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Chapter 8, Using Matrox MediaTools
• For increased precision, stop your clip at the appropriate frame and click the
Mark In or Mark Out button.
You can cue to your In or Out point on tape by SHIFT+clicking the Mark In
or
Mark Out button.
Editing the time code fields
When you type a time code in an empty or highlighted time code field, the
numbers fill each section sequentially from right to left (frames, seconds,
minutes, and hours), and separators are placed for you between the sections.
If you enter a value that exceeds the two-digit limit for a section, the appropriate
time code will be calculated when you press the
TAB key. For example, if you
type 9005 (90 seconds, five frames) and press
TAB, it will be calculated as
00:01:30:05 (one minute, 30 seconds, five frames) on an NTSC system.
When at least two time code fields are defined, MediaTools automatically
calculates the remaining field. For example, once you’ve defined the In and Out
points for a clip, its duration will be calculated for you.
To clear all the time code fields, click the clear button.
Changing the time code display
A value in a time code field can be displayed and entered as a time code or a
specific number of frames. The first time you run MediaTools, the fields display
time codes. To toggle between the two formats, press
CTRL+SHIFT while the
insertion point (flashing vertical bar) is in any time code field.
For example, on an NTSC system, you could change a value of 24:04 (24
seconds, 4 frames) to 724 frames by pressing
CTRL+SHIFT. You could then edit
the field in frames and switch back to time codes again by pressing
CTRL+SHIFT.
Keyboard shortcuts
CMX-style Premiere-style
M
Mark In
I
,
(comma)
Mark Out
O
SHIFT
+Mark In
Cue In
SHIFT+Mark In
SHIFT+Mark Out
Cue Out
SHIFT+Mark Out