User Manual Addendum, Part 3
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1. Using the Batch Duration Control Batch Duration Control Enter a duration for the selected clips 00 00 05 00 00 05 T f OK Cancel The Batch Duration Control allows you to select multiple clips and set their duration to the same value This is especially useful for creating animations and photo montages To do this select the desired clips while holding down the Shift key on your keyboard Next right click and choose Duration from the pop up menu A pop up will offer a time code control You can change the duration by selecting the time code control typing in the desired duration pressing Enter on your keyboard and clicking on the OK button in the pop up All of the selected clips will now have the same chosen duration Setting the new DV Features ScreenPlay and Sequel with the DV Upgrade Kit Only DV DVD Settings DV Machine Control J On Activate DV DVD recorder when mastering Output Display Format g 4 3 M 16 9 16 9 Letterbox DV Capture Options Automatic Scene Change Detection Addendum Part 3 Version 2 5 includes an extra screen in the Setup Screens area This screen is titled DV DVD Settings and is divided into three areas that allow you to enable and disable the DV Machine Control and DV Scene Change Detection features as well as allowing you to choose an output display format DV Machine Control Setting Because some DV equipment may not fully support DV machine control2. conform to the letterbox format To choose either crop or scale simply click on the box next to the desired action Crop is used for standard 4 3 source material Scale may be used to correct 16 9 footage intended for 4 3 output Pasting Transitions on Multiple Selected Clips This feature will allow you to paste a transition onto multiple clips enabling fast creation of slide shows and photo montages To do this right click on the transition you would like to use then select Copy from the options displayed in the pop up Next choose the clips you would like to have the transition applied to by clicking on one clip holding down the Shift key on your keyboard and then selecting the next clip s Once you have selected all the clips you wish to add the transition to right click on the Storyboard and select Paste from the options displayed in the pop up This will add the copied transition to each clip that you have selected Note You may copy a transition from both the Transitions Bin or a transition already placed on your Storyboard All properties such as duration envelope and border color will be preserved across all the new transitions Using the Range Selection Feature The Range Selection Feature allows easier selection of multiple items within the Bins or Storyboard By clicking on the first item pressing and holding down the alt key while selecting the last clip in a range all the items in the range will be selected To
3. the RS232 serial port in the back of the video editing unit MTC MIDI Time Code MIDI Control allows your video editing system to be the Master of MTC The MTC time type can be adjusted to 24 frames per second 25 frames per second PAL 30 frames per second Drop Frame NTSC 30 frames per second Non Drop The video editing system can only be set as the Master of MTC Machines intended to receive the MTC from the video editing system should be set to external sync This means the time code is sent via MTC when the video editing system is in play mode MMC MIDI Machine Control Applied Magic s MIDI Control supports MMC MIDI Machine Control Your video editing system can be set to be Master or Slave of MMC You must set the Device ID of your video editing system as well as the machines you set to receive the MMC from your video editing system MIDI Control recognizes and sends MMC commands including Stop Play Deferred Play Fast Forward Rewind Reset and Locate Target
4. Applied Magic User Manual Addendum Part 3 Trimming and Editing in Full Screen This feature allows you to scrub trim and edit your video in full screen and is perfect for getting a closer look at all your edits as well as showing your product to clients Press the Full Screen key on your keyboard to trim and edit your video in full screen If you are already in full screen mode then you will not have to press the key again Next press the Pause key also located on your keyboard The current frame will now be displayed in full screen From here you can use the playback frame advance fast forward and rewind controls to trim and edit your video On screen controls are available or if you prefer you can choose not to view these on screen controls To turn off the on screen controls go into your View Options Setup screen and under the section General user options click on the button next to Show on screen controls during full screen pause When this button is checked your on screen controls will be activated When this button is not checked the on screen controls will be deactivated You can also deactivate the on screen controls while you are in the process of full screen editing by holding down the Ctrl key on your keyboard and then pressing the down arrow key on your keyboard To view them again simply hold down the Ctrl key and press the up arrow key on your keyboard Addendum Part 3 To exit full scr
5. asily converted to SMPTE Time Code LTC Setting up Your Audio Workstation The machine that you are synchronizing to your video editing system should have both external sync set and the same MTC Format selected as your video editing system is using Basic System Configurations Once you have installed Version 2 5 software you can set up your video editing system and MIDI Device using one of two basic configurations The first configuration described below allows your video editing system to act as the Master sending commands to your MIDI Device The second configuration described below Dual Mode allows for back and forth communication between the MIDI Device and your video editing system Addendum Part 3 Master Mode In this MMC mode your system will send all transport control commands Stop Play Rewind etc to your MIDI machine To set up your video editing system in Master Mode choose the following settings in your video editing system s MIDI Settings screen Device ID Choose the same ID used by your MIDI machine MMC Master Sync Type MTC MTC Format Default 30 frames per second drop frame NTSC This setting can be changed to match the MIDI machine time format Next make the following changes to your MIDI machine settings Device ID Choose the same ID used by your video editing system MMC Slave Sync Type MTC External MTC Format Same format which the video editing system was set to When yo
6. een scrubbing you can either press the Stop key on your keyboard or click on the return to editor button the clapperboard icon located on your on screen controls Note If you want to stop the clip that is being played but wish to remain in the full screen editing mode simply press the Pause key rather than the Stop key on your keyboard Using the Audio Waveform Display For ScreenPlay or Sequel with the ScreenPlay Software Upgrade Only 00 00 01 21 v The Audio Waveform Display presents five frames of audio in a floating display over the quarter screen preview window and is perfect for voice overs and Cut to the beat editing To use this feature select an audio clip from the clips bin or an audio clip already on your Storyboard hold down the Ctrl key on your keyboard and using your Rewind and Advance frame keys on your keyboard scrub through the audio clip Addendum Part 3 You may also choose to scrub through the audio clip using your mouse You will see the floating window pop up as you begin to scrub through the audio The two vertical black lines mark the beginning and end of the current frame s audio When you have two or more audio clips playing simultaneously on the Storyboard you may choose to scrub through one or all of the audio clips To scrub through all of the audio clips on the storyboard simultaneously hold down the Ctrl key and use your Rewind and Advance frame keys on your keyboard To
7. ing in numeric values for the X and Y positions directly or by clicking on the arrow buttons next to the numeric values to increase or decrease the values Addendum Part 3 The Zoom Effect must be merged before it can be played back however you can scrub through the clip to see the changes before you choose to merge The Zoom Effect is merged like any other special effect Simply highlight the video clip and press the Merge key Setting the Default Duration for New Still Clips ee E PA View Options Set pointer speed Slow Set double click speed Slow General user options 7 Show hover help messages VV Show warning when deleting unused material 7 Show on screen controls during full screen pause M Auto merge transitions when mastering J Automatically highlight new clips ihe nell oe 00 00 05 00 In the past ScreenPlay and Sequel have set a default duration of five seconds for all video stills While this length was easily changed through the Details Screen the Default Duration feature allows you to set the default duration of Snap Shots and extracted frames to whatever length you desire To set the default duration for new stills go to your View Options Setup Screen At the bottom of the screen you will see Still Clip Duration along with a time code control To change the default duration for new stills select the time code control type in the desired duration and press Enter on your keyboard Addendum Part 3
8. mal television viewing Addendum Part 3 DV Scene Change Detection Setting This new feature will automatically split footage during capture at scene boundaries from a DV camcorder This feature can be enabled in the bottom section of the DV Settings screen To enable this feature click on the box next to Automatic Scene Change Detection When the box is checked the DV Scene Change Detection Setting is enabled To disable simply click on the box again The check mark will disappear indicating that the DV Scene Change Detection has been turned off Using the Letterbox Special Effect The Letterbox Effect allows you to crop or scale your video in a letterbox format This effect appears in your Special Effects Bin and works in the same way as other special effects Simply drag the Letterbox Special Effect and place it over the clip you wish to modify Once you have placed the Letterbox Effect over a clip the clip will adjust to the system s default settings You can customize the special effect by using individual controls in the Details screen The Letterbox Format control allows you to choose from a variety of standard aspect ratio HDTV 16 9 VistaVision 1 88 1 CinemaScope 2 35 1 By clicking on the box to the right of the desired format you will instantly see the change to the clip in the preview window Addendum Part 3 The Letterbox Options controls allow you to either crop or scale the video clip to
9. place all of the selected clips on the Storyboard hold down the Alt Key located on your keyboard and use your mouse to drag the selected area down to the Storyboard Addendum Part 3 Set up and Use of MIDI Control Overview MIDI Control allows your Applied Magic video editing system to synchronize with external MIDI devices such as music workstations and sequencers Applied Magic s MIDI Control has been tested with the digital studio workstation Roland VS 1680 The MIDI Control is also compatible with the Roland VS series VM C7200 CM C7100 A 6 digital recorders the VM 3100 digital mixer and machines that have MMC and MTC capability A MIDI interface must be plugged into the serial port of your video editing system in order to use MIDI control The serial to MIDI Interface currently supported is Portman PC S from MIDIMAN Synchronization Synchronizing two machines together means that both machines share the same time code Usually one machine is the source of the time code this machine is called the Master and the other one is the receiver of the time code this machine is called the Slave The video bank editing system sends the MIDI Time Code MTC as a source of time code to any machine that recognizes it The receiving machine will read the MTC sent from the video editing system and synchronize its time accordingly So if the video editing system sends out a time code of 00 01 58 22 the other machine will se
10. s Second Q 30 Frames Second Drop Frame 30 Frames Second Non Drop Once you have installed Version 2 5 software and MIDI Control located in the extras area in the installation menu you will see an additional screen in your Setup Screens Click on the Setup tab and then select MIDI Settings The following is an overview of the settings that can be made within the MIDI Settings screen See Basic System Configurations for detailed descriptions Device ID Number When using the MMC each machine Master and Slaves must have the same Device ID number If your video editing system is the MMC Master and its ID is 10 the MMC Slave machine must also have an ID of 10 in order to accept the MMC commands from the video editing system MMC MIDI Machine Control Your video editing system can be set to be Master or Slave or both Master and Slave Dual of MMC In the Dual mode the video editing system can send or receive commands allowing the devices to communicate with each other Addendum Part 3 Sync Type Sync Type enables the video editing system to send MTC through the MIDI OUT interface so that external equipment can sync to the video editing system MTC Format If you choose to use MTC this option will set the video editing system time code format to MTC If the system is running in PAL the default time code format is 25 frames per second The default for NTSC is 30 frames per second Drop Frame Note MTC is e
11. scrub through one audio clip select the audio clip you want to scrub through hold down the Magic key on your keyboard and scrub through the audio clip by using the Rewind and Advance frame keys on your keyboard Using the Zoom Special Effect 00 00 00 24 The Zoom Special Effect zooms in on a user selectable area within a clip This effect appears in your Special Effects Bin and works in the same way as the other special effects simply drag down the Zoom Special Effect and place it over the clip you wish to zoom in on Addendum Part 3 Once you have placed the Zoom Special Effect over the clip ScreenPlay will automatically zoom in on a particular area of the clip Using controls in the Details screen you can adjust both the size of the zoom and the area of the clip you would like to zoom in on The Zoom Size control allows you to adjust the size of the area you wish to select By moving the two slider controls you will notice that the size of the lightened square within the clip is enlarged or reduced This lightened square is the area that will be ultimately selected for viewing The Zoom Location control allows you to adjust the area of the clip that you wish to zoom in on To modify the zoom area click on the lightened square in the preview window and move it to the desired location on the screen just as you would adjust the placement of a title or Picture in Picture You may also choose to adjust the area by enter
12. t its master clock to 00 01 58 22 as well Your video editing system can only be set as master of MTC Addendum Part 3 Machine Control Your video editing system can also send machine controls to the slave system such as Stop Play Rewind Fast Forward and Locate Applied Magic s video editing systems support standard MIDI Machine Control MMC If you have set your video editing system as the MMC Master and another machine as Slave then when you press PLAY on your vide editing system your Slave machine will begin to play The video editing system can be set to be Master or Slave of MMC Connections 1 Power off the video editing system 2 Connect the MIDI Interface to the 10101 data port on your video editing system using a serial connector 3 Using MIDI cables male 180 DIN 5 pins connect the MIDI Interface Out connection to the In connection of the MIDI Controlled Device Then connect the Out of the MIDI Controlled Device to the In connection on the MIDI Interface master slave N ZTA play stop slave master rewind ScreenPlay serial connector MIDI interface A midi cables out in in out MIDI controlled device Addendum Part 3 MIDI Settings MIDI Settings Device ID number D J MIDI Machine Control MMC m or Master Slave 7 Dual Syne Type F Of Q MTC MIDI Time Code MTC or SMPTE Format M 24 Frames Second 25 Framee
13. this option allows you to disable the feature By clicking on the box in the DV Machine Control area you can enable or disable the DV Machine Control feature When the box is checked the DV Machine Control feature is enabled An empty box indicates that the DV Machine Control feature is disabled When a change is made in this area you will need to restart your system for the changes to take effect Activating DV DVD Records when Mastering If you have activated DV Machine Control you will see an option to activate DV DVD records when mastering If your DV deck or DVD burner supports deck control DV AV C commands this option will automatically start the recorder when Mastering To activate this option simply click on the box located next to the option When the box is checked the option is activated Output Display Format To choose a mode to output DV footage simply click on the box next to the desired ratio 16 9 4 3 16 9 Letterbox This function sets the format of your DV output stream It will not change the aspect ratio of your source material Usage You can now choose to capture footage at the 16 9 mode bring it into your unit edit it and output it back in the 16 9 mode This will preserve the 16 9 aspect ratio for later duplication and mastering 16 9 Letterbox mode is used for times when your footage is Letterboxed on ScreenPlay and you would like the footage to appear full screen on 16 9 displays The 4 3 mode is for nor
14. ur video editing system is set up in Master Mode you can scrub through any active clip on the Storyboard and view the corresponding time code on both your video editing system and your MIDI machine Commands like Play Stop and Rewind are sent from your video editing system to your MIDI machine Addendum Part 3 Dual Mode In this MMC mode your system will send and receive transport control commands Stop Play Rewind etc To set up your video editing system and MIDI Device in Dual Mode choose the following settings in your video editing system s MIDI Settings screen Device ID Choose the same ID used by your MIDI machine MMC Dual Sync Type MTC MTC Format Default 30 frames per second drop frame NTSC This setting can be changed to match the MIDI machine time format Next make the following changes to your MIDI machine settings Device ID Choose the same ID used by your video editing system MMC Master Sync Type MTC External MTC Format Same format which the video editing system was set to When your video editing system is set up in Dual Mode you can control your video editing system by using the controls on your MIDI machine Stop Play Rewind etc Addendum Part 3 Technical Information MIDI Interface In order to send and receive MIDI formatted data the video editing system requires a MIDI interface The MIDI interface must be a serial to MIDI type of interface that is connected in
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