Pinnacle Liquid Reference Manual © 2005 Pinnacle Systems GmbH. All rights reserved. March 2005 / Pinnacle Systems Documentation, Munich, Germany Pinnacle End User License Agreement This End User License Agreement ("License") is a legal agreement between you and Pinnacle Systems ("Pinnacle") regarding Pinnacle's software and the accompanying documentation (collectively, the "Software"). CAREFULLY READ THE FOLLOWING LICENSE. USING THIS SOFTWARE INDICATES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THIS LICENSE. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT OR UNDERSTAND THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE, YOU SHOULD NOT INSTALL THE SOFTWARE AND SHOULD PROMPTLY RETURN THIS PRODUCT TO THE PLACE OF PURCHASE.. 1 License Grant. 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The federal and state courts within the County of Santa Clara, California shall have exclusive jurisdiction to adjudicate any dispute arising out of this License and you hereby consent to the personal jurisdiction of the federal and state courts within the County of Santa Clara, California. This License is the entire agreement between you and Pinnacle and supersedes any other communication with respect to the Software. No modification of or amendment to this License will be effective unless in writing signed by both parties. If any provision of this License is held invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this License will continue in full force and effect. P INN ACL E Table of Contents Chapter N New in Version 6 ................................. N-1 Manuals and Online Help ............................................................... N-3 Software User Interface and General Improvements ........................... N-4 High Definition: Beyond NTSC and PAL ............................................ N-5 Logging Tool and Batch Digitize ..................................................... N-6 Exchange and Import of Media Data and Project Data ........................ N-7 Project Management ..................................................................... N-8 Editing ......................................................................................N-11 Effects ......................................................................................N-13 Audio Postproduction and Audio Effects ..........................................N-14 Networking ................................................................................N-17 Titler ........................................................................................N-17 DVD Authoring ............................................................................N-18 Output (DVD, Tape, Etc.) ..............................................................N-18 Settings ....................................................................................N-20 Chapter 1 Introduction ........................................ 1-1 Preface ........................................................................................... 1-3 Sources of Information ................................................................... 1-4 List of Chapters .............................................................................. 1-5 Band II Table of Contents I PINN ACLE Table of Contents Chapter 2 Documentation .................................... 2-1 Conventions and Symbols .............................................................. 2-3 Comments and Suggestions for Documentation ................................. 2-4 The Online Help ............................................................................. 2-5 Title Bar ..................................................................................... 2-5 Tabs in the Help Window ............................................................... 2-6 Toolbar ....................................................................................... 2-7 Information Window ..................................................................... 2-8 Chapter 3 Basics ................................................ 3-1 Starting and Exiting ....................................................................... 3-3 Menus, Dialog Boxes and Tool Buttons ........................................... 3-4 Menu bar .................................................................................... 3-4 Shortcut Menus ............................................................................ 3-4 Tool Buttons and Toolbars ............................................................. 3-5 Dialog Boxes ............................................................................... 3-6 Tour de Pinnacle Liquid ................................................................. 3-9 Inlays .......................................................................................3-10 Picons .......................................................................................3-11 Pinnacle Liquid Desktop ...............................................................3-11 The Project Window .....................................................................3-21 The Timeline ..............................................................................3-22 The Sequence Editor ....................................................................3-23 The Logging Tool ...