User’s Manual Version 3.
Xedio Suite Version 3.1 – User’s Manual - Xedio Cutter Issue 3.1.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 C OPYRIGHT EVS Broadcast Equipment – Copyright © 2010-2011. All rights reserved. D ISCLAIMER The information in this manual is furnished for informational use only and subject to change without notice.
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Xedio Suite Version 3.1 – User’s Manual - Xedio Cutter Issue 3.1.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................... III WHAT’S NEW? ................................................................................................................ IV 1. INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................... 1 1.1 PURPOSE.
Issue 3.1.B Xedio Suite Version 3.1 – User’s Manual - Xedio Cutter EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 What’s New? The following table describes the sections updated to reflect the new and modified features on Xedio Cutter from Xedio Suite 3.1 (com pared to Xedio Suite 3.0). In the user manual, the icon has been added on left margin to highlight information on new and updated features. Click the section number (or the description) in the table to jump directly to the corresponding section.
Xedio Suite Version 3.1 – User’s Manual - Xedio Cutter Issue 3.1.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 1. Introduction 1.1 PURPOSE The Xedio Cutter is a module of the Xedio Suite of applications. It allows the selection of portions of media to be placed into a list to export (the storyboard) as a “rough cut edit”. This can then be refined and produced as a final edit using the more sophisticated tools available in the full non-linear timeline editing environment it provides. 1.2 USER INTERFACE 1.
Issue 3.1.B Xedio Suite Version 3.1 – User’s Manual - Xedio Cutter EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 1.2.2 OVERVIEW OF THE XEDIO CUTTER WINDOW The Xedio Cutter graphical interface contains three main areas highglighted in the screenshot below: T HE P LAYER P ANE (1) This is used to load and play media, to make clips and create the elements to place into the storyboard area. All types of media and clips can be played back but clips can only be made from video assets.
Xedio Suite Version 3.1 – User’s Manual - Xedio Cutter Issue 3.1.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 1.3 PROCESS OVERVIEW The use of Xedio Cutter can be summarized as follow s: Step See … 1. Select a media from the Media Manager Section 2 on page 4 2. Load it on the Player Pane Section 3.4 on page 25 3. Make a new clip Section 3.5 on page 26 4. Send the clip to the Storyboard Section 4.1.1 on page 27 5. Preview the Storyboard in the Player Pane Section 4.2 on page 29 6.
Issue 3.1.B Xedio Suite Version 3.1 – User’s Manual - Xedio Cutter EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 2. Media Manager The Media Manager pane allows you to quickly find and browse the available A/V media present within the database. 2.1 OVERVIEW OF THE MEDIA MANAGER The upper part of the pane gives access to the different filters which can be applied to the media list. The element list displays the list of all media present in the database, or it returns the result of a search applied to the list.
Xedio Suite Version 3.1 – User’s Manual - Xedio Cutter Issue 3.1.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 2.3 M enu Item Description Render List Opens the Render List window listing all types of rendering that have been done with the media. Archive History Opens the Archive History window listing the archive and restore processes that were achieved for the selected media. View Properties Opens the Media Properties window which shows the properties for the selected media.
Issue 3.1.B Xedio Suite Version 3.1 – User’s Manual - Xedio Cutter EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Help button next to the Quick Text Search field. For more details on these rules, refer to the section ‘Quick Text Search Rules’, on page 6. How to Perform a Quick Text Search To perform a Quick Text search, proceed as follow s: 1. Show the columns you wish to perform a quick search on. 2.
Xedio Suite Version 3.1 – User’s Manual - Xedio Cutter Issue 3.1.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Search String Search Result fields. "Yellow card" Searches for strings containing ‘Yellow card’. Yellow | card Searches for ‘yellow’ or ‘card’, even if in two different fields (columns), for example ‘yellow’ in Name or ‘card’ in Keywords. Spaces around the | sign are mandatory. yell* Searches for ‘ yell’ at the beginning of a string. *low Searches for ‘low’ at the end of a string.
Issue 3.1.B Xedio Suite Version 3.1 – User’s Manual - Xedio Cutter EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Filter Extended Area The Filter extended area is as follows: The first field under the Show/Hide Filter button lists three options for the combination of criteria to be taken into account during the filtering operation. The second field is a filter field allowing the users to select a first filter parameter.
Xedio Suite Version 3.1 – User’s Manual - Xedio Cutter Issue 3.1.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Filter Fields The Filter field provides the list of all the parameters on which a search can be performed. The following screenshot is an example of such a list. The options may differ between the applications of the Xedio Suite. Once a parameter has been selected, an entire line is displayed. Interface Element Description 1 Selected filter parameter.
Issue 3.1.B Xedio Suite Version 3.1 – User’s Manual - Xedio Cutter EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Search Fields Types According to the selected filter parameter, different types of search fields will be displayed. They are detailed in the table below. Filter Parameter Type Displayed Criteria Fields Timecode or Duration Parameter Such as TC IN, TC OUT, Duration… Select a logical operator in the first field and then enter a timecode or duration value in the second field.
Xedio Suite Version 3.1 – User’s Manual - Xedio Cutter Issue 3.1.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Filter Parameter Type Displayed Criteria Fields Date Several Date Search filters exist. They are described below. Such as Creation Date a. Select a condition or a logical operator in the first field b. This will condition the next step: • Search based on a specific date (e.g. with is…): a calendar will be displayed for the selection of a date. • Search based on an interval (e.g.
Issue 3.1.B Xedio Suite Version 3.1 – User’s Manual - Xedio Cutter EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Filter Parameter Type Displayed Criteria Fields Time Several Date Search filters exist. They are described below. Such as Last Rendered Date Time a. Select a condition or a logical operator in the first field b. This will condition the next step: • Search based on a specific date and time (e.g.
Xedio Suite Version 3.1 – User’s Manual - Xedio Cutter Issue 3.1.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Filter Parameter Type Displayed Criteria Fields Option List Select a condition in the first field Such as Video Standard Click the button to display the list of options available for the selected filter parameter. Example for the Video Standard: Select an option from the list.
Issue 3.1.B Xedio Suite Version 3.1 – User’s Manual - Xedio Cutter EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 4. Select a filter parameter from the filter parameter list. An entire line, corresponding to the selected filter parameter, is displayed: 5. Enter filter criteria as explained in section ‘Search Fields Types’ on page 10. For free text fields, press ENTER to apply the filter. Otherwise, the results list is automatically restricted. 6. If required, click the button to add a filter parameter.
Xedio Suite Version 3.1 – User’s Manual - Xedio Cutter Issue 3.1.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 How to Save Filters To save filters, proceed as follows: 1. Define the filter or filters combination you wish to save, as explained above. 2. Right-click the Filter 0 tab. 3. Select Save Filter As from the contextual menu. The Filter Edit Dialog box opens. 4. Enter a label for the tab you are going to create and, if required, enter a description. 5. Click OK to confirm.
Issue 3.1.B Xedio Suite Version 3.1 – User’s Manual - Xedio Cutter EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 3. Player The Player is used to load and play media from the Media Manager area, to make clips and create the elements to be placed in the Storyboard area. 3.1 OVERVIEW OF THE PLAYER PANE The Player pane provides a video display, a media bar and a jog bar to navigate within the element, video and audio selection and monitoring buttons, transport buttons and timecode fields, audio vumeters.
Xedio Suite Version 3.1 – User’s Manual - Xedio Cutter Issue 3.1.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Zone Description Track Selection Buttons They allow the user to select the tracks to be taken into account for the loaded material. See also the section 3.3.5 ‘Clip Video and Audio Selection Functions’ on page 22. Jog and Media Bar They allow the user to navigate in the loaded material, to place IN , OUT and now line points, as well as to modify the playback speed of the material.
Issue 3.1.B Xedio Suite Version 3.1 – User’s Manual - Xedio Cutter EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 3.2 VIDEO DISPLAY OF THE PLAYER When you right-click on the Video Display area of the Player pane, a contextual menu appears.
Xedio Suite Version 3.1 – User’s Manual - Xedio Cutter Issue 3.1.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 3.3 PLAYER FUNCTIONS 3.3.1 PLAYER TRANSPORT CONTROLS Operation User Interface Button Play and Stop Play when recorded Loop Button used to start/stop the preview (video and/or audio) of the loaded media. ↔ This starts the playout at the end of a media currently being recorded. CTRL + Play from IN to OUT ↔ CTRL + Description Button used to play from the marked IN point to the OUT point.
Issue 3.1.B Xedio Suite Version 3.1 – User’s Manual - Xedio Cutter EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 Please refer to the Xedio Manager user manual for a comprehensive list of the shortcuts. 3.3.2 MEDIA BAR AND JOG BAR J OG The lower area is the jog bar. Dragging the jog bar allows you to move within the media at a variable speed, shown on the icon, depending on: • the position of the speed indicator • the speed range covered by the jog area.
Xedio Suite Version 3.1 – User’s Manual - Xedio Cutter Issue 3.1.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 • If you click on the dark grey area and drag it, you shift the portion of media included in the top area. The dark grey area is enlarged or reduced accordingly. In this case, if the portion of the upper area covers only a part of the media, the nowline may disappear. Then, a red indicator, on the left side or on the right side of the media bar will be displayed.
Issue 3.1.B Xedio Suite Version 3.1 – User’s Manual - Xedio Cutter EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 3.3.5 CLIP VIDEO AND AUDIO SELECTION FUNCTIONS When making a clip, the video and audio required can be selected using the buttons underneath the Video Display. O VERVIEW All the available audio sources from a clip are displayed below the Player. The video and audio track buttons are represented as follows: A stereo track is represented by . A 5.
Xedio Suite Version 3.1 – User’s Manual - Xedio Cutter Issue 3.1.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 V IDEO AND A UDIO S ELECTION Clicking on the Video button will remove the video from the Player window. The displayed button will turn to white. Clicking on the left or right triangle of an audio stereo track will disable respectively the left or right channel of the corresponding audio track. The displayed button will turn to white. A 5.
Issue 3.1.B Xedio Suite Version 3.1 – User’s Manual - Xedio Cutter EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 3.3.6 CUE POINTS Cue points are reference marks that can be placed wherever needed on the loaded media. Their purpose is to mark points of interest on the media and to facilitate rapid movement between them. • This button creates the mark on the media at the nowline position and is visible as a triangle on media bar at the corresponding video frame.
Xedio Suite Version 3.1 – User’s Manual - Xedio Cutter Issue 3.1.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 3.4 LOADING MEDIA ON THE PLAYER WINDOW You can proceed in different ways to load media on the Player: • Drag the media from the Media Manager window to the Player window: • In the Media Manager, double-click the media to load • In the Media Manager, right-click on an element from the list and select Play from the contextual menu: The Player window will display the selected element.
Issue 3.1.B Xedio Suite Version 3.1 – User’s Manual - Xedio Cutter EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 3.5 MAKING A CLIP When a media has been loaded on the Player Panel, a clip can be made from the media. To do so, proceed as follows: 1. Determine the IN point for the clip in one of the following ways: • use the transport functions, or • drag the nowline to the selected position, or • enter a value in the IN field 2. Press the button to mark the IN point.
Xedio Suite Version 3.1 – User’s Manual - Xedio Cutter Issue 3.1.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 4. Storyboard When clips have been marked in the Player pane and are ready to export, they can be dropped into the Storyboard area. 4.1 CREATING AND MANAGING THE STORYBOARD LIST 4.1.1 ADDING A CLIP TO THE STORYBOARD To add a clip or media to the list, drag it from the Player window onto the Storyboard area. It will always be added at the end of the list.
Issue 3.1.B Xedio Suite Version 3.1 – User’s Manual - Xedio Cutter EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 4.1.2 REMOVING A CLIP FROM THE STORYBOARD To delete a clip that has been placed in the list, right-click on its item and select Delete from the contextual menu. 4.1.3 STORYBOARD DISPLAY S HOWING T HUMBNAILS To show or hide the thumbnails, right-click on the Storyboard window and select Show thumbnails or Hide thumbnails from the contextual menu.
Xedio Suite Version 3.1 – User’s Manual - Xedio Cutter Issue 3.1.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 4.2 PREVIEWING THE LIST To preview a Storyboard, click the Preview button below the Storyboard area. This will load the Storyboard Preview window on the Player window. The play button allows the playout to start while a progress bar shows how far the list has played. The clips will be played in the same order as they appear in the list.
Issue 3.1.B Xedio Suite Version 3.1 – User’s Manual - Xedio Cutter EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 4.3 EXPORTING THE LIST 4.3.1 HOW TO EXPORT THE LIST TO CLEANEDIT To export the storyboard to CleanEdit for use on the timeline, proceed as follows: 1. Select To Edit from the Dest field on the Export area. 2. Select a user in the User field. 3. If desired, select a class from the Class field. 4. Enter a project name in the Project field.
Xedio Suite Version 3.1 – User’s Manual - Xedio Cutter Issue 3.1.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – January 2011 4.3.3 • Clip 2 contains two 5.1 tracks and two stereo tracks. The first 5.1 track and the two stereo tracks are automatically taken into account as they are already used for Clip 1. As 6 audio channels are still available, the second 5.1 track can be taken into account as well. • Clip 3 contains four stereo tracks.
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