bin.
Figure 5-8: Selecting a bin folder
With the help of the entry field Reel
you can determine a reel name for the
clip to be recorded. Its entries will be written into the file headers of
*.dpx image files. Additionally, when in the Batch record mode the
reel name entry of the matrix will be set accordingly (see section “The
Tab ’Matrix’” on page 5-46). To provide recorded images with a reel
name in their file headers may be especially useful during an online-
conforming, where you can compare this entry with reel names stated,
for example, in an EDL.
Below the entry field where to specify
the reel you can find the Format com-
bo box. Here you have to select the file
format for your clip to be generated. The I/O Tool supports various file
formats and a list of them can be found in the “CLIPSTER Edit Tool”
user guide. However, some of the formats may not be available due to
the selected video format (see section “The Video Format” on
page 5-4).
Depending on the selected file format additional saving types, such as
bit depth and/or byte order settings will be available. If provided by the
file format, select from the Type combo box the desired additional sav-
ing type.
Once a saving type has been selected,
with the combo box Type you have to
A list of the respective saving types per file format as well as
the color space that the clip will be stored in can be found in
section “Storage Modes of File Formats” on page A-12.
Some file formats (e.g. *.dpx or *.mov) are capable of stor-
ing timecode information in their file headers (source time-
code). The type of timecode that will be used as the default
source timecode can be set with the Configuration Tool (see
“CLIPSTER Configurations” user guide).