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Table of Contents
Section
I
Basics
Chapter 1
Safety .......................................................1-1
Safety Notes .............................................................1-1
Additional Instructions .............................................................. 1-1 Safety Standards ......................................................................... 1-2 Implementation in Accordance with Intended Use ................... 1-3 Symbols and Conventions .......................................................... 1-3 Safety Instructions for Initial Startup ........................................ 1-4 Safety when Operating ............................................................... 1-5
Chapter 2
General ......................................................2-1
Transport, Packing, Environmental Protection ......................... 2-2 System Cleaning ......................................................................... 2-2 Handling CD-ROM Discs .......................................................... 2-3 Handling Floppy Disks ............................................................... 2-5
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Chapter 3
Setup ........................................................3-1
Delivery Package ....................................................... 3-2 Technical Specifications ............................................. 3-3 Installation .............................................................. 3-4
System Requirements .................................................................. 3-4 Installing the PCI interface card (IEEE 1394) ............................ 3-6 Configuring/Connecting A/V HD Subsystem (RAID, optional) ........................................................................ 3-9
Liquid Edition and Peripherals ....................................3-11 Video/Audio Connections Liquid Edition ......................3-12 Configurations and Software Installation .....................3-13
After the Installation ................................................................. 3-16
Connecting the control panel (Jog/Shuttle) (Optional) ...........................................3-18 InTime board Installation ..........................................3-19
Hardware Installation ............................................................... 3-19 Software Installation ................................................................. 3-20
Device Control via RS 422 Remote ...............................3-21
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Chapter 4
Introduction ...............................................4-1
Preface .....................................................................4-2 Sources of Information ...............................................4-3 List of Chapters .........................................................4-4
Chapter 5
Documentation ...........................................5-1
Conventions and Symbols ............................................5-2 The Online Help .........................................................5-4
Title Bar ...................................................................................... 5-5 Tabs in the Help Window ........................................................... 5-5 Toolbar ........................................................................................ 5-6 Information Window ................................................................. 5-7
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Chapter 6
Basics .......................................................6-1
Starting and Exiting .................................................. 6-2 Menus, Dialog Boxes and Tool Buttons .......................... 6-3
Shortcut Menus ........................................................................... 6-3 Tool Buttons and Toolbars ..........................................................6-4 Dialog Boxes ............................................................................... 6-5
Tour de Pinnacle Liquid .............................................. 6-9
Inlays ......................................................................................... 6-10 Picons ........................................................................................ 6-11 Pinnacle Liquid Desktop .......................................................... 6-11 The Project Window ................................................................. 6-22 The Timeline ............................................................................. 6-23 The Sequence Editor ................................................................. 6-24 The Logging Tool ...................................................................... 6-25 The Effect Editors ..................................................................... 6-26 The Audio Editor ...................................................................... 6-27 The Trim Editor ........................................................................ 6-28
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Section
II
Working w ith Pi nnacle Liquid
Chapter 7
Signup .......................................................7-1
Logging on As an Existing User ....................................7-3 New User/Initial Login ...............................................7-4 Load User Profile .......................................................7-5 User Details ..............................................................7-6 Remove User .............................................................7-8 Save User .................................................................7-8
Chapter 8
Input ........................................................8-1
Logging and Digitizing (Capture) ..................................8-3
Basics .......................................................................................... 8-4 The Logging Tool and Its Functions .......................................... 8-8 Methods .................................................................................... 8-34
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Importing Objects ....................................................8-44
Import - Where from, Where to? ............................................. 8-45 What Can Be Imported? ........................................................... 8-46 Importing Media Clips ............................................................. 8-48 Image Import (Global Settings) ............................................... 8-51
Copying/Pasting Objects from Other Projects ................8-54 Media Management and Object Import .........................8-55 Creating Objects ......................................................8-56
Creating a Color Clip ................................................................ 8-57 Generating a Signal Clip (Reference Level Tones) ................... 8-59 Creating Titles ........................................................................... 8-60 Producing Customized Effects ................................................. 8-60
Voice-Over ..............................................................8-61 Importing EDL/AVID MediaLog Files ............................8-61 ALE Project Import/Export .........................................8-62
Import Project as ALE .............................................................. 8-62 Export Project as ALE ............................................................... 8-63
VideoMachine DBF Import .........................................8-64 XReceive .................................................................8-66
Calling XReceive ....................................................................... 8-67 XReceive Options ..................................................................... 8-67 Starting XReceive ...................................................................... 8-67
LST Import ..............................................................8-68
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Chapter 9
Administration ............................................9-1
The Project ...............................................................9-3
Opening and Creating Projects .................................................. 9-3 Project Template ......................................................................... 9-5 Copy/Delete a Project ................................................................. 9-6 Project Structure ........................................................................ 9-8 The Project Browser ................................................................. 9-16 Project Properties ..................................................................... 9-18 Diagnose Project ...................................................................... 9-19
The Object .............................................................. 9-20
Basics ........................................................................................ 9-21 Objects in the Project ............................................................... 9-26 Searching for and Finding Objects ........................................... 9-40 Viewing and Editing Objects: the Clip Viewer ........................ 9-54 Object Information: Properties ................................................ 9-76 Preparing for Editing: Storyboarding ...................................... 9-82 Batch Digitize (Batch Capture) ................................................ 9-87 Consolidate ............................................................................... 9-97 Condense ............ ...
