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P INNACL E Introduction Contents ....................................................................................................................... 1-1 Why So Much Paper?.................................................................................................. 1-2 Overview.................................................................................................................. 1-2 General ......................................................................................................................... 1-3 Buttons ................................................................................................................... 1-3 Text Styles ............................................................................................................... 1-3 Shortcut Menus and Menu Bar ..................................................................................... 1-3 It Looks Different in the Book!.................................................................................... 1-4 Where Do I Get the Buttons? ........................................................................................... 1-7 Taskbar.................................................................................................................... 1-9 Keyboard Shortcuts ................................................................................................... 1-10 But First ... ................................................................................................................... 1-12 Media Management ......................................................................................................... 1-14 Quickstart Contents ....................................................................................................................... 2-1 General ......................................................................................................................... 2-1 What Do You Want to Do?........................................................................................... 2-2 Step by Step ................................................................................................................. 2-2 Inserting Clips on the Timeline ........................................................................................ 2-9 Output ......................................................................................................................... 2-20 Output with the RS 422 Control Protocol ...................................................................... 2-22 Table of Contents I PINN ACL E Recording AV Contents ...................................................................................................................... 3-1 General ........................................................................................................................ 3-2 What You Need (Checklist) ......................................................................................... 3-3 Step by Step ................................................................................................................. 3-4 Plus ... ......................................................................................................................... 3-10 LIVE Player .............................................................................................................. 3-10 Analog IN ................................................................................................................ 3-12 Direct Insertion ........................................................................................................ 3-14 Tracks and Mapping................................................................................................... 3-15 Tips ............................................................................................................................. 3-16 Tape Has Identical TCs............................................................................................... 3-16 Breaks in the Timecode.............................................................................................. 3-17 Alternative AV Drives/Directories................................................................................. 3-18 When to Digitize As Stereo and When As Mono? ............................................................ 3-20 Methods: Log, Digitize All or Scene Detection? .............................................................. 3-21 Batch Digitize (Capture) ............................................................................................ 3-21 Automatic Scene Detection in the Logging Tool ............................................................................................................ 3-22 Storyboarding General ........................................................................................................................ 4-1 Step by Step ................................................................................................................. 4-2 II Table of Contents P INNACL E Edit Contents ....................................................................................................................... 5-1 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 5-2 Single-Track versus A/B Editing................................................................................... 5-2 The Logical Sequence for Editing ................................................................................. 5-3 General ......................................................................................................................... 5-3 What You Need ......................................................................................................... 5-4 Step by Step ................................................................................................................. 5-5 Drag & Drop ............................................................................................................. 5-5 Source Viewer ........................................................................................................... 5-10 Trim Editor............................................................................................................... 5-13 Trimming Transitions ................................................................................................. 5-16 Three-Point Editing ................................................................................................... 5-17 Plus ... ......................................................................................................................... 5-22 Linear Timewarp........................................................................................................ 5-22 Generating a Still with a Snapshot............................................................................... 5-26 Multilayering ............................................................................................................ 5-27 Containers ............................................................................................................... 5-30 Multicam Editing....................................................................................................... 5-34 Tips ............................................................................................................................. 5-38 When Should You Use Which Method? .......................................................................... 5-38 Clip Viewer Contents ....................................................................................................................... 6-1 General ......................................................................................................................... 6-1 Here's How............................................................................................................... 6-1 Automatic Scene Detection......................................................................................... 6-4 Audio ...................................................................................................................... 6-6 Realtime Color Correction in the Clip Viewer .................................................................. 6-8 Table of Contents III PINN ACL E Effects Contents ...................................................................................................................... 7-1 Introduction ................................................................................................................. 7-2 Realtime or Rendering ............................................................................................... 7-2 Background Rendering ............................................................................................... 7-2 Clip and Transition Effects.......................................................................................... 7-3 General ........................................................................................................................ 7-4 What You Need ......................................................................................................... 7-4 Step by Step ................................................................................................................. 7-5 Clip Effect................................................................................................................ 7-5 Clip Effect Applied to an Entire Track ........................................................................... 7-9 Transition Effect ....................................................................................................... 7-9 Applying a 2D Effect.................................................................................................. 7-17 Special Effects ............................................................................................................... 7-21 Hollywood FX ........................................................................................................... 7-21 Alpha Magic FX ......................................................................................................... 7-23 Audio Contents ...................................................................................................................... 8-1 General ........................................................................................................................ 8-2 What Do You Want to Do? .......................................................................................... 8-2 Step by Step ................................................................................................................. 8-2 Turning Down Background Noise ................................................................................. 8-2 Recording Spoken Text with Voice Over ........................................................................ 8-8 One Track for Music ................................................................................................... 8-10 Applying an Audio Crossfade....................................................................................... 8-12 Tips ............................................................................................................................. 8-14 Adjusting Audio for Entire Tracks ................................................................................ 8-14 Digitizing Audio ....................................................................................................... 8-16 On the Timeline ........................................................................................................ 8-17 Disbanding Clips ....................................................................................................... 8-18 Output Mapping........................................................................................................ 8-18 Playback.................................................................................................................. 8-21 IV Table of Contents P INNACL E Generating Titles General ......................................................................................................................... 9-1 Step by Step .................................................................... ...