USER MANUAL Xedio Cutter Version 4.
USER MANUAL Xedio 4.35 Xedio Cutter Copyright EVS Broadcast Equipment SA– Copyright © 2010-2013. All rights reserved. Disclaimer The information in this manual is furnished for informational use only and subject to change without notice. While every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this user manual is accurate, up-to-date and reliable, EVS Broadcast Equipment cannot be held responsible for inaccuracies or errors that may appear in this publication.
USER MANUAL Xedio 4.35 Xedio Cutter Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS III WHAT'S NEW? V 1. 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1. Product Description 1 1.2. Opening Xedio Cutter 1 1.3. Overview of the Xedio Cutter Window 2 1.4. Process Overview 3 2. 4 MEDIA MANAGER 2.1. Purpose 4 2.2. Overview of the Media Manager 4 2.3. Elements Grid 5 2.3.1. Sorting the Elements in the Grid 5 2.3.2. Organizing Columns 5 2.3.3. Element Contextual Menu 6 2.4. Searching for Elements in the List 6 2.4.1.
EVS Broadcast Equipment SA IV Issue 4.35.B - August 2013 4.2. Creating and Managing the Storyboard List 30 4.3. Previewing the List 32 4.4. Exporting the Storyboard 32 4.4.1. Introduction 32 4.4.2. Exporting the Storyboard to Edit 33 4.4.3. Exporting the Storyboard to a Playlist 34 4.4.4. Exporting the Storyboard as a File 34 4.4.5.
USER MANUAL Xedio 4.35 Xedio Cutter What's New? In the user manual, the icon has been added on the left margin to highlight information on new and updated features. The sections updated to reflect the new and modified features in Xedio Cutter from Xedio Suite 4.03 and 4.35 (compared to Xedio Suite 4.02) are listed below. New behavior for the J, L shortcuts • The first time the J or the L shortcut is pressed, the speed is 100%. See section "Player Transport Controls" on page 19.
USER MANUAL Xedio 4.35 Xedio Cutter 1. Introduction 1.1. Product Description 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.
EVS Broadcast Equipment SA 1.3. Issue 4.35.B - August 2013 Overview of the Xedio Cutter Window Illustration The window contains the areas highlighted on the screenshot below: Note The color of some user interface elements may vary with the Xedio skin installed. 2 1.
USER MANUAL Xedio 4.35 Xedio Cutter Area Description The table below describes the various parts of the window: 1.4. Part Name Description 1. Player Pane 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. Everything that is outside the video content has the skin color.
EVS Broadcast Equipment SA 2. Media Manager 2.1. Purpose Issue 4.35.B - August 2013 The Media Manager pane allows you to quickly find and browse the available A/V media present within the database. 2.2. 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. At least two tabs exist on the left of the Media Manager window.
USER MANUAL Xedio 4.35 Xedio Cutter 2.3. Elements Grid 2.3.1. Sorting the Elements in the Grid You can change the sort order of elements in the grid by clicking the column header for the parameter according to which you want to sort the elements. The blue arrow indicates the sorting order. Clicking the column header again changes the sorting order from ascending to descending or vice versa. 2.3.2.
EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4.35.B - August 2013 1. Right-click a column header. A menu is displayed. 2. Select Choose Displayed Columns. The Select Visible Columns window opens and shows the list of columns in the current order. 3. Select the column name(s) from the Selected pane. 4. Click the appropriate button: ◦ Up: moves the item(s) before the previous one ◦ Down: moves the item(s) after the next one 5. Click OK. 2.3.3.
USER MANUAL Xedio 4.35 Xedio Cutter By default, the columns that are taken into consideration for the Quick Text Search are the ones currently visible in the grid. If you wish to search in other columns, and view the string you are searching for in the columns, you can: • add other columns to the Elements grid view • use Filters, as explained in section "Advanced Search" on page 9. These search tools are explained in detail below. An applied filter can be saved for later use.
EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4.35.B - August 2013 Search String Search Result Yellow card Searches for the strings "yellow" and "card", even if in two different fields (columns), for example "yellow" in Name and "card" in Keywords. For example a clip named "The Yellow Man" with keywords "Red Card" will be found, since it has yellow and card in 2 different fields. "Yellow card" Searches for strings containing "Yellow card".
USER MANUAL Xedio 4.35 Xedio Cutter 2.4.3. Advanced Search Purpose and Context of Use The Advanced Search functions are available for more detailed search operations. They allow searches on media metadata. From the Today tab, the filter "creation date = today" is automatically applied. The Advanced Search fields can be displayed on the top left part of the Elements grid.
EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4.35.B - August 2013 Option Meaning ALL criteria are met All the criteria selected in the Filter fields displayed under the Criteria Combination field must be met. The media displayed in the Elements grid fulfill all the selected filter criteria. ANY criteria is met At least one of the criteria selected in the Filter fields must be met. The media displayed in the Elements grid fulfill at least one of the selected filter criteria.
USER MANUAL Xedio 4.35 Xedio Cutter Advanced Search Fields Types Depending on the selected search parameter, different types of advanced search fields will be displayed and available to enter criteria. Timecode or Duration Parameter Such as TC IN, TC OUT, Duration… 1. Select a logical operator in the first field 2. Enter a timecode or duration value in the second field. Timecode Range 1. Select an option from the first field 2. Enter a timecode value.
EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4.35.B - August 2013 2. This will condition the next step: ◦ Search based on a specific date (e.g. with =…): a calendar will be displayed for the selection of a date. ◦ Search based on an interval (e.g. with […] (between)…): two calendars are displayed for the selection of two dates. ◦ Search based on a specific date calculated from the current date (e.g. with tomorrow, last month,…): no other field appears.
USER MANUAL Xedio 4.35 Xedio Cutter 2. This will condition the next step: ◦ Search based on a specific date and time (e.g. with =…): two additional fields will be displayed, a calendar for the selection of a date and drop-down list for the selection of time. ◦ Search based on a specific date and time calculated from the current date and time (e.g. with next hour, last month,…): no other field appears. Number Such as DB Id 1. Select a logical operator in the first field 2.
EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4.35.B - August 2013 Boolean Such as Published • Select Yes or No from the single criteria field. Free Text Such as Label 1. Select a condition in the first field. 2. Enter free text in the second field. How to Perform an Advanced Search To enter search values in the Advanced Search fields, proceed as follows: 1. Choose the columns you wish to perform a search on. 2. Click the Show/Hide Filter button The Advanced Search area is displayed: 3.
USER MANUAL Xedio 4.35 Xedio Cutter 5. Enter filter criteria as explained in section "Advanced Search Fields Types" on page 11. For free text fields, press ENTER to apply the filter. Otherwise, the Elements grid is automatically filtered and refreshed. 6. If required, click the 2.4.4. button to add another advanced search parameter. Using Saved Filters Introduction Once you have defined filters and search terms, you may want to save them for later use.
EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4.35.B - August 2013 How to Save Filters To save filters, proceed as follows: 1. Define the filter or filters combination you wish to save, as explained in section "How to Perform an Advanced Search" on page 14. 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.
USER MANUAL Xedio 4.35 Xedio Cutter 3. Player 3.1. Purpose 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. 3.2. 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.
EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4.35.B - August 2013 Part Name Description 1. Video Display It displays the video material loaded on the Player. Everything that is outside the video content has the skin color. Letterboxed or pillarboxed video show black bars as these mattes are part of the video signal. Parameters related to the display are available via a contextual menu. See section "Video Display Options" on page 19. 2.
USER MANUAL Xedio 4.35 Xedio Cutter 3.3. Video Display Options A contextual menu is available when right-clicking the Video Display area. This gives display options for the video. Option Meaning Show Timecode This option offers various options to display timecode on the Player window. • none: does not display timecode. • Start TC: shows a counter starting with 0 at the first frame of the media. • Intra TC: shows the original timecode of the media. Up to two TC options can be selected.
EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Operation Issue 4.35.B - August 2013 User Interface Button Play and Stop ↔ Play when recorded + Play from IN to OUT ↔ Loop + Goto IN Goto OUT Button used to play from the marked IN point to the OUT point. This loops the playout from IN to OUT. This moves the current nowline position to the already existing IN point. + This moves the current nowline position to the already existing OUT point. + Goto Next Frame This is used together to move 10 frames backward.
USER MANUAL Xedio 4.35 Xedio Cutter Keyboard Shortcut Function Description Shuttles/scrubs backward at twice the real time speed. Pressing repeatedly the key will increase the shuttling/scrubbing speed in a loop: x1, x2, x3, x5, x8 and then back to x1. Note If another key is pressed between the repetitions, the shuttle/scrub speed is reset. Stops the preview of the A/V content. Shuttles/scrubs backward at twice the real time speed.
EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4.35.B - August 2013 Middle Bar The middle bar is used to zoom into the loaded element. Its dark gray zone shows the section of the media, out of the whole media, visible in the top bar and the relative position of the visible section in the whole media. • When a media or an edit has just been loaded, the top bar represents the whole media.
USER MANUAL Xedio 4.35 Xedio Cutter Nowline, Mark IN and Mark OUT Display The (mark) IN point, the (mark) OUT point, and the nowline are shown in the media bar of the Player paneas vertical lines. • An IN point, or mark IN point is shown as a green line on the media bar. • An OUT point, or mark OUT point is shown as a red line on the media bar. • The nowline, representing the current position within the loaded element, is shown as a blue line on the media bar.
EVS Broadcast Equipment SA 3.4.3. Issue 4.35.B - August 2013 Clip Creation Functions Operation User Interface Button Description Mark IN Sets an IN point at the current position. The timecode of the IN point is then displayed in the IN field. Mark OUT Sets an OUT point at the current position. The timecode of the OUT point is then displayed in the OUT field. 3.4.4. Timecode Information 3.4.5.
USER MANUAL Xedio 4.35 Xedio Cutter Here is an example with 4 tracks of stereo channels: The different types of audio tracks of a loaded media or clip are displayed as follows: • A mono track is represented by • A stereo track is represented by • A 5.1 track is represented by . Note If the loaded media/clip contains more than 8 audio tracks, only the first 8 tracks are displayed under the Video Display. A first click on the display the additional tracks.
EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4.35.B - August 2013 A mono track is removed from the selection by clicking the loudspeaker button on the right of the radio button: A 5.
USER MANUAL Xedio 4.35 Xedio Cutter Audio meters located on the right side of the Video Display represent the audio channels of the monitored track. 3.4.6. Logs Logs 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. They are shown on the media bar as transparent triangles. There is always a black stripe below the video display when logs are present on the loaded media/clip.
EVS Broadcast Equipment SA 3.5. Issue 4.35.B - August 2013 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. 3.6.
USER MANUAL Xedio 4.35 Xedio Cutter 2. Click the button to mark the IN point. On the video display, a " [ " is shown on the frame and a green line appears on the media bar. 3. Determine the OUT 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 OUT field. 4. Click the button to mark the IN point. On the video display a " ] " is shown on the frame and a red line appears on the media bar. 5.
EVS Broadcast Equipment SA 4. Storyboard 4.1. Purpose Issue 4.35.B - August 2013 When clips have been marked in the Player pane and are ready to export, they can be dropped into the Storyboard area. 4.2. Creating and Managing the Storyboard List 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. 30 4.
USER MANUAL Xedio 4.35 Xedio Cutter 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. Renaming a Clip in the Storyboard To rename a clip that has been placed in the list, right-click on its item and select Rename Clip from the contextual menu. Showing or Hiding Thumbnails Right-click on the Storyboard window and select Show thumbnails or Hide thumbnails from the contextual menu.
EVS Broadcast Equipment SA 4.3. Issue 4.35.B - August 2013 Previewing the List To preview a Storyboard, click the Preview button at the bottom of 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. 4.4. Exporting the Storyboard 4.4.1.
USER MANUAL Xedio 4.35 Xedio Cutter • to Target This allows you to export a storyboard according to a predefined Export Target profile (RTProf) or to a predefined XSquare target. 4.4.2. Exporting the Storyboard to Edit How to Export the List to CleanEdit To export the storyboard to CleanEdit for use on the timeline, proceed as follows: 1. Select the To Edit tab. 2. Select a user from the User field. 3. (optional) Select a class from the Class field. 4. Enter a project name in the Project field.
EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4.35.B - August 2013 Example In the example: 4.4.3. • Clip 1 contains one 5.1 track and two stereo tracks, which corresponds to 10 audio channels. All these tracks can be used in the edit. • 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.
USER MANUAL Xedio 4.35 Xedio Cutter 4. Select the Merge option to merge the storyboard clips in one single output file. Otherwise all clips will be saved each as a separate file. 5. Select the Sel. Only option to output only the clips selected in the list. Otherwise all clips will be used to generate the output. 6. In the Path field, enter or select the directory and its path where to save the output files. 7. Click the Send button.
EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 4.35.B - August 2013 5. Click the Metadata button to access the metadata profile fields. ◦ A metadata profile is available only if a default metadata profile has been selected for use with the edits from the Edit Metadata Profile Association window in Xedio Manager.
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