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CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide (Version 1.4)

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4. preroll gt 1 sec edit lag 7 frames postroll 1 sec DVS Appendix A 6 System Maintenance This section contains topics related to system maintenance work Carry out the described tasks whenever necessary A 6 1 Automatic Defragmentation The CLIPSTER video system provides an automatic defragmentation for the connected video hard disk array that defragments previously copied or recorded data on the video storage so that it is more suited for real time operations The automatic defragmentation process is automatically started to gether with the CLIPSTER software It will be running in the back ground of the system and operates during stand still times meaning a defragmentation will not be performed under the following condi tions CLIPSTER performs real time tasks such as play out or record CLIPSTER is running in slave mode and CLIPSTER is running with the VTR task mode of the CLIPSTER I O Tool activated If one of the above said is the case no defragmentation will take place The process will be shut down as soon as the software is closed see section Exiting the Program on page 3 15 The automatic starting behavior of the defragmentation tool i of CLIPSTER can be altered via the CLIPSTER Configuration Tool see CLIPSTER Configurations user guide for more in formation After starting the CLIPSTER software the defragmentation process is running in the bac
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10. Figure 6 61 The global color settings Use the sliders R G or B to step up or down the color values of the image for the respective color component red green or blue With the master slider RGB to the left you can set the settings for all three color components at once even after already adjusting individual col or components The check box Hold Luma allows you to hold the luminance level of the clip while adjusting a single color component Usually while ad justing a color component the luminance of the clip is changed as well i e changes occur in the Brightness setting too When the check box is activated during the adjustment of a color component e g G instead of adjusting the brightness parameter the luminance of the image is set via the remaining two values R and B which will be set according to your changes while the luminance level is pre served Details To the right of the Global area you can find the Details area where you can adjust the color components in more detail This area pro vides the same sliders as the previously described ones but for fur ther accuracy they are split into the three contrast shades gain gamma and lift The Timeline Figure 6 62 The detailed color settings Use the sliders the same way as described for the global color set tings Then you can set the values for each color component of the brighter average and darker parts of an image separately for exam ple b
11. To clear the workstation from the slave mode again press the button CLOSE of the message window Slave mode With these buttons you can step one frame for or backwards in your project The timeline cursor will move accordingly Alternatively you may use the keyboard shortcuts Left Arrow Right Arrow or 3 4 The Control Area With this button you can start a play out of the timeline After activation the button changes its appearance to its active state F To stop the play out you have to click this button again Alternatively you may use the keyboard short cuts Space or 5 K to start or stop a play out To view your project on an additionally i connected monitor you have to config ure the output format of the timeline ac cordingly The setting of the output format video raster of the project can be configured with the button SET TINGS above the timeline see section How to Configure the Video Output on page 6 11 If you activate a play action of the clip N from the bin in the master mode see section The Master Mode on page 5 9 a play out of the timeline will be terminated You can jump to cutting edit points and timeline markers on the timeline with these buttons The first button jumps to the cutting point timeline marker that is previously located on the timeline while the second button jumps to the next one Al ternatively you may use the keyboard shortcuts
12. 7 4 3 Clear Bin Clear Bin The Clear Bin menu option on the menu Bin deletes all folders and clips from the bin of your current project The selection of this menu option calls up a warning message After the confirmation that you really want to delete the contents of the bin the bin will be cleared f If your currently active bin was altered and not saved you will i be asked by the program whether you want to save its con tents to a bin file When you answer this query with YES the same procedure as to export a bin will be initiated see sec tion Export Bin on page 7 22 e 7 4 4 Check Bin CheckBin Ctri Shift K 7 22 During the loading of a project file and the import of a bin the CLIP STER Edit Tool performs a limited test regarding the availability of the clips present in the bin It is tested whether the first and the last frame of each video clip is available on the video hard disks Via the Check Bin menu option you can check your bin and thus your timeline more thoroughly for errors and inconsistencies After the selection of the menu option Check Bin the CLIPSTER Edit Tool verifies that each frame of each clip and each audio file is DVS The Menus present on the video system If inconsistencies are found i e missing files you will get the following error message Bin consistency check Xx Figure 7 7 Error message of inconsistencies in the bin The error message provides a detai
13. Now move the timeline cursor to the position of the timeline where the clip to be added should end Click the OUT button of the timeline area After this you have set the in and outpoint of the timeline to the posi tion and length of the clip which it should provide after the adding pro cedure For more information about the setting of the in and outpoint of the timeline see section Setting In and Outpoint for the Timeline on page 6 23 Now you have to prepare the clip from the bin for the procedure Select the desired clip from the bin and drag it to the control area of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool as described in section The Master Mode on page 5 9 With the control area in the master mode select for the clip com ing from the bin an in and or outpoint see section Setting In and Outpoint for the Clip from the Bin on page 5 12 You do not have to define an outpoint for the clip neces i sarily The clip will be cut to its correct length automatically due to the set outpoint in the timeline x After this the clip from the bin is prepared to be added to the timeline For the next step you have to observe the insert overwrite i mode of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool in the insert mode the con tents of the timeline will be moved to its end while in the over write mode the contents of the timeline present between the set in and outpoint will be overwritten see also section The Insert Overwrite Mode of
14. The Control Area Items Description Scrub bar in light Parts of the scrub bar displayed in a light grey grey indicate the part of the clip that is selected via the set in and outpoint If you click on such a part the scrub bar cursor will be positioned there instantly To set the in and output perform the following 1 If your bin clip was already set to a preliminary inpoint you i will see the selected inpoint in this mode Then you can ad just it more accurately f necessary pull the scrub bar cursor out of the way to grab the in or outpoint handler e With the mouse select the in or outpoint handler and move each to their desired positions For a frame accurate positioning of the in and outpoint han i dlers you may also perform one of the following Either enter the position of the in and outpoint handlers in the In and Out entry fields above the scrub bar then press Enter or move the scrub bar cursor to the desired position and press the IN or Our button The still selected part of the scrub bar will be shown in a light grey while the deselected part is displayed in a dark grey Additionally the counter will decrease Figure 5 8 Set in and outpoint of the bin clip You can also work the other way around you can first deter i mine and set the length of the clip to be inserted and then move the blue line along the scrub bar with the mouse to po sition i
15. A Ctrl Left Arrow Go to next cutting point S Ctrl Right Arrow Activate insert mode V Activate overwrite mode B Add edit cutting point Shift H Set inpoint E I Set outpoint R O Set in and outpoint reference T cutting points Delete inpoint D Delete outpoint F A 3 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide A 4 Action Shortcut Delete in and outpoint G Go to inpoint Q Go to outpoint IW Trim by one 1 frame forward Trim by one 1 frame backward Trim by ten 10 frames forward Trim by ten 10 frames backward M Additionally the following keyboard actions and shortcuts may be helpful Action Key Action Select several clips and or transi tions Hold Ctrl key while selecting clips transitions with the mouse Frame accurate trimming Hold Shift while dragging with the mouse Copy bin clip to a folder of the bin instead of moving Hold Ctrl while drag and drop the clip with the mouse Open Windows Explorer Windows 9 E Open Task Manager Ctrl Alt Del Switch to Windows desktop Windows 49 D Switch to another program Alt TAB ps Appendix A 3 Supported File Formats The tables in this section list the video and audio file formats that are supported by CLIPSTER Firs
16. The context menu to change the layout of the bin can also be called on the area where the view buttons are located The layout of the bin will be set accordingly Additionally you have the possibility to change the layout of i the tool area to get a better view on the bin or make items vis ible that cannot be seen in the visible part of the tool area see section Changing the Size of the Tool Area on page 4 2 Changing the View of Clips Via the view buttons at the bottom of the bin you can set whether the clips in the contents area shall be seen as thumbnails with text or with their text information only Ten Use the button TEXT to view the clips in the contents area with their text information only Name Colormode ee ratio 1 fad1234 2 RGB 444 4 2berin 1 RGB 4 4 4 1 8550725 3 fad1234 1 RGB 444 43 4 starnwars_ AGB 4 4 4 1 8550725 5 YUV4224 AGB 4 4 4 4 3 B ref2_ RGB 444 4 3 fadi234 RGB 444 4 3 8 berlin RGB 4 4 4 1 8550725 Figure 4 6 Contents area with text information 4 5 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS The kind of text information displayed in the contents area of i the bin can be set freely with the Configuration Tool of CLIP STER see CLIPSTER Configurations user guide for more in formation In this view you can most easily sort the clips in ascending or descending order by clicking on the column heading that the clips should
17. 4 9 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS Once at least one clip is available in the bin you can start working with the CLIPSTER Edit Tool and add the clip to the timeline see sec tion Adding Clips to the Timeline on page 6 2 4 2 3 Details about Clips During the adding of clips to the bin the clips are checked for their type length resolution bit depth etc If set accordingly the text in formation of the clips in the bin will show you these information about the clips see also section Changing the View of Clips on page 4 5 This section provides some details about clips in the CLIPSTER soft ware By default CLIPSTER sets the video format of each clip added N to the bin via a drag and drop procedure or the menu option Add Clip to the progressive field mode If your material is in an interlaced video format you have to call up the clip prop erties of the clip and change the field mode respectively see section Changing the Properties of Clips on page 4 19 The Clip Types You can add video audio and so called multi clips to the contents area of the bin Video clips are seen in the contents area of the bin usually with their thumbnail previews With the scrub bar below the thumbnail you can pre view the clip in still images and select an inpoint of the clip roughly if en abled via the CLIPSTER Configuration Tool To use audio in the CLIPSTER Edit Tool you have to make the files av
18. Most work is performed in the timeline of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool di rectly In the timeline you can arrange the sequence of video clips cut the material or set transitions and other operators for the clips Fur thermore you can play out the timeline either the whole timeline or a defined range of the timeline This section explains in detail how to control the timeline It will be ex plained how to move within the timeline and how to set an in and out point for the timeline to play out or finalize the selected range only 6 3 1 Moving within the Timeline 6 20 The CLIPSTER Edit Tool provides two representations of the timeline in its user interface There is the timeline with timeline scale and au dio and video tracks in the timeline area and there is a scrub bar of the timeline in the control area of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool Both can be used to move within your project Other functions and items to move inside the timeline are provided by the CLIPSTER Edit Tool as well Moving via the Timeline Scale With the timeline scale you can move within your project and position the timeline cursor timeline x scale 25 00 Figure 6 21 The timeline scale To move within your project click on a point in the scale and the time line cursor will be positioned there Additionally by selecting the cur sor and moving it to the left or right you can scrub the visible part of the timeline here This part of the timeline toge
19. The i Further information about the master mode and how to set in Master Mode on page 5 9 When the in and outpoint are set as desired perform the following Select the bin clip in its video overlay and drag and drop it to a video track of the timeline Figure 6 2 Drag and drop of clip to timeline Once the mouse button is released a representation of the clip is added to the timeline Usually the clip s position its inpoint within the timeline is set during the drag and drop procedure by the mouse pointer where the clip is released Only when the timeline is empty and the insert mode is ac tivated for the CLIPSTER Edit Tool the clip will be aligned automatically at the starting point of the timeline Its outpoint is defined by the set outpoint made in the master mode These attributes can be changed easily after the clip was added to the timeline which is described in section Changing the In and Outpoints of Clips on page 6 39 To switch the control area back to its edit mode use the appropriate button of the control area ME DVS The Timeline 6 2 Configuring the Timeline Because the timeline is the most important part of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool it can be configured freely and thus be adapted to your individ ual needs For a more comfortable working with the Edit Tool you can change the layout of the timeline area in various ways You can also adjust the timeline scale to the needs of your project
20. Adaptive Filter real time Figure 6 57 Zoom and pan operator In detail the tab for this operator provides the settings as indicated in the following The Zooming Area In the area Zooming you can find the settings items to set the zoom factor for the clip At the top of this area several information fields are available that detail the original settings of the clip as well as auto scaling information that the CLIPSTER Edit Tool has applied automati Cally to the clip More details about autoscaling can be found in section How i to Configure the Video Output on page 6 11 and in the sec tion about the video format settings described in the CLIP STER Configurations user guide The Timeline With the sliders below the information fields you can adjust the zoom ing Simply pull the sliders to the left to zoom out of the clip or to the right to zoom in Additionally you can enter either the zoom factor or the pixel size that the original frames would provide in the respective entry fields to the right of the sliders manually Slider Slider Result Movement Width left zoom out Height right zoom in With the check box Lock aspect ratio activated the original aspect ratio the relation of width x and height y of the video format can be preserved If ticked the images will neither get stretched nor com pressed and the remaining value will adjust itself automatically influen
21. In this chapter the timeline of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool is described Chapter 7 Provides information about the individual menu options of the menu bar of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool Appendix Gives additional information about the soft ware Among others you can find here a glos sary of terms used in this user guide and the file formats that are supported by the CLIP STER software Index This chapter facilitates the search for specific terms 1 3 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 1 2 Target Group To use this user guide and the CLIPSTER Edit Tool correctly you should have experience in PC handling and be familiar with the hardware handling of a video system If you want to use the software to its full potential you should also have extensive knowledge in the field of digital video Furthermore to use the video system in connection with other equip ment e g a VTR you should know how to handle this equipment 1 3 Conventions Used in this User Guide 1 4 The following typographical conventions will be used in this docu mentation e Texts preceded by this symbol describe activities that you must perform in the order indicated Texts preceded by this symbol are parts of a list Texts preceded by this symbol are general notes intended to facilitate work and help avoid errors E You must pay particular attention to text that follows this symbol to avoid errors gt
22. The chart of the performance monitor provides a graphical represen tation of the measured access times During play out or record oper ations every access to an image file will be shown as one bar in the chart CLIPSTER is able to process several different image files si A multaneously multi threaded I O mode However the chart of the performance monitor only provides a single threaded view on the access times meaning in multi threaded I O mode the access time to a single file one bar may be longer because several ones were read or written at the same time Therefore the chart will provide a correct view to the access times only if CLIPSTER is set to the single threaded I O mode which is a setting available in the CLIP STER Configuration Tool Enable Async I O see CLIPSTER Configurations user guide for more information Because it is a system setting you have to close and start the CLIP STER software to bring a change of it into effect The Tool Area Figure 4 16 Chart of performance monitor At the top left of the chart you can find the maximum access time that will be shown in the graph scale of chart It is determined by the set critical response time usually critical response time x 2 see section Chart Controls on page 4 24 At the top right of the chart you can find an indication about how many frames were processed total and how many drops occurred during this time The horizontal lin
23. inn Workstation Software CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Introduction Basics Getting Started The Tool Area The Control Area The Timeline The Menus Appendix Index User Guide Version 1 4 for CLIPSTER Edit Tool Version 1 4 Copyright 2005 by DVS Digital Video Systems GmbH Hanover All rights reserved The manuals as well as the soft and or hardware described here and all their constituent parts are protected by copyright Without the express permission of DVS Digital Video Systems GmbH any form of use which goes beyond the narrow bounds prescribed by copyright legislation is pro hibited and liable to prosecution This particularly applies to duplication copying translation processing evaluation publishing and storing and or processing in an electronic system Specifications and data may change without notice We offer no guarantee that this documenta tion is correct and or complete In no event shall DVS Digital Video Systems GmbH be liable for any damages whatsoever including without limitation any special indirect or consequential damages and damages resulting from loss of use data or profits or business interruption aris ing out of the use of or inability to use the hardware software and or manual materials Those parts of this documentation that describe optional software or hardware features usually contain a corresponding note Anyway a lack of this not
24. project specific in each project file With the respective project file loaded in the CLIPSTER Edit Tool its location can be found out in the Configuration Tool of the CLIPSTER soft ware group Project field Path for temporary data see CLIPSTER Configurations user guide i The path to the location of the temporary data is stored f applicable shut down the CLIPSTER software Appendix Open a file manager e g the Windows Explorer Select the project specific path of the temporary data on your video hard disk array Delete all files and directories stored in the respective directory manually e After that start the CLIPSTER Edit Tool and load the project in ques tion When the project is loaded the CLIPSTER Edit Tool recognizes that the prerendered files are no longer available All parts that have to be prerendered will be marked with a yellow line above the timeline see section Prerendering of Timeline Elements on page 6 38 You can then start a new prerendering process for example with the menu option Prerender all see section Prerender all on page 7 16 Once the prerendering is finished you can be sure that all files in the directory of the temporary data are valid ones until you delete or alter such a timeline element again After a prerendering save your project file If an already AN saved project file is not saved after a prerendering process l again the prerendered files wil
25. 1 2 history mode 4 24 4 25 4 29 4 31 OUtpOINt ssieisse iiu 3 8 6 3 6 4 A 2 history of access times 4 24 change icai edess 5 18 6 39 miscellaneous settings 4 33 delete 2e 6 23 6 24 missing frame 4 22 4 23 details eoa pee ex eee reinii 5 17 reset counter 4 25 handler 5 14 5 18 6 40 6 41 resolving drops 4 38 handler trimming 6 42 result file 4 25 4 28 4 29 4 31 information 5 17 6 49 6 58 scale of chart 4 23 4 26 4 33 marker sseseseseeeeeree 5 18 start 4 37 DOSIUDE iiec i aeoasdiaedseceteecs 5 17 table controls 4 21 4 28 setting for timeline 6 23 timeline marker 4 27 4 28 6 45 setting in master mode 3 8 5 12 US OG METER innara 4 35 setting in timeline 3 11 6 40 ur t 4 34 setting in trim mode 5 16 5 19 placeholder for missing frame 4 22 6 40 4 23 6 51 Ligen trao NERO 5 18 play out 2 9 3 14 5 7 5 11 6 22 outpoint entry field 5 13 connecting the driver 7 24 output performance 4 35 4 37 10 e o Mieter OS 6 12 resolving drops 4 38 NOD MR ED 6 146 plug in Secs ott 2 4 6 63 default video raster 6 12 interface ee 2 4 6 63 SD video oeiueteiescese cop recs 6 11 Position
26. 6 5 4 Matching an Individual Video Frame The matching of an individual video frame is especially useful in case you want to know the exact position of this frame in the source mate rial of the clip or if you want to transfer this image or the connected image sequence to another application for further processing Once the timeline cursor is placed on a specific image of a video clip in the timeline you can select the menu option Match frame from the con text menu of the video clip usually invoked with a right click of the mouse The Match frame menu option can also be found on the con text menu of the timeline scale 07 10 07 11 07 12 07 13 07 14 Figure 6 46 Matching an individual video frame After this the control area of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool switches to its master mode and the particular frame together with its clip will be made available in the video overlay to the left of this mode Figure 6 47 The matched frame 6 52 The Timeline Then you can easily recognize the exact frame position in its source material via the Position field to the right because the scrub bar cur sor will be placed accordingly Further information about the master mode can be found in section The Master Mode on page 5 9 Additionally you can now transfer the selected image or the com plete image sequence to another application for further processing with the menu option Export to Application of the Project menu see se
27. A jump backwards and S jump forwards This button plays around the current position of the timeline cursor several sec in a loop To deactivate the loop review press the button REVIEW again The duration of the review can be configured freely with the with the Configuration Tool of CLIP STER see CLIPSTER Configurations user guide for more information CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 2520 This field either shows the timecode or the frame number of the current position of the timeline cur sor If you want to move to a certain position on the timeline you can enter the position here When this field is set to timecode viewing enter the appropriate timecode when in frame number viewing enter the respective frame number After that press Enter and the timeline cursor will move to the entered position To switch from the timecode to the frame viewing for this field you have to use the Configuration Tool of CLIPSTER see CLIPSTER Configurations user guide for more information The timecode format is hh mm ss f hours minutes seconds and frame number When en tering timecode you may omit digits if you enter less information the entered timecode will be in terpreted from right to left the last number is the frame the next the seconds etc Every digit omitted between the colons is assumed to be a leading zero You may also omit the colons However then you should observe that no d
28. Preparing the Software and the Performance Monitor on page 4 35 you can begin the assessment of the access times e Start the play out operation of the material added to the timeline with the play button available in the control area of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool see section Controls on page 5 5 This will start the play out of the video material added to the timeline and as soon as the play out starts the performance monitor will start its monitoring of the performance as well j Timeline TC Frame Cliplist A Figure 4 25 Healthy access times Because CLIPSTER is capable of handling film material up to 2K in RGB 10 bit in real time you usually will not have any problem The 4 37 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS performance bars should stay well below the horizontal line when set to 120 ms and no drops should occur Of course when lowering the critical response time bars i may be displayed above the horizontal line and thus be marked as critical This poses no problem for CLIPSTER be cause the critical response time value is a user setting for convenience purposes only Drops will be reported by the real time core of CLIPSTER only regardless of the set value of the critical response setting CLIPSTER is able to process several different image files si A multaneously multi threaded I O mode However the chart of the performance monitor only provides a single threaded view on t
29. 11 multiple channels 4 10 6 3 6 57 DULDU eu tecti ererere ee 6 12 7 14 DOSES eese br IS dui 6 60 properties cocoa Sess 3 6 4 19 properties of multi clip 4 11 4 19 I I I I SamiplB oot edente ona 6 13 SID SYNC saci Gas 6 13 thumbnail of clip 4 10 volume esses 6 59 lUo fe ce TRUE 6 57 attach to video 6 46 6 50 6 59 change length 6 41 6 42 delete volume control point 6 58 file number display type 6 58 thumbnail assasestccasie usn tunes 4 10 VOIUME 1asosaecie eie essi ERR ORURE 6 59 volume control line 6 60 volume control point 6 60 waveform display 6 61 audio OPTIONS eese eiisebsoc rins 6 15 Audio Scrubbing 1 rene 6 15 audio track 3 8 6 2 6 3 6 5 DUON RE RR ERE EET 3 9 enable disable 6 28 height srein 6 6 hide toes cds ena iccetuk 6 6 number eeeen 6 6 6 7 DI OBBITIOS ascen Eod 6 12 SZO eR NER RE 6 6 autoconforming 6 56 autosave eee 2 3 7 3 7 25 prerendering 1 6 autoscaling 3 9 6 11 7 13 information 6 70 B FAT fe 6 ENTRE TT TOO 7 3 backup TG cese essei ra n 7 5 base video directory 4 13 DIG soutenue aces 3 3 4 3 A 1 add clip e 3 4 4 6 bin clip play auscssasceseecciisnec
30. 6 2 2 Changing the Appearance of Video Clips 6 7 6 2 3 Configuring the Timeline Scale 6 8 6 2 4 Configuring the Tooltips of Clips sssss 6 8 6 2 5 Changing the Display Type sseseeeseeesees 6 9 6 2 6 Configuring the Video and Audio Output 6 10 6 2 7 Further Audio Configurations ssssssssse 6 15 6 2 8 Cropping the Timeline 0ccccsseeeeeseseeeeeeeeeeeeeees 6 16 Contents 6 3 Controlling the Timeline sees 6 20 6 3 1 Moving within the Timeline esseseeessss 6 20 6 3 2 Setting In and Outpoint for the Timeline 6 23 6 4 Working with the Timeline in General 6 25 6 4 1 The Insert Overwrite Mode of the Timeline 6 26 6 4 2 Enabling or Disabling Tracks sssssse 6 28 6 4 3 Moving Clips within the Timeline 6 29 6 4 4 Adding Clips of a Certain Length to the Timeline 6 30 6 4 5 Performing d CUL usua utes ebatasatc etie cette ata 6 32 6 4 6 Handling Transitions ccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeea 6 32 6 4 7 Prerendering of Timeline Elements 6 38 6 4 8 Changing the In and Outpoints of Clips 6 39 6 4 9 Advanced Trimitirig u intuen
31. 6 75 handler 5 14 5 18 6 40 6 41 setting of static LUT 6 74 handler trimming 6 42 static LUT 3 14 6 63 information 5 17 6 48 6 57 gap in timeline 6 30 Marker eem 5 18 i gene HQ 6 30 DOS WOM eise te ni OR ERA 5 17 GlOBSHl V aos oeste ihn pP g psu hamdE A 1 setting for timeline 6 23 group VISE tM DES 4 29 setting in bin 3 6 4 18 Data Handling 4 30 setting in master mode 3 8 5 12 Graphics seistectctepucnidetesipueiuiius 4 31 setting in timeline 3 11 6 40 Miscellaneous 4 33 setting in trim mode 5 16 5 19 6 40 H LU p pel gio RR ES 5 18 inpoint entry field 5 13 Head eee 6 19 7 11 7 12 insert mode 3 7 6 26 6 29 head 3 14 6 26 6 27 6 33 6 42 with attached clips 6 47 6 43 A 2 interface for plug ins 2 4 6 63 height of tracks seeeseee 6 6 interl ced seiced 4 7 6 2 lI EREMO TR aetna eedicacnaeeet 7 28 Internal zai trien 6 10 7 10 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide K keyboard shortcuts 6 23 L length of audio clips 6 41 6 42 of clip 3 8 3 11 3 12 6 3 6 30 6 42 6 43 6 44 of transition default 6 34 of transitions
32. CLIPSTER System base video directory see CLIPSTER Configurations user guide This setting is also used during the ex change of project files between different CLIPSTER video systems The System base video directory should always be con N figured to the native video hard disk array stripe set of CLIPSTER see CLIPSTER Configurations user guide Other storage locations may be too slow for real time operations 4 13 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 4 2 4 Working with Folders in the Bin 4 14 The folder area of the bin is used to create folders and directories to sort and structure your video and audio material by sorting them to different folders This way you can perform a clip and project man agement In this section you can read what to do to create folders and how to administrate them For most of these tasks the context menu of the folders in the folder area is used usually invoked with a right click of the mouse It pro vides different folder related functions such as the creation of a new folder in the folder area or the renaming of an existent one amp Fir H Fir Delete Figure 4 10 Context menu of a folder in the folder area Creating Folders Via the context menu you can create a new folder manually in the folder area of the bin e Call up the context menu on a folder in the folder area of the bin and select the menu option New folder This will create a new folder in th
33. CLIPSTER Edit Tool instead of the internal relative timecode provided by the timeline Material at the end of a clip that is available but neither used nor visible in the timeline of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool due to an outpoint adjust ment Position indicator of the timeline Video and audio clips or operators that are vis ible in the tracks of the timeline A transition effect between two video clips Appendix vertical editing To add timeline elements to other video tracks in the timeline than the first one When differ ent timeline elements occupy the same space at the same time in the timeline the contents of a play out can be easily changed at that par ticular position A 2 Keyboard Shortcuts For a more easy and a faster control of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool there are various keyboard shortcuts available which are listed in the table below Action Shortcut Play speed 1 Space 5 Stop speed 0 Space K Shift K Increase speed by 1 L Increase speed by 0 1 Shift L Decrease speed by 1 J Decrease speed by 0 1 Shift J Step one 1 frame forward Right Arrow 4 Step one 1 frame backward Left Arrow 3 Step ten 10 frames forward 2 Shift Left Arrow Step ten 10 frames backward 1 Shift Right Arrow Jump to project begin Pos 1 Jump to project end End Go to previous cutting point
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35. Operator configuration 1 Vertical Wipe Horizontal Wipe Boxwipe FromlpperLeft BoxWipe FromUpperRight Boxwipe FromLowerRight BoxWipe FromLowerLeft FourBosWipe Cormersin VerticalExpand HorizontalE xpand Boswipe Top Center Bosw ipe Right Center Boswipe Bottom Center Bosw ipe Left Center Diagonalwipe T op Left LI x ban imn inen Figure 6 30 Window for the transition properties gie ae 4 5 Re Fo 21 22 e 24 25 26 41 n this window select the desired wipe from the Transition type list box The following lists the transitions that are currently implemented The numbers indicate the SMPTE number which are available in the Transition type list box as well z The graphics show the effects of the respective wipe and if i not reversed the transition occurs towards the increasing white area pus The Timeline Crossfade Dissolve 0 1 2 3 4 5 21 22 23 24 25 119 122 123 124 125 6 26 No AE S ld E gt PE ll 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 Mt 213 211 226 s al lt gt 231 232 233 234 235 im P ER aug 241 242 243 244 ud PNE bd NN 251 252 253 254 236 Random 409 Figure 6 31 SMPTE wipes of CLIPSTER 6 35 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS After selecting one of the wipes you have further possibilities at hand to adjust the transition For this
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37. These operators can be accessed as timeline ele ment properties of clips and offer additional editing features for your video processing tasks such as color correction or image process ing Depending on the configuration of the CLIPSTER video system and the optional features installed there may be numerous operators available that enhance the editing functionality of CLIPSTER Other plug in operators can be programmed by anyone who knows how to develop software via C and wants to have special editing operators for their work via the freely available CLIPSTER Software Development Kit Further information about the operators and plug ins can be found in section Timeline Properties of Clips on page 6 63 DVS Basics 2 2 Overview of the User Interface The following figure shows the user interface of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool as it appears after starting the program for information on how to start the program see chapter Getting Started on page 3 1 menu bar tool area control area timeline area task bar Figure 2 2 User interface of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool The CLIPSTER software is designed to run in full screen mode i with any screen resolution to provide for an undistracted view onthe video material and the editing task at hand To switch to the operating system environment use the Windows 43 AAN key on your keyboard or select from the menu of the CLIPSTER icon on the menu bar the menu option Minim
38. after pressing it the Output settings window is displayed on the screen At the bottom of this window you can find further optional settings in the Options area In the middle you can find the settings to crop the video output The items of the track size option and the further audio con i figuration are explained in section Changing the Layout of the Timeline Area on page 6 5 and section Further Audio Configurations on page 6 15 The Timeline cropping options Figure 6 16 Cropping options With these items you can adjust and crop the output image for exam ple to add black bars to your video output A click on the button CROPPING opens the following settings window Timeline cropping 1 781 HDTV Figure 6 17 Window to crop the video output All cropping settings configured in this window will appear at the video output of CLIPSTER as well However this is tempo rary and for monitoring reasons only To apply the settings to the timeline the cropping has to be activated with the check box Cropping in the Options area of the Output settings window see below At the top left of the Timeline cropping window you can find items to control the aspect ratio of the cropped image 6 17 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 6 18 Figure 6 18 Aspect ratio controls The Output information at the top provides you with details about the currently set video format and its asp
39. allocated amount of memory for the history mode is full with data the earliest stored values will be overwritten Group Graphics The settings items available under the group Graphics configure the appearance of the chart of the performance tool see section The Chart on page 4 22 4 31 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS Settings Figure 4 22 The settings items of the group Graphics In detail this group provides the following settings items Results With the check box Results highlighting you highlighting can turn on or off the coloring and highlighting of the access times in the chart of the perfor mance monitor that exceed the set critical re sponse time see section The Chart on page 4 22 If activated the access times that take longer than the specified time will be high lighted If deactivated they will appear in the same color as the bars with normal access times The highlighting of bars that indicate drops is not affected by this setting 4 32 The Tool Area Critical response With the entry field Critical response time time you can set the default value that will be used for the horizontal line in the middle of the chart The horizontal line determines the minimum access time where the performance monitor will mark an access as critical i e as above the horizontal line see section The Chart on page 4 22 Additionally the scale of the chart will be set by this value
40. already included ones in ev ery CLIPSTER software delivery default installment The operators of fered by DVS are as follows Operator Installment Description Zoom Pan default This operator allows for example to set zooming and or panning for the video clip in the timeline It is by default available for all clips in the timeline Flip Flop default The flip flop operator enables you to mirror the video image vertically and or horizontally Color Correction default With this operator you can assign a static look up table LUT to the clip and thus perform a color and or gamma correction Color Correction optional If you have purchased this feature enhanced the default color correction operator will be supplemented by additional color correction controls With them you can perform a primary color gamma correction to the clips in the timeline 6 63 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS Usually the operators are applied to single clips on the timeline only but their settings can be transferred to other clips or areas of the time line without any effort This section explains in detail how to access and set the properties for a clip Additionally all possibilities of the timeline element proper ties window will be described followed by a description of the opera tors offered by DVS and available for CLIPSTER Some of the optionally available operators of the CLIPSTER i software were developed by thi
41. another DVS CineReel and begin a new project Otherwise your changes to the first project file may be lost i With the menu option Update CineReel no copying process 7 2 7 Finalize Finalize The Finalize menu option generates a new clip from your project s timeline while the original material is not touched or altered i e the original data and also the project file are preserved Via this option you have the possibility to select the video and or audio format freely Additionally you may limit the rendering of the timeline with a defined in and or outpoint of the timeline or render video and audio separate ly After the selection of the menu option Finalize the window Finaliz ing will be displayed on the screen CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS Finalizing Figure 7 4 Window to finalize a project Storage Information In the entry field File enter the name of the clip to be generated You may also click on the button to the right of this field BI to select an already existing file Notation Standard file names of the Windows operating system i e do not use the following characters AUGUE Lope woe Furthermore leave out the file extension Example Clip In the entry field Path you have to state the storage path where to store the new clip As with the entry field above you may also click on the button to the right of this entry field EI to select an already ex isting directory or cr
42. box will mirror the images along the horizontal axis there by turning the pictures upside down dered prior to a play out see section Prerendering of Time i If the flip flop operator is activated the clip has to be preren line Elements on page 6 38 6 7 6 The Operator Color Correction 6 74 With the operator Color Correction you can assign a static look up table LUT to perform a color and or gamma correction on the cur rently selected clip For this you have to enable the check box of the Color Correction operator in the operator list Then the selected op erator will be activated for the clip and its settings tab will be made available in the settings area this operator will be supplemented by additional controls that you can use to perform a primary color gamma correction to the clips in the timeline see section The Operator Color Correction Enhanced on page 6 75 i If you have purchased the extended color correction feature S The tab for the operator Color Correction provides the following set tings items Figure 6 59 Color correction operator In the area Static LUT you can find at its top a list box that will contain selected LUT files in the order they were selected If the list box con tains more than one LUT the effects of all LUT files are combined to color correct the images of the clip DVS The Timeline Below the list box three buttons are avail
43. e g by defining a special offset Furthermore you have to define the necessary out put format of the timeline for example to view your project on a mon itor connected to CLIPSTER or to play out the timeline All this will be described in the following sections Most configurations and settings will be stored together with J your project in a project file 6 2 1 Changing the Layout of the Timeline Area Because in the timeline area most of the editing work is performed you can change the layout of the timeline area to adapt it to your per sonal needs for a more comfortable working The layout can be changed in several ways for example by adjusting the size of the video and audio tracks The Minimize Button With one click on the MINIMIZE button of the timeline controls you can hide the timeline area and maximize the view of the video overlay This button is located at the top right side of the timeline area MINIMIZE button Figure 6 3 Button to minimize the timeline area After activation only the buttons of the timeline area and the sliders to change the view of the timeline are still visible and can be used as usual Changing the Area Size Manually You can change the size of the timeline area manually For this move the upper edge of the timeline area up or down with the mouse to en 6 5 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS large or reduce the timeline area The size of the tool and control area toge
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45. entry field to the End entry field from left to right 6 36 The Timeline Item Description End The End entry field indicates in percent the ending point of the transition If adjusted the operator will conclude the transition at an ear lier point of its phases to blend into the reced ing image If this value is less than the value set in the Start entry field the transition effect will be reversed i e a change will appear to wards the increasing black area see graph ics in figure 6 31 on page 6 35 Preview The Preview scrub bar enables you to pre view the transition on the video overlay in the control area of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool Select the scrub bar cursor with the mouse and move it to the left or right to view the effect of the transition Once everything is set as desired confirm your selection with the OK button After the confirmation the settings for the transition between the two clips are in effect You can then for example review it with the button REVIEW of the controls see section Controls on page 5 5 The length of the transition can be changed the same way i you change in and outpoint of clips in the timeline This pro l cedure is described in section How to Change In Outpoints in the Timeline on page 6 40 6 37 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 6 4 7 Prerendering of Timeline Elements Depending on the resoluti
46. is avail able but neither used nor visible in the timeline of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool due to an inpoint ad justment first frame file of a clip either the first file of vid eo material on the hard disk or a first frame vir tually set in the CLIPSTER Edit Tool To insert or position a clip on the timeline there by moving and reordering the already present clips In general a table used to transform data With CLIPSTER a LUT is used to map indexed colors of video images into a specified set of output values A clip that is handled as one clip although it consists of several individual clips Currently multi clips are directories of the Windows file system that contain subdirectories with frames video files The subdirectories and frames must follow specific parameters to be recog nized by the CLIPSTER software as a multi clip Editing effects that can be applied to clips ei ther as an embedded operator or as an opera tor set via the clip s properties last frame file of a clip either the last file of vid eo material on the hard disk or a last frame vir tually set in the CLIPSTER Edit Tool To add a new clip or position a clip on the time line by overwriting the already present clips A slider cursor that you can use to scrub To shuttle or perform a fast image search run Timecode information stored in the header of an image file e g dpx You can use the source timecodes for example in the timeline of the
47. items can be found z When transferring settings to other clips in the timeline e g i via the modify radio buttons or the button CoPY only the settings of the currently selected and visible operator are copied Others even if activated for this clip are disregarded If you want to apply the settings of other activated operators to clips in the timeline you have to do the same operation for each activated operator separately The Timeline Item Description Scrub To view certain parts of the clip on the video overlay of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool the control area of the Timeline element properties window provides a scrub bar timeline of the selected clip Move the scrub bar cursor with the mouse to the left or rightto view the effects of the activated operators on the clip z To view the effects of adjusted opera i tors the PREVIEW button has to be ac tivated z modify all With this radio button the settings of the cur rently activated and selected operator will be applied to all video clips present in the time line modify before The modify before radio button will apply the settings of the currently activated and select ed operator to the respective clip and all clips that precede it in the timeline modify after The modify after radio button will apply the settings of the currently activated and select ed operator to the respective clip and all clips that
48. latter will include among others descriptions on how to move in the timeline how to perform cuts and how to set transi tions Additionally because the timeline area is the most important part for your work with the CLIPSTER Edit Tool it can be configured freely which will also be addressed here 6 1 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 6 1 Adding Clips to the Timeline To begin an editing work you have to drag the clips to the video and or audio tracks of the timeline first You can add clips of different res olutions to the timeline because CLIPSTER works resolution indepen dent and is capable of handling material up to 2K in 10 bit There are two ways to add a clip to the timeline 1 You can take a clip directly from the contents area of the bin or 2 youcan configure its in and outpoint beforehand via the master mode of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool and then drag it from the control area to the timeline Both ways will be described in this section Before adding video clips to the timeline see to it that the field mode of the clip in the bin is set correctly By default CLIPSTER sets the video format of each clip added to the bin via a drag and drop procedure or the Add Clip menu option to the progressive field mode If your material is in an inter laced video format you have to call up the clip properties of the clip and change the field mode respectively m ble in the video or audio track of the timeline a
49. level in decibel via a tooltip Simply move the mouse cursor over a control point to view its setting DVS The Timeline o Ge Figure 6 52 Decibel setting of control point The decibel scale of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool is as follows Decibel Indicator Loudness in 12 dB 25 6 dB 50 0 0 dB 100 6 dB 200 12 dB 400 While a totally decreased control point means that audio is muted a fully increased one does not necessarily mean that audio is set to 200 You can move a control point beyond the limits of the audio clip which will increase the volume over 200 This will be indicated then by a shifted 100 level line it is then located in the lower half of the audio clip 6 6 4 Wave Form Display With the button Wave you can switch on or off the wave form display of the audio clips in the timeline of the CLIP STER Edit Tool You can find it at the bottom of the timeline area to the left of the sliders that change the timeline s view directly to the right of the button VOLUME Wave A waveform is a graphical representation of an audio signal and the WAVE button displays or hides the wave forms of the audio clips EU 52 13 995 LN ET Figure 6 53 Audio waveforms 6 61 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 6 62 For each channel available in the respective audio clip one waveform will be displayed i e a mono clip provides one waveform only where as a
50. moved To adjust them you have to jump to their respective cutting points The OuT and IN buttons are toggle buttons In their active state Out In the respective in or outpoint is selected for a trim ming The Our button selects the outpoint of the clip to the left side of the cutting point The IN but ton selects the inpoint of the clip to its right Then the respective in or outpoint can be changed with the controls below the two fields that display the changes applied to the trimming points z The OuT and IN button will change their i state automatically when one of the trimming items above is selected direct ly for a trimming i e when you select ei ther the blue bar or one of the in or outpoint handlers 00 00 With the two fields below the OuT and IN button you can monitor the changing of the out or in point and thus adjust them frame accurately The left field shows the changes to the outpoint of the clip to the left of the cut while the right field dis plays the changes to the inpoint of the clip to the right DVS The Control Area Items Description With these buttons you can trim the out or in point selected via the buttons OUT and IN one frame for or backwards The respective handler will move accordingly If both buttons are activat ed the out and inpoint will be both adjusted si multaneously These buttons allow you to trim the out or in point se
51. or outpoint handler will react to certain elements of the timeline Snapping mode of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool to al low for an automated positioning You can deactivate the snapping mode and activate a fine tuning mode by pressing the Shift key Further information about the snapping mode can be found in section Moving Clips within the Timeline on page 6 29 During the positioning of the in or outpoint handler of clips you can see a representation of the length of the clip in its timeline track of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool The blue line right above the clip shows its origi nal length 10 00 01 01 12 00 head tail indicator Figure 6 35 Display of original length of clip With this you can easily determine whether and how much head or tail is available to for example create a transition 6 4 9 Advanced Trimming 6 42 The advanced trimming features of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool work the same way as the changing of in and outpoints of clips already added to the timeline see section How to Change In Outpoints in the Timeline on page 6 40 They are available when you select two or more in or outpoint handlers of timeline elements present in the time line z This procedure can be used for all timeline elements i e vid i eo clips audio clips and embedded operators e g transi tions The Timeline 3 00 04 00 Q5 C ee outpoint handler inpoint handl
52. overwrite mode the position of the clip would be set during the drag and drop procedure by the mouse pointer where the clip is released Now add the second clip of the bin to the timeline The starting point of the second clip its position and inpoint within the timeline will be set during the drag and drop procedure by the 3 7 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS mouse pointer where the clip is released Its outpoint is defined by the length of the clip However these attributes can be changed easily af ter clips were added to the timeline their position within the timeline as well as the in and outpoints of the clips If the second clip is dropped in the middle of the first clip in the video track the first one will be divided and the rest of the first clip will move to the end of the timeline INSERT In the overwrite mode the rest of the clip or at least the contents of the first clip with the length of the second clip would be overwritten For the rest of this tutorial we suppose that this has happened and that the first clip is divided into two by inserting a second clip in the middle of it Audio clips can be dragged from the bin to the audio tracks i of the timeline area If these audio clips incorporate more than one mono or stereo channel the additional channels will be added to the other audio tracks below the selected one i This is also a behavior that can be changed via the button
53. path and lo cation where the original material is stored with an incrementing num ber added to the directory name of the clip name of clip s directory incrementing number After this the copied source material will be opened in the external application where you can process it In the meantime the clip s representation in the time line of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool will be changed to the location of the copied material i e you will receive a new bin clip as well as a changed representation in the video track of the timeline As soon as you have processed the material with the other application and saved it you can use it immediately in CLIPSTER without having overwritten the original source When a destructive export is selected for the external applications no changes will be applied to the clip s representation in the CLIPSTER Edit Tool The source material is sent directly to the external applica tion where it can be processed Once the changes are saved the ma terial can be immediately accessed with CLIPSTER However due to the destructive export your original source material on the video hard disk array will be lost DVS The Timeline 6 5 6 Vertical Editing of Video Clips in the Timeline With the CLIPSTER Edit Tool and the timeline area configured to sev eral video tracks you can perform a vertical editing in the timeline To perform a vertical editing the timeline area has to be con figured to contain more than jus
54. play out when CLIPSTER is not able to handle the contents of the timeline e g a special oper ator in real time This will be indicated in the timeline by a yellow line above the respective element that cannot be played out see section Prerendering of Timeline Elements on page 6 38 With a preren dering CLIPSTER automatically calculates the respective parts and generates temporary images that are then played out instead of the 7 17 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS original material of the timeline Those files are stored in a temporary directory and administered automatically by the CLIPSTER Edit Tool However if you continue your work on such a timeline and delete or alter elements that needed prerendering the already prerendered files are not deleted or altered automatically during the process of your work The no longer necessary files are marked for deletion only and remain on your video workstation until you close the project or re move them with the Clean temp dir menu option While continuing your work on the project the Clean temp dir menu option enables you to clean your temporary directory of files no long er needed and marked for a deletion It is best to handle and administer the temporary data project i specific meaning for each project in a different temporary Storage location Further information about this can be found in section Notes on Project Management on page 2 9 After a prer
55. real time While working the video overlay will always adjust to your moves on the timeline This provides for a total control of your work and you can immediately monitor your progress Figure 5 2 The video overlay The video overlay will adapt its layout aspect ratio to the currently set video output raster of the timeline Due to the fact that the output raster may have an effect on the video material of the timeline you can use the video overlay to see its output effect immediately For ex ample clips of different sizes in the video track s of the timeline may get cropped stretched or compressed or scaled according to your settings for the respective clips and your output settings All these ef fects can be viewed instantaneously via the video overlay Further in formation about setting the video output raster can be found in section Configuring the Video and Audio Output on page 6 10 The video overlay provides action safety and title safety areas that can be turned off or adjusted to your personal needs This can be done with the Configuration Tool of CLIPSTER For further information please refer to the CLIPSTER Configurations user guide f You can adjust the size of the video overlay with the edge of i the control area at its very bottom Simply enlarge or reduce the area by dragging its edge see section Changing the Size of the Tool Area on page 4 2 ps The Control Area 5 2 The Scrub Bar o
56. respective clip is provided by each thumbnail i H Fim C Name SenderSonne Clipster Audio channels Resolution EH x 576 pixel di Color depth 8 bits Colormode RGE 4 4 4 Aspect ratio 4 3 Framerate 24p preview Name Neuschwahnstein Clic Audio channels Resolution 720 576 pixel Puen resolution rns ei Age 44 41 Pi a anecs ormo e forma scrub bar Aspect ratio File path FAMAM pu Duration Chiemsee Lok Clipster Audio Resolution chi x 429 pixel dio sa Framerate Name Ballon Bild Clipster Resolution 720 x 576 pixel depth mele RGB 4 4 4 este ratio 4 3 Framerate 24p Figure 4 12 Clips in the contents area of the bin In this section you can read what to do to administer the clips For some of these tasks the context menu of the clips in the contents area is used usually invoked with a right click of the mouse It pro vides different clip related functions such as the adding of a new clip to the contents area of the bin or altering its properties The Tool Area Figure 4 13 Context menu of clip in bin If the contents area is empty of clips and you call up the con text menu only the menu option Add Clip will be available How to add clips to the contents area of the bin is in detail de scribed in section Adding Clips to the Bin on page 4 6 Sorting Clips When the text information view is selected for the clips in the contents area of the bin see section Changing the View o
57. software the CLIPSTER Edit Tool will be started automatically In the upper left side of the Edit Tool window you can see the tool area with the bin activated by default title bar folder area contents area button area Figure 3 1 The bin activated in tool area The bin provides initial access to the video material stored on your system In the bin you can find two main areas In the folder area you can make folders and directories to sort your material into This way you can perform a clip and project management In the contents area you can preview the material sorted into a folder via thumbnails Each thumbnail provides also a scrub bar to set roughly the inpoint of the respective clip 3 3 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 3 4 You can configure the appearance of the bin freely It will be i saved together with the project file You can arrange the areas horizontally if you like per form a right mouse click on the bin s title bar or the button area and select the respective appearance from the con text menu Via the buttons in the button area you can set whether the clips shall be seen as thumbnails with text or with their text information only The kind of text information displayed in the bin can be set freely with the Configuration Tool button CONFIG or Options Configuration Furthermore the right edge of the tool area can be moved for example to display the contents
58. submenu where you can find project files that were recently loaded with the CLIPSTER Edit Tool From the submenu select a file to work with the respective project again submenu via the Configuration Tool see CLIPSTER Configu i You can adjust the number of files that will be listed on this rations user guide for more details 7 2 4 Save JW Save Ctr With the menu option Save you can save the currently open project file If the edited project file was a new one a dialog window opens where you have to specify the storage path and file name for the project Project files are by default stored with the file extensions cp or cp autosave if it is saved via the autosave function see CLIPSTER Configurations user guide for more details Further more during the saving procedure the old project file is saved as an additional backup file with the file extension backup cp File extensions cp CLIPSTER project file cp autosave Automatically saved interme diate situation backup cp Backup file of old project file If a file name is already assigned to the currently opened project this menu option will immediately save the project under the assigned name In the project file the bin and the clips of the timeline including all op erators will be saved Additionally a lot of settings will be saved within CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS the project file as well for example the vi
59. the Timeline on page 6 26 Then add the clip to the timeline by dragging it from its video over lay of the control area to the set inpoint of the timeline How to add a clip from the control area is described in section Taking a Clip from the Control Area on page 6 4 With the snapping mode active the clip will adjust itself automatically at the inpoint of the timeline as soon as the mouse cursor is in close proximity to it After releasing the mouse button the clip will be added at the exact position Furthermore if its length exceeds the length of the marked part of the timeline set via in and outpoint it will be trimmed to its exact length set by the outpoint of the timeline automat ically Y Instead of taking a clip from the control area with an adjusted i in and or outpoint you may also select a clip directly from the contents area of the bin and add it to the timeline Addi tionally you have the possibility to select an inpoint as the clip s starting point via the thumbnails scrub bar as described in section Preparing Clips for Editing Purposes on page 4 18 6 31 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 6 4 5 Performing a Cut Once at least one clip is present in the video or audio tracks of the timeline you can cut the clip at the desired position To perform a cutting in a timeline track the respective track i has to be enabled see section Enabling or Disabling Tracks on page 6 28 To cut
60. the height of the tracks for video and audio separately Either alter the sizes manually The Timeline by entering the pixel height or select one of the preset sizes from the combo boxes in the middle Sma11 Medium Large Additionally you can find here to the right entry fields where you can set the amount of audio and video tracks that will be visible in the timeline area of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool Up to 99 audio and video tracks each can be displayed and used with the CLIPSTER software and video system Working with several video tracks vertically in the timeline is i different from the usual approach of a horizontal editing in a timeline Then the different tracks of the timeline form a stack Further information about this and how to work with vertical editing can be found in section Vertical Editing of Video Clips in the Timeline on page 6 55 6 2 2 Changing the Appearance of Video Clips To the right of the SETTINGS button you can find the thumbnails combo box When you activate the arrow to the right of the combo box you will receive a drop down list Figure 6 6 List of thumbnails combo box From this list you can select the view of the video track s i e you can select the way the clips representations are displayed in the video track s For example the clips can be shown with continuous thumb nails in the video track s Figure 6 7 Continuous thumbnails CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide D
61. the video board and thus the in and output of video signals It runs in the background of your video system and is therefore not visible CLIPSTER Software Modules The software user interface is the visible part of the software package of CLIPSTER It consists of all the individual CLIPSTER software mod ules which control the video system and are used to perform editing Basics and video as well as audio processing tasks These software mod ules are for example the CLIPSTER Edit Tool the CLIPSTER I O Tool and the CLIPSTER Configuration Tool They are the basic software modules of CLIPSTER i e the ones that you will use most in your ev ery day work You can see them in the drawing above in the oval Software User Interface tools and modules available on your video system Further information about these can be found in their respective user guides i Depending on your system configuration there may be other The CLIPSTER Edit Tool is the module that allows to edit video material by adding cuts dissolves wipes etc to the timeline In the timeline you can add clips of different formats and resolutions and process them for example via scalings pannings and or zoomings The CLIPSTER Edit Tool module is compatible with the EDL standard and supports it via import function performed via the I O Tool and usable in the Edit Tool One of the main features of CLIPSTER is that all edit ing tasks are performe
62. timeline will be checked for inconsistencies i e it is tested whether the first and the last frame of each clip present in the bin is actually available on the video system clip will be substituted during a play out by the CLIPSTER Edit Tool with a standard image automatically see section Con sistencies of Clips on page 6 51 Then it is recommended to perform a more accurate testing of the bin with the help of the menu option Check Bin on the Bin menu see section Check Bin on page 7 22 i Missing frames in between the first and the last frame of a DVS The Menus Additionally with the project file the bin the timeline the viewing set tings the output settings etc will be set anew and the layout will be updated f In the CLIPSTER Edit Tool only one project file can be pro i cessed at a time If you open another project or activate the menu option New the currently active project file will be closed However if you have already performed changes to the project you will be asked by the program if you want to save the current project The optionally available VTR task mode of the CLIPSTER l O Tool uses project files different from the ones usually saved via the CLIPSTER software Further information about this task mode and its project files can be found in the CLIP STER I O Tool user guide 7 2 3 Recent files Recent files The Recent files option on the Project menu opens a
63. to change the cropping Furthermore you can select the cropping borders as well as the cropped image to manually adjust the cropping The slid ers as well as the entry fields and if applicable the aspect ratio to the left will be altered accordingly D De Be Figure 6 20 Adjusting the cropping manually with the mouse Once everything is set as desired confirm your selection with the OK button at the bottom of the Timeline cropping window The but ton CANCEL right beside it will close the window for the cropping set tings without confirming any of the alterations E However the cropping will be in effect for the timeline only if the check box Cropping in the Options area of the Output settings window is activated Then the configured crop ping will be applied to the whole timeline of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool The color value of the black bars added to the timeline via cropping and played out via the CLIPSTER hardware depends on the setting for the color space range specified in the video output settings Via the color space range settings you can determine whether this value is given out restricted e g with a value of 16 setting Head or in a full value range with a value of 0 setting Ful1 Further information about color space ranges and how to set them can be found in the CLIP STER Configurations user guide 6 19 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 6 3 Controlling the Timeline
64. to your settings made for this applica tion in the Configuration Tool of CLIPSTER Fora detailed description of the settings see CLIPSTER Con i figurations user guide In the master mode of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool you can select an in and outpoint for a clip to be added to the timeline When sequence processing is activated each frame be tween the set in and outpoint of the clip will be sent to the ex ternal application Note that when the Destructive export option is enabled in AN the Configuration Tool the source data will be directly pro cessed with all specified external applications If you save the data in such a case with the external application the source material will be overwritten If a non destructive export is selected for the external applications the source material of the clip will be copied to the same path and lo cation where the original material is stored with an incrementing num ber added to the directory name of the clip name of clip s directory incrementing number After this the copied source material will be opened in the external application where you can process it In the meantime you will receive in the CLIPSTER Edit Tool a new bin clip which will refer to the location of the copied mate rial Once the material is processed with the other application you can save it and then use the new bin clip as well as the unaltered orig inal source in CLIPSTER as usual When a destructive
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66. video clips for example if they are already perfectly aligned and in synchronization For this the timeline provides the possibility to attach an audio to a video clip Further information about how to work with at tached clips and how to use these menu options can be found in section Attaching an Audio Clip to a Video Clip on page 6 46 Clips added to the timeline of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool provide various information via tooltips With this menu option you can activate or deactivate the display of the tooltips when the mouse cursor is placed over a clip in the timeline area If it is ac tivated the menu option will show a checked comma in front Additional information about the tooltips can be found in section Configuring the Tooltips of Clips on page 6 8 77 The information displayed via the tooltips i can be adjusted freely with the Configu ration Tool of CLIPSTER Additionally the tooltips can also be enabled or disabled there see CLIPSTER Configurations user guide With this menu option you can call up the timeline properties of the clip where the context menu was invoked In the Timeline element properties window you can for example adjust zooming and panning or set color gamma corrections for the respective clip This is in more detail de scribed in section Timeline Properties of Clips on page 6 63 DVS The Timeline Export to When a clip is present in a video track of the time Applicatio
67. warning message as well as the mark marked clip The Tool Area Framerate 30p File path V 4K clipster 8 bits Frame size 3 Colormode RGB 4 4 4 Data rate 1 1 GB s Aspect ratio 1 31619537 Duration 3414 Pixel aspect ratio 1 Hollywood Framerate 30p 1920 x 1080 pixel File path V HD Hollywood 8 bits Frame size 4 0 MB YUY 4 2 2 Datarate 118 7 MB s Aspect ratio 1 77777778 16 3 Duration 06 20 Pixel aspect ratio 1 Figure 4 9 Clip marked in the bin In the figure above the top clip is a 4K clip Because CLIPSTER cannot handle material of this resolution and image size in real time the re spective values as well as the thumbnail are marked in yellow When added to the timeline the clips will be additionally test ed for their instant real time capability If they exceed the real time capability of CLIPSTER they will be a subject for pre rendering see section Prerendering of Timeline Elements on page 6 38 The location where the clip is stored may also be the reason for a real time warning When you add a clip to the bin that is not located on the defined video hard disk array you will be notified as well This occurs because the storage location of the clip may not be real time capable i e it may not be able to provide enough data transfer rate and speed to read the vast amount of data in time The location of the real time capable storage is a configurable setting in the Configura tion Tool of
68. with all items or information displayed in the currently visible area of the tool area To get a better view on the individual tools or make items visible that are otherwise hidden you can change the size of the tool area For this perform the following e Move the outer right edge of the tool area to the left or to the right with the mouse Then you will be able to view for example the thumbnails of clips present in the bin together with all their text information Figure 4 2 Adjusting the size of the tool area horizontally If you pull the right edge completely to the left the tool area i will no longer be visible and thus can be turned off If you pull the right edge completely to the right the control area will be hidden and you can see horizontally the contents of the re spective tool in full Additionally you can alter the size of the tool area vertically Move the lower edge of the tool and control area which is also the upper edge of the timeline area up or down with the mouse to enlarge or reduce the areas The vertical size of the tool and control area will adjust itself automat ically Figure 4 3 Adjusting the size of the tool area vertically Further information about adjusting the size of the timeline i area can be found in section Changing the Layout of the Timeline Area on page 6 5 DVS The Tool Area 4 2 The Bin After starting the CLIPSTER software and thus the CLIPS
69. 0 maxi mum contrast Gamma adjusts the mid tones of an image Lower ing the value will darken the mid tones bringing the image closer to black Raising the value will lighten the mid tones while bringing the image closer to white Sometimes this setting can be used to make details visible that are usually hidden in shadows or highlights The settings range is between 0 1 and 3 where 1 represents the unchanged image The brightness setting adjusts the luminance of the image and indicates the bright and darkness of the image colors It is measured between 0 000 black and 2 000 white With the Chroma area you can adjust the more color related settings such as hue Hue Saturation The hue setting moves the colors of the image around the color wheel in the HSL color space 180 It is recommended to use this setting lightly for small corrections only Adjustments greater 10 usually produce dramatic color changes A color s saturation is its intensity A higher satura tion will make the color to appear richer while a low er saturation makes it look paler or in other words the saturation is the proportion of grey in relation to the color s hue This setting can be set between 0 000 grey and 2 000 full saturation 6 77 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 6 78 Global In the Global area you can find sliders for each color value R G and B as well as a master slider to adjust them all at once
70. 0th frame is reached the CLIPSTER Edit Tool will again create a subdirectory C1ip 0001 in the selected path and start the generation of the other CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 7 10 20 000 frames and so on until the project is rendered completely ac cording to your settings If an audio finalization was selected for each 20 000 frames i separate audio files are generated in the respective subdirec 33 tory see section The Area Audio on page 7 13 Video and audio clips divided in several subdirectories are called multi clips They can be handled by the CLIPSTER soft ware as one clip Further information about this can be found in section Details about Clips on page 4 10 If a container format is selected as the file format for a ren dering you will receive in the first subdirectory a single file only that contains both audio and video In the Finalizing window to the right of the entry fields for the file name and the path ir ut iv you find the combo box Render from There Al you can select whether the CLIPSTER Edit Tool should render the whole timeline A11 or the timeline between the set in and outpoint only In Out If In Out is selected but no in and outpoint defined in the timeline the Edit Tool will render the whole timeline Directly below the combo box Render from you can find the combo box Generic timecode With it you select the timecode type that should be written a
71. 2 use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys after the selection of one of the settings by clicking in its entry field to step the value up or down 3 use the scroll wheel of your mouse after positioning the mouse cursor over a slider field to step up or down the value or 4 enter in the entry field of the respective slider the desired setting and then press Enter on your keyboard A double click with the mouse on a slider field resets the val ue to its default setting In detail the enhanced Color Correction operator provides the set tings as described in the following Static LUT The area Static LUT provides the same items and features as the op erator Color Correction in its standard version For more details The Timeline about this area please refer to section The Operator Color Correc tion on page 6 74 adjustments to the appearance of the clip via the controls of i After loading a static look up table you can perform further the enhanced color correction Luma In the area Luma you can find luminance relevant settings such as gamma or brightness settings Contrast Gamma Brightness Chroma With the contrast items you can set the contrast of the clip s images An increase of the contrast setting will push the image colors more towards their full color whereas a decrease will adjust the colors more towards a tone of grey You can adjust the set tings between 0 000 no contrast and 2 00
72. 2 Window Overview After selecting the Properties menu option on the clip s context menu the Timeline element properties window is displayed on the screen Timeline element properties operator list settings area control area Figure 6 55 Video clip properties Here you can find the following items Operator List The operator list shows all operators available and installed on your CLIPSTER video system From the list select an operator by ticking its 6 65 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 6 66 check box to the left Then the respective operator will be activated for the selected clip and a settings tab for this operator will appear in the settings area Figure 6 56 Operator tabs after activation of operator Settings Area After activating an operator in the operator list its settings will be made available to you via a tab in the settings area The tabs indicate the different operators that are activated for the respective clip and enable you to switch between them easily To view the settings of a particular operator and change them simply select the respective tab f If a tab is not available make sure that it is activated in the operator list see section Operator List on page 6 65 Control Area The control area of the Timeline element properties window pro vides you with items to control the timeline as well as the modifica tions of clips in the timeline Here the following
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78. CLIPSTER Edit Tool i e video as well as audio clips provide various information via tooltips These in DVS The Timeline formation can be displayed as soon as the mouse cursor is placed over a clip Type Clip File name Hollywood 05d yuv Start 00 00 End 23 24 Length 24 00 Figure 6 9 Tooltip of video clip Then you can see for example the file name of the clip or its in and outpoint on the timeline The information displayed via the tooltips can be adjusted freely to your individual needs with the Configuration Tool of CLIPSTER see CLIPSTER Configurations user guide for more information Additionally you have the possibility to turn on or off the tooltips of the clips in the timeline For this call up the context menu on either a vid eo or an audio clip usually invoked with a right click of the mouse and select the menu option Enable tooltip see also section The Context Menu of Video Clips on page 6 49 or section The Context Menu of Audio Clips on page 6 58 for further information The tooltips can also be enabled or disabled via the Configu i ration Tool of CLIPSTER see CLIPSTER Configurations user guide for more information 6 2 5 Changing the Display Type To the right of the thumbnails combo box you can find the display type combo box where you can set the way the position information is dis played by the clips in the timeline of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool The p
79. CLIPSTER Edit Tool for mixing and blending operations of au dio files Example 2 The audio track 1 and 2 of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool contain each an audio clip with different contents audio file 1 and 2 Both tracks are configured to an output of channel 1 and 2 In the Finalizing win dow you select the channels 1 and 2 for an audio file generation This will result in one audio file that contains the mixed contents of the audio files 1 and 2 Audio track of Edit Tool 1 2 Contents audio file 1 audio file 2 Output settings of tracks channel 1 2 channel 1 2 Output settings in Finaliz channel 1 2 ing window Results in file containing mixed contents of audio file 1 and 2 CLIPSTER will generate the new audio files according to your stated storage information see section Storage Information on page 7 8 and your selected audio output format If the wav file format were selected for our first example above it would lead to the following out put Path entry field lt File entry field gt lt File entry field gt _0000 File entry field Channels 0 wav File entry field 0001 S lt File entry field gt _ lt Channels gt 1 wav Path entry field and File entry field are place holders for the contents of the respective entry fields in the Finalizing window For further information on the stor ing of finalized files see section Stora
80. CineReel On the editing site the hard disk array can be easily con nected to CLIPSTER and the material is instantly recognized by the system It can be processed immediately z Of course a DVS CineReel can also be used to transport i large projects between CLIPSTER and another digital disk re corder for example the Pronto2K by DVS A The menu option Update CineReel on the Project menu checks whether a DVS CineReel is connected to the video system Then in the bin a folder with the name CineReel is created and the film ma terial on the hard disk array is referenced to this folder In the newly created folder the directory structure on the DVS CineReel is imitated in the CLIPSTER Edit Tool and for each clip present on the hard disk The Menus array a thumbnail preview will be available You can then work with the data right away of any kind is initiated Only representations of the clips with references to the externally connected DVS CineReel are created in the bin of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool Furthermore the DVS CineReel as a storage for video material will be far too slow for editing purposes in real time e g transitions There fore it is recommended to copy the material to the video hard disk array of CLIPSTER before processing Do not reference video material on one DVS CineReel with CLIPSTER and then connect another DVS CineReel without saving the project first Only if the project was saved you may connect
81. PSTER Edit Tool If a clip is shown in the contents area of the bin in the thumbnail view you can use the scrub bar below each thumbnail to preview the ma terial and roughly select an inpoint for the respective clip via the Configuration Tool of CLIPSTER When disabled every time you add a clip to the timeline of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool the full clip will be added to the timeline regardless of the set scrub bar cursor see CLIPSTER Configurations user guide for more information By default CLIPSTER sets the video format of each clip added to the bin via a drag and drop procedure or the menu option Add Clip to the progressive field mode If your material is in an interlaced video format you have to call up the clip prop erties of the clip and change the field mode respectively see section Changing the Properties of Clips on page 4 19 i The feature to select an inpoint can be enabled or disabled Move the scrub bar to the left or right to preview your material and or to select an inpoint Figure 4 14 Preview and setting of inpoint of the bin material While adding a clip to the bin you can already set the position Li of the scrub bar cursor and thus define a possible inpoint for the clip During the adding see section Adding Clips to the Bin on page 4 6 select the particular frame file where the in point should be set and add it to the bin The scrub bar cursor of the thumbnail will be se
82. TER Edit Tool the bin is by default activated in the tool area f If the bin is not displayed in the tool area of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool simply select the tab Bin in the tool area to activate it Then the area will look similar to the following figure title bar folder area contents area view buttons Figure 4 4 The bin With the bin you can perform a clip and project management by cre ating folders and sorting your video and audio material into them Fur thermore you can preview your material via thumbnails and select a preliminary inpoint for the respective clip For this the bin provides the following elements Most areas or items of the bin provide a context menu to make the various functions of the bin available to the user title bar With the title bar you can change the layout of the bin or sort your created folders present in the fold er area folder area In the folder area you can create folders and di rectories to sort and structure your video and au dio material This way you can perform a clip and project management 4 3 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS contents area In the contents area you can see the video or au dio material already added to the bin and sorted into the folders via their thumbnails or text infor mation If the thumbnail view is activated a scrub bar to preview your material in still images and to set roughly the inpoint of the respective clip is provided by ea
83. The CLIPSTER Edit Tool supports all common resolu tions Below the area Format the area Channels is located which holds several check boxes for the avail able audio channels You have to use these check boxes to select au dio channels for the output The ste reo channel check boxes of this area are directly related to the audio channel output settings of the timeline see section How to Configure the Audio Output on page 6 12 They will record and render whatever audio track is set to the respec tive output channels Furthermore the Edit Tool will render one file for each stereo channel that is selected here Example 1 If audio track 1 of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool contains an audio clip out put configuration to channel 1 and 2 while the second track does not output configuration to channel 3 and 4 and you select in the Finalizing window the channels 1 2 3 and 4 for an audio file gen eration you will get one file that contains audio for channel 1 and 2 and you will get another file where you can hear nothing for channel 3 and 4 Audio track of Edit Tool 1 2 Contents audio file 1 Output settings of tracks channel 1 2 channel 3 4 Output settings in Finaliz channel 1 2 ing window channel 3 4 Results in file containing audio of audio nothing mute file 1 The Menus Next follows another example to demonstrate how to use the finaliz ing of the
84. The scale of the chart is usually the set critical response time times two criti cal response time x 2 This value provides the same function as the value Set Critical Response of the chart con trols see section Chart Controls on page 4 24 only that it determines the default value which will be used after a starting of the CLIPSTER software when it was saved as a de fault value via the button SAVE As DEFAULT see section Settings Controls on page 4 34 Use the value Set Critical Re sponse of the chart controls for a temporary alteration of the chart s scale and the set criti cal response time The notation of the settings value is in millisec onds and the recommended value is 120 This value has no effect on any drops i displayed by the performance monitor Drops will be reported by the real time core of CLIPSTER independent of the critical response setting Group Miscellaneous The group Miscellaneous provides settings items for a further and additional configuration of the performance monitor 4 33 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS Settings Figure 4 23 The settings items of the group Miscellaneous In detail this group provides the following settings items Show this dialog at When this check box is activated the CLIPSTER startup software will display the settings window of the performance monitor after the software has started Then you can perform adjustments to the sett
85. VS In detail the clips in the video track s can be set to the following ap pearances Selection Meaning No thumbnails The clips representations in a video track of the timeline are shown without thumbnails At start end Thumbnails from the clips are displayed at the start and the end of the clips only e g as shown in figure 3 6 on page 3 9 Continuously All clips in the video track s are filled with thumbnails continuously as shown in the ex ample figure above File names Instead of seeing the thumbnails continuous ly the clips are filled with their file names in stead i e you will see the original file names of the respective image files throughout the clip which may be especially helpful during frame accurate editing 6 2 3 Configuring the Timeline Scale The timeline scale can be adapted to the needs of your project for instance by setting a special offset timeline x scale ES 25 00 Figure 6 8 The timeline scale For this you have to use the Configuration Tool of CLIPSTER There you can set in the group Timecode the offset for the timecode or change the scale to a display of the frame numbers see CLIPSTER Configurations user guide for more information This will change the setting of the length and position indicators for video material in the whole CLIPSTER software package 6 2 4 Configuring the Tooltips of Clips All clips added to the timeline of the
86. a clip perform the following Move the timeline cursor to the desired position in the timeline as described in section Moving within the Timeline on page 6 20 vides a frame end marker that indicates where the selected 7 frame ends in the timeline see also section Moving via the Timeline Scale on page 6 20 This may help you during the positioning of the timeline cursor i When zoomed far into the timeline the timeline cursor pro Then press the button ADD EDIT This will cut the clip and set a cutting edit point at the selected posi tion Then you can for example delete one of these clips select the clip and press the Del key on your keyboard move it to another po sition see section Moving Clips within the Timeline on page 6 29 or alter its properties differently see section Timeline Properties of Clips on page 6 63 6 4 6 Handling Transitions 6 32 When atleast two clips are present in a video track of the timeline you can set a transition between these two clips After the setting of a transition you can change its properties or if applicable prerender the transition see section Prerendering of Timeline Elements on page 6 38 This section describes in the following the necessary pro cedures to handle transitions To set a transition the video track has to be enabled see sec tion Enabling or Disabling Tracks on page 6 28 Setting a Transition To set a transition perform the f
87. a tran sition e Once sufficient tail is available release the outpoint handler and drop it With this you have manipulated the outpoint of the clip The same way you can of course change inpoints as well You cannot change the in and outpoint of a clip beyond the i limits of its original material on the video hard disks indicated by the head tail indicator As a last step in our example project we now want to add a transition to the cut between the first and the second clip on the timeline 3 2 6 Adding Effects to the Timeline 3 12 Adding effects and playing out the timeline of the Edit Tool in real time is one strength of CLIPSTER In this last step to introduce the CLIPSTER Edit Tool we want to add a transition to the cutting point between the first and the second clip of our example project For this perform the following e Via the controls MAE WWW or the keyboard shortcuts S jump forwards and A jump backwards you can move the timeline cursor to the cutting points on the timeline Use the respective button or key to go to the cutting point between the first and the second clip timeline cursor Getting Started Figure 3 11 Timeline cursor at cutting point This will make the button TRANSITION available in the CLIPSTER Edit Tool user interface e Select the button TRANSITION A transition appears between the two clips 05 00 Y timeline cursor transition Figure 3 12 Transition o
88. able With the button ADD you can load a LUT For this select in the opening dialog window the directory path and file name of the look up table After this confirm your selection with the button OPEN This will load the selected LUT file and its name and path will be entered in the list box above File extension lut Look up table The selected file will then be valid for the currently selected clip and a color and or gamma correction will be performed accordingly By re peating this action you can select and load more than one LUT file and their effects will be combined can be found in the directory 1ut of the CLIPSTER software s installation path default C Program Files DVS Clip ster lut i Several sample LUT files are delivered with CLIPSTER They With the button DELETE you can delete an already selected LUT from the list box Simply select an LUT file entry from the list box and press this button to delete it If you click this button without selecting an LUT file from the list box first the last loaded LUT will be deleted If more than one LUT file is loaded the button SAVE will combine their color correction settings and create a new LUT file from the already set ones The selection of this button opens a standard dialog window to save a file There you have to specify the storage path and file name of the new LUT file Once you confirm your settings with the button SAVE the file will be created After that you can
89. ailable the same way as with video files You have to add them to the bin as de scribed in section Adding Clips to the Bin on page 4 6 video clip audio clip CLIPSTER supports audio clips that contain more than one mono or stereo channel multiple channels in the au dio file These clips will be available as one clip in the bin but when added to the timeline the additional channels will be added to the other audio tracks below the selected one 4 10 The Tool Area invalid clip multi clips This icon indicates an invalid video clip Either you have to set the proper ties of this clip correctly via its context menu or provide the right video mate rial on the video hard disks to receive a valid clip in the bin Multi clips are clips of either video or audio that are present in the bin as one clip but consist of several in dividual clips on the video hard disk array Usually these individual clips are stored in a subdirectory each and all subdirectories are located under one main di rectory When adding a multi clip to the bin via a drag and drop procedure see section Adding Clips to the Bin with a File Manager on page 4 7 you may select the main directory as a clip and add it to the bin All in dividual clips will then be available as one clip in the bin Even when dragged to the timeline the multi clip is handled as one clip However the CLIPSTER software needs several param eters to
90. ain its original size ra Via the check box Original Aspect Ratio the aspect ratio the rela tion of width x and height y of the video format can be preserved Thus the images will not get stretched or compressed More details about autoscaling in combination with aspect ra i tio can be found in the section about the video format settings described in the CLIPSTER Configurations user guide The Area Audio Via the area Audio you can enable and configure the finalizing of audio Activate the check box Audio out put at the top of this area to enable the generation of an audio clip With the finalizing dialog of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool you can render video and audio together or separately if desired Simply select the appropriate output check box compare section The Area Video on page 7 11 If a container format is selected as the file format e g win i dows Media you cannot generate audio and video sepa rately Both will automatically be included in a single file only 7 13 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 7 14 AV ZH lo the right of the check box Audio output the Format combo box can be found From this combo box select the file format for the audio clip to be generat ed For a list of the supported audio file formats of CLIPSTER please refer to section Supported File Formats on page A 5 From the area Format you have to select the resolution of the audio files bit depth
91. an application available in this submenu you have to i define and set it first This can be done with the Configuration Tool of CLIPSTER group External see CLIPSTER Configura tions user guide Please note that you have to set the ap propriate program parameters if applicable in the Options entry field as well Note that when the Destructive export option is enabled in N the Configuration Tool the source data will be directly pro cessed with all specified external applications If you save the data in such a case with the external application the source material will be overwritten 6 53 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 6 54 Figure 6 48 Accessing an external application This menu option will export the source material of the clip according to your settings made for this application in the Configuration Tool of CLIPSTER For a detailed description of the settings see CLIPSTER Con i figurations user guide S When a sequence processing is enabled each frame be tween a set in and outpoint will be sent to the external appli cation However this applies to a single clip only If the in and outpoint are set outside of the clip where the menu option Export to Application was called only the image sequence of the clip where the menu option was called will be sent If a non destructive export is selected for the external applications the source material of the clip will be copied to the same
92. and with it you can easily switch to another module After starting the CLIPSTER software the CLIPSTER Edit Tool is started automatically Emm When you click on one of the inac tive buttons in the task bar the respective module of the CLIPSTER software will be loaded most of them in the upper part of the user in terface The task bar provides the following buttons TE The EDIT button activates the Edit Tool of the CLIPSTER software This software module al lows to edit video material by adding cuts dis solves wipes etc to clips in a timeline It is automatically active after starting the CLIPSTER software The CLIPSTER Edit Tool is described in this user guide m mmm The I O button starts the CLIPSTER I O Tool You can use it to record and capture video and audio material with CLIPSTER from telecines VTRs or even cameras You can find further information about the CLIPSTER I O Tool in its respective user guide mum The CONFIG button opens the CLIPSTER Con figuration Tool Here you can configure and set up the whole video system and the software With it you can for example set up the period for the automatic save function of the project file autosave as well as more software specif ic settings such as the bin properties More information about the CLIPSTER Configu ration Tool as well as various other configura tions that can be performed can be found in the CLIPSTER Configuration
93. ansition automatically Clips in the timeline can be cut with the button ADD EDIT The cut will be applied to the position of the timeline cursor If a track is disabled no cutting will be performed You can delete a transition the same way you delete a clip from the timeline Simply select the transition and press the key Del on your keyboard Every clip provides timeline properties the same way a tran sition does Invoke the context menu of the clip and select the menu option Properties or simply double click the clip on the timeline Via the timeline properties you can adjust zooming and panning or set color gamma corrections for the respective clip All settings can be transferred easily to other clips present in the timeline Our example project is now complete and you can play out your ma terial in the timeline in the selected output format button SETTINGS or perform other editing tasks DVS Getting Started 3 3 Exiting the Program To end the current CLIPSTER Edit Tool session perform the following There is no way to end the Edit Tool alone When you exit A the Edit Tool the whole CLIPSTER software will shut down Therefore it is recommended to finish all tasks such as a record or a play out operation beforehand Otherwise the respective task may get interrupted e Select the option Exit on the Project menu or press the key com bination Alt F4 alternatively 7n You may also use the menu option E
94. be sorted by see also section Sorting Clips on page 4 17 The sorting will also be available after switching to the thumbnail view of the bin again A scrub bar to preview and set an inpoint is available in the thumbnail view of the bin only maus With the button IMAGE you can activate the view of the 2 thumbnails again For the thumbnail view of the contents area there are also i text information available that can be activated and set via the Configuration Tool as well see above These texts will then appear to the right of the thumbnail as shown in figure 4 12 on page 4 16 S 4 2 2 Adding Clips to the Bin 4 6 Before you can begin to work with clips in the CLIPSTER Edit Tool you have to fill the bin with clips available on the video system There are three ways to fill the bin with clips of either video or audio 1 You can open a standard file manager e g the Windows Explorer and drag and drop the clips either a file within a direc tory or the directory itself to the contents area of the bin 2 you can use the menu option Add Clip on the context menu of the bin s contents area to fill the bin with contents or 3 you can capture clips with CLIPSTER via the CLIPSTER I O Tool The first two procedures will be described in this section of Windows Video and audio data should be stored on the designated video drive disk stripe set only Other storage lo cations may be too slo
95. ced with the combo box Filter Its settings are ex i The way a zooming out of the video clip is performed can be plained in section The Advanced Area on page 6 72 The Panning Area In the Panning area there are two sliders available With them you can adjust the panning of the currently selected clip i e you can move for instance in a zoomed clip to the part of the clip image that should be displayed during a play out If you move the X slider to the left the image will move to the left and vice versa If you move the Y slider to the left it moves up and vice versa Slider Slider Image Factor and Movement Movement Pixel Range X Y 6 71 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 6 72 As already indicated in the table above to the right of the sliders you can find entry fields where you can specify either the image move ment factor or the movement in pixels manually Simply enter the re spective value with the appropriate sign as specified in the table to pan the image The factor and pixel range entries have to be set in dependence on the settings made for zooming The Advanced Area In the Advanced area you can find two sliders to set the rotation and sharpness and a combo box to determine the filter used for zooming and sharpness With the Rotation slider and its entry field to the right you can rotate the clip full circle 180 By dragging the slider to the le
96. ch thumbnail You can administer the clips directly or add new clips to the bin with the help of the context menu of the contents area view buttons Via the view buttons of the bin you can select whether the clips in the contents area shall be seen as thumbnails with text or with their text in formation only This section explains all features provided by the bin of the CLIPSTER software in detail 4 2 1 Configuring the Bin 4 4 With the bin you can perform a clip and project management You can structure the clips by sorting them to different folders and you can preview the clips as well as access additional information via their text display in the bin To serve all these functions at once you can change and configure the layout of the bin freely The areas of the bin can be arranged horizontally or vertically The appearance of clips in the contents area can be changed Both procedures are explained in this section Changing the Layout of the Bin To provide for example for a better view on the material in the bin the areas of the bin the folder and the contents area can be ar ranged horizontally or vertically via the title bar of the folder area For this do the following e Call up the context menu of the bin s title bar usually with a right click of the mouse The Tool Area Figure 4 5 Context menu of title bar e Select the horizontal or vertical appearance of the bin from the context menu
97. connects and severs the attachment of the se ment lected clips Disconnect Disconnects and severs the attachment of the se group lected clips Disconnect Disconnects and severs the attachment of all at timeline tached timeline elements in the timeline in one step After that the attached clips will be severed and disconnected When the timeline does not contain other attached clips the button for the insert mode will be available and can be selected again 6 47 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 6 5 Working with Video Clips The CLIPSTER Edit Tool works with representations of clips in the time line only This means that while you perform your work on the timeline the original material on the video hard disks is maintained and never altered The appearance of the clips in the video track s of the time i line can be altered in several ways You can change the height of the track s and the display of the thumbnails You can also display an unlimited number of video tracks for a vertical editing in the timeline For more information about all this please refer to section Changing the Layout of the Time line Area on page 6 5 This section describes several features of video clips added to the video track s of the timeline of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool as well as how to perform a vertical editing with video clips in the timeline 6 5 1 The Clip s Information 6 48 The video clips in the video track s of the
98. ction Export to Application on page 7 18 To switch the control area back to its edit mode use the appropriate button of the control area PIT 6 5 5 Processing the Source Material of a Video Clip The CLIPSTER Edit Tool provides two ways to export either the original source material or a copied version of it to a third party application of your choice You can export video data visible in the master mode of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool or you can export video data that is available in the timeline to another application This way you can process the source material of a video clip further and afterwards use it again in the CLIPSTER software without any difficulty This section describes how to process source material when a video clip was already added to the timeline of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool The export of source material that is visible in the master i mode of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool is described in section Ex port to Application on page 7 18 When a clip is present in a video track of the timeline area you can process its source material either by using the original data directly destructive export or by previously copying the material beforehand To do this you have to use the menu option Export to Application of the context menu of a video clip in the timeline of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool It opens a submenu where you can select other applications than the CLIPSTER software to process your video data z To have
99. ction is disabled because of a missing file name for the project The autosave function automatically saves your project file after a certain period of time for backup purposes see CLIPSTER Configurations user guide for more details To enable the autosave function you have to save the project file first and thus assign a name to it 7 3 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS The optionally available VTR task mode of the CLIPSTER l i O Tool uses project files different from the ones usually saved via the CLIPSTER software Further information about this task mode and its project files can be found in the CLiP STER I O Tool user guide 7 2 2 Open p Open Ctr o 7 4 The Open menu option opens the standard dialog window of the operating system for the selection of a file In this dialog window se lect the project file that you want to open in the CLIPSTER Edit Tool File extensions cp CLIPSTER project file cp autosave Automatically saved interme diate situation backup cp Backup file of old project file You may select the file from the list box or enter its name in the entry field File name If the list box does not contain the desired project file name i make sure that the right drive and directory has been select ed Confirm your selection with the button OPEN The selected project file will then be loaded into the CLIPSTER Edit Tool During the loading the bin and thus the
100. d virtually i e the original material on the hard disk array is never altered The clips used in the CLIPSTER software are only representations of the original material on the video hard disks With this you can use the same material over and over again with different effects while the master is always maintained The CLIPSTER I O Tool is mainly used for the digitization of a variety of different input sources meaning the recording capturing of video and audio material with CLIPSTER from other sources than computer storages You can capture material from any source you like and CLIPSTER will record it in a freely selectable format with or without col or space conversion For instance you can capture data from tele cines VTRs or even cameras as desired in an automated batch processing mode or manually Of course playing out of the recorded material as well as of all other clips present on the system can be per formed without any effort as well Furthermore the processing of EDLs edit decision lists is fully supported in this tool for example via import function For the configuration and setup of the whole video system and the software you can use the CLIPSTER Configuration Tool Here you can set up for example the period for the automatic save function of the project file autosave as well as more software specific settings such as the bin properties Once the CLIPSTER software is started you can access the i diffe
101. ditional information about timeline markers can be found in section Marking Positions in the Timeline on page 6 44 4 27 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS Furthermore with its controls below the table you can for example save the results shown in the drop table to a file see section The Ta ble Controls on page 4 28 4 3 4 The Table Controls With the table controls below the drop table you can for example save the results written in the drop table to a file or set markers in the timeline of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool where the respective drop oc curred Additional information about timeline markers can be found in l section Marking Positions in the Timeline on page 6 44 The following controls are available inne This button saves the entries in the drop table to a file Enter in the opening dialog window a stor age path and a file name for the drop table list to be saved Then confirm your settings with the button SAVE and the table will be saved to the specified location standard by the performance monitor this button only saves the entries current ly available in the drop table see section The Performance Monitor on page 4 20 Q As soon as the real time operation is finished the ES button MARK ALL will be available and with it you can retrieve further information about the location where the drop occurred It places timeline mark ers in the timeline of the CLIPSTER Edi
102. ds in the timeline as soon as the clip is dropped After changing the sequence of the clips this tutorial goes on with a description how to change the in and outpoints of clips in the time line 3 2 5 Manipulating In and Outpoints in the Timeline The first clip now the second clip in the timeline was cut during the adding of the second clip to the timeline Thus it already provides a trimmed outpoint However the second clip now the first clip in the timeline was added with its full length If a transition should be set be tween these two clips at least one of their in and outpoint has to be trimmed either the outpoint of the first or the inpoint of the second clip To demonstrate how to add a transition between the two clips we now want to change the outpoint of the first clip in the timeline Select the end of the first clip and move it to the left to trim its out point tail Figure 3 9 Changing of outpoint 3 11 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS As long as the insert mode of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool is active the sec ond clip will automatically adjust its position on the timeline respec tively While trimming the outpoint you will notice a blue line above the se lected clip E 05 00 10 head tail indicator Figure 3 10 Display of original length of clip This line shows the original length of the clip You can use it to deter mine easily how much tail is available to for example create
103. e After applying the recommended solution the problem should be re solved However if the drops persist please contact your local ven dor 4 39 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 4 40 The Control Area To the right of the tool area you can find the control area of the CLIP STER Edit Tool This area is used to pre and review your current project and to set frame accurately the in and outpoint of clips either coming from the bin or already present in the timeline After starting the program the control area of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool is in its edit mode video overlay scrub bar controls Figure 5 1 The control area In this mode you can see at the top of the control area the video over lay which is used to view the video material Below the video overlay a scrub bar of the timeline is available At the bottom of the control area the controls to play out and move within your current project are located Here you can also find the buttons to switch between the dif ferent overlay modes of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool as well as other im portant buttons All items of the control area are described in detail in the following sections CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 5 1 safety areas The Video Overlay With the video overlay you can view the material present in the time line All clips and added operators to the timeline as long as they do not require prerendering can be viewed in
104. e rial up to 2K in 10 bit 7 To view your project on an additionally connected monitor i you have to configure the output format of the timeline ac cordingly The setting of the output format video raster of the project can be configured with the button SETTINGS above the timeline s scale A DVS Getting Started To begin an editing work you have to drag the clips to the timeline of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool first During all works with CLIPSTER your original material will nev er be altered The clips in the CLIPSTER software are only a representation of the original material on the video hard disks All editing tasks are performed virtually e Select a clip in the contents area of the bin and drag and drop it into a video track timeline video track audio tracks Figure 3 4 Drag and drop of clip to timeline Once the mouse button is released a representation of the clip is added to the timeline However its counterpart in the bin is neither re moved nor deleted It will remain there for future use so that you can add the clip or other parts of the clip to the video timeline again When adding a clip to an empty timeline track the start of the clip its inpoint will automatically adjust itself to the beginning of the timeline position 00 00 offset This behavior can be changed via the button INSERT This button switches between the insert and the overwrite mode of CLIPSTER In the
105. e CLIPSTER Edit Tool Likewise the frame num ber viewing for the timeline see section Configuring the Timeline Scale on page 6 8 has no effect on the source timecode displayed by the clips i e you will still see the re spective source timecode for the clips i If Source TC was selected but the clips provide no timecode 6 2 6 Configuring the Video and Audio Output To output video and audio and to view your project s timeline with a monitor connected to CLIPSTER you have to configure the output for mat of the timeline accordingly Both the video and audio output can be configured freely 6 10 The Timeline How to Configure the Video Output With the button SETTINGS at the top left side of the timeline area you can determine the output format vid eo raster of the project Here you can also set the size of the video and or audio tracks as well as adjust their numbers There is also a setting available that performs an autoscaling of the material in the timeline if its resolution differs from the configured output raster After pressing the button SETTINGS the following window will be dis played on the screen Output settings ilevel YUV 4 2 2 10 Bit nemal ooo o m n1 rige Dump O C CE por A LUTTE Figure 6 11 Window to set the output settings Set the video output settings accordingly Usually all outputs of CLIP STER except the SD outputs will change their output f
106. e Capabil ity of Clips on page 4 12 and section Prerendering of Time line Elements on page 6 38 PVS Basics 2 5 Notes on Source Timecode Some file formats for clips e g dpx files are capable of storing more information than just their image content These information are then usually written in a specified format into a file header and can be read and interpreted by other programs that support these kind of in formation Among them you can find for example the name of the creator usually the program that created the files the creation date and time the timecode or the keycode DVS especially makes use of the timecode information These so called source timecodes can then be used in the whole CLIPSTER soft ware For example you can use source timecodes in the timeline of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool and regardless of their position in the timeline the respective clips will always show and use their source timecode Then prior to a play out you can decide whether the internal timeline timecode should be given out as a timecode signal or the source timecode provided by the files However regarding source timecode there are some peculiarities in the way CLIPSTER deals with source timecodes and some of them are detailed in the following Currently of all file formats supported by the CLIPSTER soft i ware only the dpx file format is checked for and provided with additional information such as sourc
107. e description of the Clip properties window is not part of this user guide It is in detail described in the CLIPSTER Con figurations user guide Deleting Clips To delete a clip from the contents area of the bin perform the follow ing Call up the context menu on the clip that you want to delete in the contents area of the bin and select the menu option Delete After this a warning message will appear on the screen f you want to delete the clip from the bin as well as all its repre sentations present in the timeline confirm the warning message This will delete the selected clip either video or audio from the con tents area of the bin If the clip was already added to the timeline its representations there will be deleted as well 4 19 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 4 3 The Performance Monitor With the performance monitor of CLIPSTER you can monitor the hard disk accesses of the CLIPSTER software to the video data in real time Thus you can verify for example the status of the hard disks of the storage array as well as of certain files on the array After starting the CLIPSTER software and thus the CLIPSTER Edit Tool the bin is by default activated in the tool area Once you selected the tab Performance in the tool area the area will look similar to the fol lowing figure chart chart controls drop table table controls Figure 4 15 The performance monitor The performance monit
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109. e folder area It will be placed as a subfolder below the selected folder where the context menu was in voked After this you have to assign a name to the newly created fold er Enter the name of the folder via the keyboard and confirm it with the Enter key Then the new folder will be present in the folder area of the bin and you can use it to sort your audio and or video material into it see sec tion Working with Clips in the Bin on page 4 16 Folders can also be created automatically with a drag and i drop procedure from a file manager see section Adding Clips to the Bin with a File Manager on page 4 7 The Tool Area title bar Sorting Folders As soon as folders are available in the folder area of the bin you can sort them in descending or ascending order If your project contains a lot of folders in the bin this will make it easier for you to find an in dividual folder To sort the folders do the following e Simply click on the title bar with the mouse e amp Film C amp BgFilm B E Film A H Fim A H ggrFilm B H SgFilm C Figure 4 11 Sorting the folders This switches between a descending and ascending order of the fold ers in the folder area The type of order will be indicated by the arrow to the right of the title bar Renaming Folders To rename folders and thus to give them a different name after they were created in the folder area of the bin perform the fol
110. e in and outpoints of clips already added to the time line in their timeline tracks For this perform the following DVS The Timeline Select from the clip s representation its in or outpoint handler and move it to the right or to the left to extend or reduce the clip s length in the timeline You cannot change in and outpoints beyond the limits of the original material on the video hard disks handler Figure 6 33 Changing of in or outpoint This will change the in or outpoint of the clip accordingly This procedure can be used for all timeline elements i e vid i eo clips audio clips and embedded operators e g transi tions To adjust their length in the timeline simply select their in outpoint handler and move it to the right or left of the time line The following figure shows for example how to change the length of a transition Figure 6 34 Changing the length of a transition 6 41 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS As long as the insert mode of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool is active i the subsequent clips and embedded operators will automati cally adjust their positions on the timeline respectively When the CLIPSTER Edit Tool is set to the overwrite mode clips and embedded operators may get deleted from the timeline or gaps may occur in the timeline More information on this can be found in section The Insert Overwrite Mode of the Time line on page 6 26 The in
111. e in the middle of the chart indicates the set critical response time When a file access takes more time than the set crit ical response time its bar will reach over the horizontal line and it will be displayed and highlighted in the color of the critical response time see legend at the bottom of the chart ical response time can be enabled or disabled via the set tings of the performance monitor see section Group Graphics on page 4 31 i The highlighting of the access times that exceed the set crit Drops take more time than provided by the chart and their bars are therefore cut at the top Thus they will be displayed in their respective color as the highest bars visible Missing frames on the video hard disk array are not regis tered by the performance monitor as drops If the message Performance Monitor disabled is displayed in the middle of the chart right below the horizontal line the performance monitor is deactivated Figure 4 17 Message provided by the chart that the monitor is disabled In such a case most of the controls and the drop table will be disabled as well To use the performance monitor you have to enable it first 4 23 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS This can be done with the Configuration Tool of CLIPSTER see CLiP STER Configurations user guide for more information 4 3 2 Chart Controls 4 24 With the chart controls you can view the results in the chart i
112. e of the video system hardware Therefore it is recommended to terminate all other pro grams when working with the CLIPSTER software After copying or recording vast amounts of data to the video hard disk array it is recommended to leave the CLIPSTER software running for a longer period of time e g over night without performing any real time tasks play out or record This will give the defragmentation tool of CLIPSTER time to reorganize the files on the hard disk array for an optimized real time performance For this the automatic starting of the defragmentation tool has to be enabled CLIPSTER is a very reliable software However because of the vast amount of third party software available its reac tions on the installation of such could not be tested The in stallation of third party software may disrupt the real time capability and or limit the functionality of CLIPSTER When working with prerendered files and timeline elements that need a prerendering it is recommended to activate the autosave function of CLIPSTER and set it to a relatively short interval Basics The CLIPSTER Edit Tool is part of the software package of CLIPSTER This chapter provides first some background information about the structure of the CLIPSTER software which includes a short overview of the different modules of the software package After that an overview of the user interface of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool is provided to familiar ize you wit
113. e timecode The image files capable of storing timecode information usually pro vide space for one timecode only in their header generic source timecode However because CLIPSTER is able to receive for exam ple during a record several timecodes incorporated in signals at var ious connectors it uses more than just one timecode During a write procedure i e when recording clips via the CLIPSTER I O Tool CLiP STER Will write all received timecode information into the file s header The ones additionally received will be stored at a location for user de fined data in the header and usually cannot be interpreted and used with other applications than CLIPSTER When processing such clips afterwards for instance with the CLIP STER Edit Tool you can select between the various timecodes provid ed by a clip which may give you more control over their position in the timeline In the Configuration Tool of CLIPSTER you can configure the general way the CLIPSTER software should deal with timeline and source time code see CLIPSTER Configurations user guide for more informa tion Here you can set in the respective group the type of source timecode that CLIPSTER will use as the default timecode as well as the display type that the Edit Tool s timeline should use for your project Additionally you can specify which timecode should be given out when performing a play out CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 2 12 Furthermore
114. eate a new directory via the provided buttons of the opening dialog window Notation drive_letter directory subdirectory Instead of the backslash you may also use a slash Example V tempest act05 scene01 7 8 The Menus Regarding the file name and path it is sufficient for the rendering of a new clip to enter an existing path in the field Path and to state a file name All other information necessary such as the numbering of frames will be added by the CLIPSTER Edit Tool automatically For in stance our examples mentioned above would lead to the following output on the video hard disk when as a video output format the bmp file format were selected see section The Area Video on page 7 11 V tempest act05 scene01 L hs Clip_0000 Clip _ 00000 bmp Clip 00001 bmp Clip L Clip 19999 bmp Clip 0001 Clip 20000 bmp Clip 20001 bmp CIip s In the path V tempest act05 scene01 a directory will be creat ed carrying the name Clip Beneath it a subdirectory will be created with the name C1ip 0000 In this subdirectory the first 20 000 frames of your timeline will be stored Windows may cause problems if more than 20 000 files are J stored in one directory The file name of the first frame of your rendered timeline will be Clip_00000 bmp The number in the file name will increase by one with every other generated frame If the 20 00
115. ect 07 5 project 08 18 project 09 Name Es Hollywood 00000 yuv Ef Hollywood 00001 yuv 5 Hollywood 00002 yuv 3 E Hollywood 00003 yuv ES Hollywood 00004 yuv E Hollywood 00005 yuv E Hollywood 00006 yuv ES Hollywood 00007 yuv E Hollywood 00008 yuv E Hollywood 00009 yuv E Hollywood 00010 yuv ES Hollywood 00011 yuv Hen lt ji Ege Size Type 4 050KB YUV File 4 050KB YUY File 4 050KB YUV File 4 050KB YUV File 4 050KB YUV File 4 050KB YUV File 4 050KB YUY File 4 050KB YUY File 4 050KB YUV File 4 050KB YUV File 4 050KB YUY File 4 050KB YUV File 344 MB d My Computer Figure 3 2 Drag and drop of clip to bin The respective video data will then be made available to CLIPSTER and you will see a thumbnail of the material in the contents area of the bin preview scrub bar Figure 3 3 Clip in contents area of bin 3 5 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS e Add another different clip to the bin by performing the drag and drop procedure again The new clip is added to the clip list of the bin as well Now two clips are available in the CLIPSTER Edit Tool and you can start working with them With the little scrub bar below each thumbnail you can preview the material and roughly select an inpoint for the respective clip How ever for our demonstration here we will leave the clips inpoints as they are z When audio shall be used in your pro
116. ect ratio Directly below it you can find the Aspect ratio combo box where you can either select one of the predefined aspect ratios from the provided list or simply enter the desired ratio in the field of the combo box directly You can enter the aspect ratio in any format you like either by typing in a floating point number or its original division formula The cropping will be ap plied to the video output representation to the right as well as to your video output directly as soon as a predefined aspect ratio is selected or a typed in value is confirmed by pressing the Enter key Notation Floating point or division x y Examples 1 77777778 16 9 With the Hold aspect ratio check box you can lock the aspect ratio selected with the combo box above Then when changes are applied manually to the cropping e g via the entry fields or the sliders the chosen aspect ratio will be maintained To the right you can find a representation of your current video output With the items provided by and positioned around the image you can change the cropping manually Figure 6 19 Manual controls of cropping The Timeline To change the cropping manually use for example the available en try fields and type in the desired values The cropping will be applied to the representation as well as to your video output as soon as a val ue is confirmed by pressing the Enter key You may also use the sliders at the bottom and to the left
117. ect the appropriate out or inpoint that you would want to adjust via the OuT and IN button of the trim controls If you want to adjust the outpoint of the clip to the left of the cutting point the OUT button has to be activated if you want to set the inpoint of the clip to its right the IN button has to be selected If both buttons are activated the out and inpoint will be both adjusted simultaneously Next use the controls below the two fields that show the changes applied to the out and or inpoint handlers to position them frame accurately 5 19 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 2417471 9 199 Figure 5 11 Trim controls The respective handler s will move accordingly As well the counter s will in or decrease for the selected clip s Your alterations are effective immediately in the timeline and you can now for exam ple define a transition between the clips or perform a play out To switch the control area back to its edit mode use the appropriate button of the control area ME 5 20 The Timeline For the editing process CLIPSTER uses a timeline with video and audio tracks where you can add the clips in the desired sequence as they should be played out in the end You can then for instance define wipes dissolves or cuts for the material This chapter explains how to work with the timeline in detail It will be discussed how to add clips to the timeline and how to work with them afterwards The
118. ed the performance monitor will write by default a drop report into the directory 1og of the CLIPSTER software s installation path default C Program Files DVS Clipster There will be one report written per CLIPSTER session and it will provide you with information about all drops that occurred during this session In the file you can find information about for example the date and time when the drop occurred or if detected as well about the file that was the cause for this drop Drops are reported by the real time core of the CLIPSTER soft i ware Only under ideal circumstances will it be able to pro vide information about the clip name file name source timecode and or path Individual frames missing in an image sequence clip i e image files that are not present on the hard disk array at all will not cause the performance monitor to show a drop How ever you can check the consistency of your material added to the bin with the menu option Check Bin on the Bin menu see section Check Bin on page 7 22 and section Consis tencies of Clips on page 6 51 You can get the approximate location of the file where the drop occurred by setting timeline markers with the help of the drop table or its controls see section The Drop Table on page 4 27 and section The Table Controls on page 4 28 This section explains the basic usage of and the items provided by the performance monitor 4 3 1 The Chart 4 22
119. ee If you drag a video clip from the bin to the control area of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool the software switches to the master mode where you can select the in and outpoint of the clip frame ac curately before adding it to the timeline Once everything is set you can drag the clip from its video overlay in the control area to the video track of the timeline 3 2 3 Changing the View of the Timeline 3 8 Via the sliders below the audio tracks in the timeline area you can change the view of the tracks Volume Wave Ml jj ET 6 Figure 3 5 Timeline sliders With the left slider you can zoom in or out of the timeline If the slider is set to the leftmost point you are able to see the whole contents of the timeline When it is set more to the right you will zoom into the timeline When you have zoomed into the timeline you can change the view ing position of the timeline with the right slider You can go to the end Getting Started of the timeline by pulling this slider to the right and to the beginning of the timeline by pulling it to the left Via the Configuration Tool button CoNFIG or Options Configuration you can setthe way the CLIPSTER Edit Tool performs a zooming on the timeline There you can set whether zooming should occur on the position of the timeline cursor or on the current viewing position of the timeline For our example project we aim at having only two clips in the video track For this
120. eees 4 21 4 22 configuration 4 31 controls esee 4 21 4 24 highlighting ec eot 4 32 resolution associe sue ecu mies 4 24 Scale sceau a Mota 4 23 CHECK qu 7 4 7 21 7 22 ETSI EREMO RES 7 6 CIOS DIN eio rebote Gud 7 22 GMO e E E ENa A 1 add to bin 3 4 4 6 add to timeline 3 7 6 2 add to timeline certain length 6 30 arrange on timeline 6 29 GUGIO oet etes 4 10 6 57 change appearance video 6 7 change contents only 6 44 consistency essse 6 51 DVS Index CODVING iuosedceetcutisesodtuc dci eter Eee 4 17 brightness auussisssecdrmcctceis etude 6 77 crop contents caos i teer pd H cade 6 16 CONAS POR NR raian paatai 6 77 cutting a clip nce nne 6 32 oj t 6 79 delete d eaea 4 19 gamma Genera bed csepe ptos eas ess 6 79 delete from timeline 3 10 6 50 PUG e E AEE E 6 77 6 58 eT T 6 79 duration ease erc tapis iephcs 6 49 6 58 LUT file specification A 7 field mode 4 7 6 2 saturation esee 6 77 file name display 6 8 setting CC operator 6 75 frame missing 4 22 4 23 6 51 setting of static LUT 6 74 7 22 static LUT esee 3 14 6 63 inpoint information 6 48 6 57 color space range 6 19 invalid
121. egration of CLIPSTER the CLIPSTER Edit Tool is compatible with the EDL standard and supports it via import function Once your project is finished you can finalize it and save the edited clip in any video and file format you like 1 1 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 1 2 In short the CLIPSTER Edit Tool offers Easy and intuitive handling of the user interface clips can be moved via drag and drop user friendly designed timeline including editing functions total control of the editing process via a real time video overlay project oriented and adaptable clip management including thumb nail function different formats are allowed in one project multi resolution edit ing real time view of timeline automatic defragmentation of video storage for an optimized real time performance projects can be built up via import or loading of an EDL edit deci sion list projects can be finalized to a clip render function and full audio support Furthermore there are several features optionally available for the CLIPSTER Edit Tool which allow you to adapt the CLIPSTER software to your special needs The following options are available CLIPSTER ColorGrading Primary real time color grading Option CLIPSTER 12Bit Option Support of 12 and 16 bit file formats DPX and TIFF for in and output CLIPSTER Remote Remote control of real time zoom and Zoom amp Pan Option pan
122. elect the outpoint handler of one clip and the inpoint han dler of the neighboring clip to the right as can be seen in figure 6 36 on page 6 43 you can extend the length of one clip while shortening the length of the other at the same time Thus the timeline length will be maintained 6 43 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS Ln 1 Figure 6 37 Selected in and outpoint handlers of neighboring clips f you select either two outpoint handlers or two inpoint handlers you can adjust the length of the two clips simultaneously L8 md Figure 6 38 Two selected outpoint handlers The following two trimming techniques are called the slip and slide trimming These are two sophisticated trimming techniques which can be used for a frame accurate moving of in and outpoints of clips while maintaining the length and duration of the timeline Slide trimming When you select one out and one inpoint handler and thereby enclose another clip you can change the out and inpoint of the two clips while the enclosed clip is fully maintained in its length as well as in its contents This way you can alter the position of the enclosed clip while the timeline length remains constant Figure 6 39 Enclosing a clip by selecting in outpoint handlers of neighboring clips Slip trimming When you select the in and outpoint handlers of one clip alone you can change its in and outpoint simulta neously This will change the cont
123. endent of resolution color space and bit depth All formats and resolutions can be processed from SD up to 2K and the final re sult can be played out in a freely selectable format Conversions and calculation times for rendering processes are rarely necessary be cause of the high quality hardware developed by DVS Additionally up to 16 different channels of audio can be in or output by CLIPSTER and the data can be accessed and processed in the software as eas ily as the video material All film video and audio data is stored in the Windows file system and thus accessible right away when working with other applications The CLIPSTER Edit Tool is part of the CLIPSTER software package It is a software module that enables you to edit your video and audio ma terial in a freely configurable number of tracks For this clips of differ ent formats and resolutions are added to a timeline in the same sequence as they should be played out in the end When working with video you can edit your material with cuts dissolves wipes etc as well as scalings pannings zoomings and or color correction Thus you can create your perfect project When working with audio you can control the volume of a clip at every position within the timeline for example to create fade ins and outs During all times your origi nal material is never touched or altered because all editing processes are performed virtually Of course to provide for the best possible in t
124. endering save your project file If an already A saved project file is not saved after a prerendering process again the prerendered files will not be recognized by the CLIPSTER Edit Tool when the project file is loaded once more Neither will they be used for a play out nor will they be deleted via the Clean temp dir menu option They have to be deleted manually as described in section Cleaning the Temporary Data Manually on page A 10 7 2 10 Export to Application Export to Application gt 7 18 The menu option Export to Application opens a submenu where you can select other applications than the CLIPSTER software to pro cess your video data z To have an application available in this submenu you have to Li define and set it first This can be done with the Configuration Tool of CLIPSTER group External see CLIPSTER Configura tions user guide Please note that you have to set the ap propriate program parameters if applicable in the Options entry field as well v Once a clip is dragged from the bin to the control area of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool see section The Master Mode on page 5 9 or made avail able via the Match frame menu option on the context menu of the timeline see section Matching an Individual Video Frame on page 6 52 the set application s under this option will be available As soon as one is selected the video data will be transferred to the The Menus respective program according
125. enes 5 11 change layout 4 4 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide check for inconsistencies 7 4 7 21 7 22 Clear ouod Saut bin ae 7 22 configuration sssss 3 4 contents area 3 3 4 4 4 16 context menu folder area 4 14 copying CIPS aucti 4 17 creating a folder 4 8 4 14 deleting a clip 4 19 deleting a folder 4 15 4 16 EXPO o2 iced d qii duxi 7 22 folder area 3 3 4 3 4 14 IONE PR RR EO 7 21 inpoint setting 3 6 Loe o emp ced 7 21 i Ec ene ee ene eReere ss 7 22 renaming a folder 4 15 sorting clips into folders 4 17 sorting of clips 4 17 sorting of folders 4 15 JEXU DIY aus acest te nale 4 6 thumbnail 3 5 4 10 thumbnail with text 4 5 title bar 4 3 4 4 4 15 view buttons 4 4 4 5 Bin liD adonde adt tt bEdk dean A 1 bfiglilliBBS acu ie eerta ori bowel 6 77 button active button wacesaisadesondsvndadannere 6 28 AG m 6 75 Add Edif etc 3 14 6 32 PUIGIO ERN 6 28 e Te HE 4 29 CONTO careening eiie 2 7 COPY Jr tee 6 68 Create DVS Info 4 26 COO DING MEE 6 17 Del te eee ts 6 23 6 75 saec em 2 7 edit mode M DES 5 5 STC OF CMD srren ricsei 5 12 frame backwa
126. entry field will be evaluated only if a file format amp a2 puldown IINE If appropriate and available select the necessary pulldown method from the Pulldown and Startphase combo box es Pulldown is needed when working with film originated material The pulldown feature offers a film to NTSC conversion It renders video data that is in 24 progressive frames sec film as 30 interlaced frames sec NTSC This is achieved by splitting the film frames al ternately into two and three video fields T Currently for a finalizing the pulldown feature is not available i To use this feature the video track s of the timeline should contain 24p material only With the CHECK button to the right you can ascertain that all material in the timeline is in this for mat Prior to using pulldown it is recommended to check the timeline with this button Further information about the pulldown settings and pulldown in general can be found in the CLIPSTER Configurations user guide 7080 zm With the fields regarding the zu ao resolution of the rendering jinterlaced ESO FEES I you set the actual output resolution of the clip to be fEvenfields f rendered and generated As the fields indicate with CLIPSTER you can alter the resolution to any format you like and the new clip will be present in this resolution Use the Resolution fields to change height and width of the clip The Frame rate entry field will be evaluated
127. ents of the clip only The length of the clip its position and the length of the timeline is preserved slip trimming O T Ww Figure 6 40 Changing the contents of a clip 6 4 10 Marking Positions in the Timeline To mark certain positions in the timeline e g to cut the clip at this po sition at a later stage or other reasons you can place timeline mark ers in the timeline of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool For this call up the context menu of the timeline scale usually invoked with a right click of the mouse and select the menu option Add Marker 6 44 The Timeline Figure 6 41 Placing a marker at the position of the timeline cursor This will add a marker to the timeline of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool at the current position of the timeline cursor Once the marker is in place you can easily jump to it with the respective controls IN mA of the control area of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool and perform the task that you wanted to do at this position timeline marker Figure 6 42 Timeline marker in timeline The timeline markers are also useful when drops occurred i during a real time operation of CLIPSTER Then you can easily mark the approximate locations of the drops with timeline markers via the performance monitor of CLIPSTER see sec tion The Performance Monitor on page 4 20 To delete a marker from the timeline jump with the timeline cursor to the respective timeline marker that you want to delete or place it man
128. er Figure 6 36 In and outpoint handlers selected To select more than one handler perform the following e Select one of the desired handlers with a click of the mouse Hold down the Ctrl key while clicking on another desired handler with the mouse Perform this step for as many additional handlers as you want After that you can click on one of the handlers and drag it to another position The rest of the selected handlers will act accordingly i As long as the insert mode of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool is active the subsequent clips and embedded operators will automati cally adjust their positions on the timeline respectively When the CLIPSTER Edit Tool is set to the overwrite mode clips and embedded operators may get deleted from the timeline or gaps may occur in the timeline More information on this can be found in section The Insert Overwrite Mode of the Time line on page 6 26 To trim several in or outpoint handlers there must be enough head and tail available otherwise a trimming will not be pos sible For a frame accurate trimming of the in and outpoints you may also use the appropriate keyboard shortcuts such as M trim by ten frames and trim by one frame after the selection of the in outpoint handler see also section Keyboard Shortcuts on page A 3 With the selection of more than one handler of timeline elements you have some advanced possibilities for trimming at hand f you s
129. er part of the timeline in light grey Parts of the scrub bar displayed in a light grey indicate the parts of timeline selected via the timeline s in and outpoint that are not visible at the moment 5 3 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide ve Items of Scrub Bar Description The blue line with its start and end marker in dicates the part of the timeline selected via the timeline s in and outpoint For information on how to set the in and outpoint of the timeline see section Setting In and Outpoint for the Timeline on page 6 23 With the scrub bar cursor you can move within your project Simply select the cursor with the mouse and move it along the scrub bar to the desired position You can also click on a posi tion outside the visible timeline area on the scrub bar directly to move the cursor there im mediately En The Control Area 5 3 Controls At the bottom of the control area the controls to play out and move within your current project are located In addition to other important buttons you can also find buttons to switch between the different vid eo overlay modes of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool here the edit mode the master mode and the trim mode With this button you can switch to the edit mode The edit mode of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool is the standard operating mode of the program By de fault this mode is activated after the starting of the program I
130. eration an entry will appear in the drop table for each drop that could be detected If the drop table is unavailable dimmed the performance monitor will be disabled To use it you have to enable it first This can be done with the Configuration Tool of CLIPSTER see CLIPSTER Configurations user guide n ar 8 8 8 8 8 alajajala Pie ieee Sjoe EE Frame Cliplist 10 27 04 14 55 24 di 2701716521 ama aiza 3 107277047 1455 24 deni 00007309 5 anra 145525 denis 00007410 Id Frame Cipit ae a ofame j ofame p ote je no frame eed Bee Bae CNN Oooo T T pou ess EE S eS Se ant E z Figure 4 18 Drop table of performance monitor The entries provide information for example about the date and time when the drop occurred or if detected as well about the file that was the cause for this drop Drops are reported by the real time core of the CLIPSTER soft i ware Only under ideal circumstances will it be able to pro vide information about the clip name file name source timecode and or path You can retrieve further information about the location where the drop occurred by double clicking an entry in the drop table Then the time line cursor will jump to the approximate location where the drop hap pened and a timeline marker will be placed at this particular position of the timeline timeline marker Figure 4 19 Timeline marker in timeline Ad
131. eren dered parts of the timeline back to the need to be preren dered state i e the yellow line in the indicator line will return You can delete the prerendered files no longer required e g after the deletion of an operator that needed prerendering via the menu option Clean temp dir see section Clean temp dir on page 7 17 Furthermore the no longer neces sary files will be deleted automatically as soon as the project is closed After a prerendering save your project file If an already saved project file is not saved after a prerendering process again the prerendered files will not be recognized by the CLIPSTER Edit Tool when the project file is loaded once more In expression neither will they be used for a play out nor can they be deleted with the Clean temp dir menu op tion They will remain on your video hard disk and have to be deleted manually as described in section Cleaning the Temporary Data Manually on page A 10 gt 7 2 9 Clean temp dir Clean temp dir When you continue your work on a timeline that was already preren dered e g with the Prerender all menu option see section Preren der all on page 7 16 and you delete or change some of the already prerendered timeline elements the CLIPSTER Edit Tool will no longer need the already generated files A change of the video format will also make already preren i dered files of timeline elements obsolete A prerendering may be necessary before a
132. erme diate situation backup cp Backup file of old project file Select the file from the list box of the dialog window or enter the its name in the entry field File name Ifthe list box does not contain the desired file name make Li sure that the correct drive and directory has been selected Confirm your selection with the button OPEN The selected bin with folders and clips of the respective file will then be loaded into your currently active project The imported bin will be checked for incon 7 21 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS sistencies i e it is tested whether the first and the last frame of each clip is actually present on the video system With the help of the menu option Check Bin of the Bin menu i you can perform a more accurate testing of your bin see sec S tion Check Bin on page 7 22 7 4 2 Export Bin E Export Bin culeshirtee You can export the bin of your currently active project with the menu option Export Bin The selection of this menu option opens a standard dialog window to save a file There you have to specify the storage path and file name to export the bin Once you confirm your settings with the button SAVE the contents of your bin containing all folders and clips will be saved to an extra file File extension cb CLIPSTER bin file After that you can import the contents of this file again into another project see section Import Bin on page 7 21
133. ese outputs as well see section Configuring the Vid eo and Audio Output on page 6 10 After activa tion the button changes its appearance to its active state and you have to press it again to stop the play out y To view the bin clip video on an addi i tionally connected monitor you have to configure the output format of the time line accordingly The setting of the output format video raster of the project can be configured with the button SETTINGS above the timeline s scale see section How to Configure the Video Output on page 6 11 With the activation of a play of the bin N clip a play of the timeline will be termi nated 5 11 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS UM r These buttons jump to the beginning or end of the E scrub bar of the clip coming from the bin The first button jumps to the beginning of the timeline while the second button jumps to its end With the Lock button you can synchronize the timeline cursor of the timeline with the scrub bar cursor of the bin clip Then the timeline cursor will adjust to your moves of the scrub bar cursor for example if you scrub the bin clip s scrub bar or move via the buttons to step one frame for or backwards The way the synchronization is per formed can be set with the Configuration Tool of CLIPSTER see CLIPSTER Configurations user guide for more information This way you can conform an offline composed project frame accu
134. estart i of the software only Further information about the CLIPSTER Configuration Tool and its settings can be found in the CLIPSTER Configurations user guide 7 27 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 7 6 The Help Menu You can get additional information about CLIPSTER via the menu op tion of the menu Help It contains the following menu options Help Manuals Figure 7 9 The Help menu They will be described in the following sections 7 6 1 About About You can receive further information about the CLIPSTER software with the menu option About of the menu Help For example here you can find detailed version numbers of the individual software parts of CLIP STER 7 6 2 Manuals Manuals 7 28 The online documentation of the CLIPSTER video system can be ac cessed via the menu option Manuals on the Help menu It opens an overview page in HTML format where you can select a separate doc umentation for the different parts of the video workstation all in HTML format The second page of each documentation containing the i copyright information provides a link to the respective man ual in PDF format This format is suited most if you want to print out the document Appendix This chapter provides further information about the CLIPSTER Edit Tool A 1 Glossary of Terms Here you can find some terms and their meaning as they are used in this documentation bin bi
135. etting frames per second for the video output With the area Slip sync you can bring your video and audio output into syn chronization by adjusting the audio offset For this the area provides different settings items where you can specify the positive or negative offset values in milliseconds samples frames or via a timecode If you adjust one setting the other ones will be set accordingly With the check box Copy to all tracks the adjusted offset can be transferred to all other available audio tracks easily Simply enable the check box and confirm your setting with the OK button to copy the synchroniza tion settings to all audio tracks In the area Output paths you can see the different digital audio chan nels that CLIPSTER provides With a click on the respective button se lect the digital audio channel s that should be used for the output An activated button between two channels configures the two chan nels to stereo 6 13 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide En 6 14 With the settings of the area Audio mode and the ones of the area Output paths you can mix the audio signals of your project according to your needs f the audio clip in the timeline is in mono it does not matter whether the audio track is set to stereo or mono The output on all selected channels will be the same i e the mono audio clip as it is available in the timeline Audio Clip Audio Track Output Mono Mono Mono of c
136. ewing settings of the tool the timeline and the control area the output settings as well as the project related configuration settings made in the Configuration Tool of the CLIPSTER software O Tool uses project files different from the ones usually saved via the CLIPSTER software Further information about this task mode and its project files can be found in the CLIP STER I O Tool user guide i The optionally available VTR task mode of the CLIPSTER l amp 7 2 5 Save As Save s The standard dialog window to save a file will open after the selection of the menu option Save As This menu option allows to save a project file under a different name Further information about the sav ing procedure itself can be found in section Save on page 7 5 The optionally available VTR task mode of the CLIPSTER I i O Tool uses project files different from the ones usually saved via the CLIPSTER software Further information about this task mode and its project files can be found in the CLIP STER I O Tool user guide 7 2 6 Update CineReel Update CineReel The DVS CineReel is a transportable outdoor proof hard disk array especially designed for the on set use of digital film capturing The film material is directly stored on the hard disk array and when fin ished the array can be disconnected and transported to an editing site while the crew continues to capture on the set with an empty DVS
137. export is selected for the external applications no changes will be applied to the bin clip in the CLIPSTER Edit Tool The source material is sent directly to the external application where it can be processed Once the changes are saved the material can be im mediately accessed via the old bin clip in CLIPSTER However due to the destructive export your original source material on the video hard disk array will be lost 7 2 11 Exit Exit The menu option Exit ends the current CLIPSTER Edit Tool session There is no way to end the Edit Tool alone When you exit A the Edit Tool the whole CLIPSTER software will shut down Therefore it is recommended to finish all tasks such as a record or a play out operation beforehand Otherwise the respective task may get interrupted This closes the CLIPSTER software After that you can for example shut down the video system 7 19 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 7 3 The Edit Menu The menu Edit provides functions to aid you in your editing process In detail it contains the menu options shown below Edit Undo Ctrl z Redo Ctril They are described in the following sections Figure 7 5 The Edit menu 7 3 1 Undo Undo ctrl z The menu option Undo allows to undo your latest timeline related ac tion When this option is selected the timeline will be restored to the state before your last timeline operation 7 3 2 Redo Reda Ctri Y The Redo menu option will
138. f Clips on page 4 5 you can sort the clips easily e In the text information table simply click on the respective column heading to sort the entries under this column in ascending or descending order Then the clips will be sorted accordingly The sorting will also be available after switching to the thumbnail view of the bin again The sorting of the clips in the bin can also be set with the Con i figuration Tool of CLIPSTER as well see CLIPSTER Configura tions user guide for more information Sorting Clips into Folders As soon as clips are present in the bin you can sort them into previ ously created folders see section Creating Folders on page 4 14 to keep your project file in order and thus to perform a clip and project management To sort the clips into folders simply select the clips in the contents area of the bin and drag and drop them to the respective folder in the folder area They are then present in this folder and you can view them again in the contents area when the folder is selected from the folder area f If you drag and drop the clips while the Ctrl key is pressed J the clips will be copied instead of moved 4 17 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS scrub bar 4 18 Preparing Clips for Editing Purposes To begin an editing process you have to use the clips of the bin and drag and drop them either to the control area or directly to the timeline of the CLI
139. f the Control Area Below the video overlay a scrub bar of the timeline is available Figure 5 3 Timeline scrub bar In contrast to the timeline of the timeline area where you can zoom in and out see chapter The Timeline on page 6 1 the scrub bar of the control area always shows the complete timeline of the loaded project You can use the scrub bar for overview purposes or to move within your project The scrub bar of the control area provides several features for exam ple different colors shades of grey which indicate the state of the timeline The following features are provided by the scrub bar Items of Scrub Bar Description in dark grey Parts of the scrub bar in a dark grey show the parts of the timeline that were deselected via the timeline s in and outpoint Further infor mation about the in and outpoint of the time line can be found in section Setting In and Outpoint for the Timeline on page 6 23 in normal grey Parts in normal grey show the part of the time line that is currently visible in the timeline ar ea You can change the size of this part by zooming in or out of the timeline Further more by moving within the timeline you can change its position see also section Moving within the Timeline on page 6 20 This part can be selected directly with i the mouse and moved along the scrub bar to switch the view of the vid eo and audio tracks in the timeline area to anoth
140. formation and the overlays where you can see the start and end frame of the clips the control area in the trim mode provides the following elements to control a trimming frame accurately The timecode or frame notation of the entry fields or informa i tion provided by the control area in the trim mode can be changed from the timecode to the frame viewing and vice versa with the Configuration Tool of the CLIPSTER software see CLIPSTER Configurations user guide for more informa tion 5 17 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide ue 5 18 Items Description Blue bar The blue bar between the two overlays repre sents the cut between the two clips It can be se lected with the mouse and while moving the mouse cursor to the left or right you can trim the out and inpoint of the clips adjacent to the cut ting point simultaneously Thereby you will ex tend the length of one clip while shortening the length of the other at the same time With this kind of trimming the total timeline length is main tained The in and outpoint handlers can be selected and moved with the mouse to set the in or out point of the clips 08 08 The counters below the timeline of each clip dis play the length of the clips in timecode format or the amount of frames that the clips provide cal culated from the set in and outpoint handlers These are the other in and outpoint markers of the clips They cannot be
141. frame viewing for these fields you have to use the Configuration Tool of CLIPSTER see CLIPSTER Con figurations user guide for more information Furthermore these entry fields are also connected to the selected display type of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool s timeline For example if the source timecode is selected as the display type and such a timecode is provided by the clip the bin clip s entry fields will provide the source timecode instead of a relative timeline timecode see section Changing the Display Type on page 6 9 Items Description For a frame accurate positioning you may use 00 00 E n the in and outpoint entry fields Simply type in TOU 0508 in the entry field to the right of the respective button the position of the in outpoint that the clip should provide in the timeline of the CLIP STER Edit Tool Then press Enter to take on the selected position The in or outpoint han dler will be set accordingly 5 13 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide En 5 14 Items Description To position the in and outpoint handlers frame accurately you may also use the buttons IN and Our They will set the respective handler to the current position of the scrub bar cursor Posi tion the scrub bar cursor at the exact location where the in outpoint should be set Then press the respective button and the in or out point handler will be set accordingly The Position field display
142. ft or entering a negative value in the entry field you can rotate the image counter clockwise and by dragging the slider to the right or entering positive values you can rotate the image clockwise Slider SURG Rotation Enty Fiet Movement Values left negative Rotation right positive With the Sharpness slider you can sharpen or blur the image How ever the effect is only lightly to perceive and this slider and its entry field to the right find its main usage when Moir effects occur in your image Moir effects are interferences in your video output signal usually caused by fine black and white image details in your video clip such as striped or checked patterns If such interferences in your image occur use the slider and pull it to the left or right until the jitter ing or other interferences disappear Slider Hee Result Movement left blur Sharpness right sharpen To use the Sharpness slider the combo box Filter has to be set to the Adaptive Filter or Software Filter DVS The Timeline The combo box Filter below the sliders is connected to the sliders for sharpness and zooming It determines the algorithm that will be used to change the video image contents The following settings are avail able on the list of the combo box Filter Meaning Classic real This filter uses an algorithm without filtering time and is ideal when working with ligh
143. g the sequence of clips cutting clips or defining transitions To view your work on an additionally connected monitor you i have to configure the output format of the timeline according ly see section How to Configure the Video Output on page 6 11 Performing editing work on clips in the timeline of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool is very easy because most editing functions are immediately at hand where they are needed most For example the transition prop erties can be accessed directly from its visible part in a video track You can use the video overlay of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool to monitor and check the progress of your work Mostly the editing work and its output effect can be seen with the video overlay instantly For exam ple clips of different sizes in the video track s of the timeline may get cropped stretched or compressed or scaled according to your set tings for the respective clips and your output settings All these effects can be viewed instantaneously via the video overlay of the control ar CLIPSTER uses only representations of the original material on the video hard disks for the clips in the bin and the time line All editing tasks are performed virtually and at all times your original material will never be altered This section describes how to work with the timeline of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool in general 6 25 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 6 4 1 The Insert Overwrite Mode of the Time
144. ge Information on page 7 8 The place holder Channels indicates the se lected audio channels of the area Channels For each en abled check box one file will be created iJ If a container format is selected as the file format e g Win dows Media you will receive a single file only that contains both audio and video 7 15 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS The audio files are stored in their respective frames subdirectory For each 20 000 frames the CLIPSTER Edit Tool generates an extra sub directory to store the image files in because Windows may cause problems if more than 20 000 files are stored in one directory In each of these subdirectories the matching set of audio files is stored meaning the audio files are appropriately cut to match the 20 000 frames of video If no video finalization was selected all audio files will be stored in the first subdirectory i e in lt File entry field 0000 z Video and audio clips divided in several subdirectories are i called multi clips They can be handled by the CLIPSTER soft ware as one clip Further information about this can be found in section Details about Clips on page 4 10 Finalizing The buttons on the bottom right hand side of the window Finalizing allow you to control this window Use the button RENDER to start the generation uem and rendering process soon as the necessary information are set such as output t
145. h its appearance This will be followed by a description of the task bar of the software The chapter will be concluded with some general notes about how to perform a project management with the CLIPSTER Edit Tool 2 1 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 2 1 2 2 Overview of the Software Structure The CLIPSTER software package consists of various individual pro grams and modules that combined provide the system s unique ca pabilities to process digital video and audio in real time The following diagram shows the communication processes between individual software parts and some hardware components of CLIPSTER in detail innare ES IL Hardware 1 Tools Software R i Hard Disk Array Configuration Tool g a User Interface Plug In eae N PCI Video Board PCI Video ieee ee oP Board Driver olde Softwa re L EE Figure 2 1 Structure of software of the video system this is only an abstraction of the real vid eo device to show the ways of communication within the sys tem i Although the graphic shows a software and a hardware side Video Board and Driver The central core of the whole system is the DVS PCI video board and its driver because they provide the functionality for the video system Without them the system would not be able to display any video sig nals nor would the DVS software components be operational The PCI video board driver controls
146. hat is too high for two si multaneous vid eo streams If the respective transitions are displayed in the timeline without a prerendering indi cation reduce the value that indicates when a timeline el ement has to be prerendered see CLIPSTER Configuration Tool in the CLIPSTER Config urations user guide Then prerender the transitions see section Prerendering of Timeline Elements on page 6 38 After this the problem should be resolved Within a certain Either the materi Either prerender the timeline video clip alhasaresolu element if it is a subject to a tion that is too prerendering see section high or Prerendering of Timeline El The agplisd clip ements on page 6 38 or fi nalize the timeline see effect is not real er ene fine capable section Finalize on P page 7 7 After this the prob lem should be resolved Throughout the The configuration Contact your local vendor timeline of the video sys tem was altered so that it is no longer capable of real time opera tions One or more hard disks of video hard disk array may be damaged Replace the defective disk s as described in the CLiP STER hardware guide i If drops occur during a record operation of the CLIPSTER video system one or more hard disks of the video hard disk array may be damaged In this case replace the defective disk s as described in the CLIPSTER hardware guid
147. he access times meaning in multi threaded I O mode the access time to a single file one bar may be longer because several ones were read or written at the same time Therefore the chart will provide a correct view to the access times only if CLIPSTER is set to the single threaded I O mode which is a setting available in the CLIP STER Configuration Tool Enable Async I O see CLIPSTER Configurations user guide for more information Because itis a system setting you have to close and start the CLIP STER software to bring a change of it into effect If drops occur they will be entered in the drop table of the perfor mance monitor Then please proceed as follows Check the position of the drops on the video timeline by double clicking individual entries or by selecting the MARK ALL button of the table controls Afterwards perform the play out operation and the checking of the drop positions again Then confront your results with the following table Marker Timeline Probable Location Element Cause Solution At certain On video clip s Material at cer Check the material on the position s tain frames faulty video hard disk array and re place the faulty files After this the problem should be resolved 4 38 The Tool Area Marker Location Timeline Element Probable Cause Solution At random On transition s Timeline materi al has a resolu tion t
148. igits are left out With omitted colons the entered timecode will be inter preted from right to left the last two numbers in dicate the frame the next two the seconds etc Example 1 9 jumps to 1 sec frame 9 109 jumps to 1 sec frame 9 247 jumps to 2 sec frame 47 00 00 03 23 when raster is in 24p Additionally to move to a certain position on the timeline you can either add or subtract the time code or the frame amount from the given position For this simply add the timecode or frame amount with a minus or plus sign to the given posi tion in the timecode frame number field After that press Enter to confirm your entry and move to the entered position Example 1 23 2 05 jumps to 4 sec frame 4 4 04 53 jumps to 1 sec frame 23 DVS The Control Area 5 4 The Master Mode If you drag either a video or audio clip from the bin to the control area of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool the software chang es to the master mode control area a a Meeme Review Deke a CN 10 00 1500 20 00 Figure 5 5 Drag and drop of clip to control area The clip in the bin is neither removed nor deleted when it is i dragged to the control area It will remain there for future use so that you can add the clip or other parts of the clip to the timeline again You can also switch to the master mode manually by pressing the re spective button of the controls see section Controls on page 5 5 In the master mode
149. illiseconds when the frame view is activated the inpoint will be dis played in milliseconds only 6 57 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS top right Exact outpoint of the clip on the timeline minus the duration of one frame with the timecode view of the timeline activated the seconds and frames will be shown as seconds in a decimal number i e with milliseconds when the frame view is activated the outpoint will be displayed in milliseconds only bottom left Name of the clip as it is available in the bin togeth er with its folder path in curly brackets the audio channels streams of the clip indicating its audio mode e g 0 1 meaning a stereo stream of channel 0 and 1 or 0 0 meaning a mono stream of channel 0 bottom right Length duration of the clip z The audio mode of the clip can be changed in its clip proper i ties bin For this the clip must not be present in the timeline of the Edit Tool With the display type set to File number the in and out point information of the clips will provide the in and outpoint with regard to the single audio file only in milliseconds i e untrimmed each audio clip in the timeline will begin with zero and end with its total duration see also section Changing the Display Type on page 6 9 You can receive additional information about the clips via their tooltips which can be customized to your needs see section Configuring the Tooltips of Clips on page 6 8 for fu
150. in the CLIPSTER Configurations user guide How to Configure the Audio Output The timeline area contains several audio tracks where you can add audio clips in the desired sequence and set fade ins and outs To output audio via the digital audio outputs of CLIPSTER you have to configure the audio output accordingly z The number of audio tracks displayed in the CLIPSTER Edit i Tool can be set freely see section Video and Audio Track Properties on page 6 6 By default channel 1 and 2 in stereo mode are set for all tracks as the audio output To the right of each audio track you can find a button 1 audio track properties buttons 2 3 Figure 6 12 Buttons to configure the audio output settings With them you can set for each track separately the audio output Af ter pressing one of the buttons the following window will be displayed The Timeline Track properties Figure 6 13 Window to configure the audio output settings In the area Audio mode select whether the audio mode of the track should be in mono or in stereo The CLIPSTER Edit Tool applies the se lected audio mode directly to the respective audio track and it will be down or up mixed before it reaches any output While the smallest unit of a video clip is a single frame the smallest unit of an audio clip is a sample CLIPSTER provides up to 48 000 sam ples per second of audio 48 kHz opposed to the respective video frequency s
151. ine cursor when zoomed into the timeline As you can see in the figure above the frame selected with the cursor is the 4th frame of the 31st second and it ends where the 5th frame starts The frame end marker is very useful when you wantto perform frame accurate cuts or other edit works Moving via the Scrub Bar of the Control Area In contrast to the timeline of the timeline area the scrub bar of the con trol area always shows the complete timeline of the loaded project It can also be used to move within your project 6 21 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS scrub bar with cursor 6 22 Figure 6 24 The scrub bar There are several ways to move within your project with the scrub bar of the control area Select the scrub bar cursor E79 with the mouse and move it to the left or right to the desired position Click on a position on the scrub bar outside the visible part of the timeline to move the scrub bar cursor there instantly You can also move the visible part of the timeline on the scrub bar to the left or right with the mouse to select another part of the timeline in the timeline area for viewing Further information about the scrub bar can be found in sec tion The Scrub Bar of the Control Area on page 5 3 Other Ways to Move within the Timeline For a frame accurate moving or to play out and review the timeline you may use the controls of the control area of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool With them
152. ing the In and Outpoints of Clips Usually before a clip is added to the timeline you adjust its in and outpoint via the master mode of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool see section The Master Mode on page 5 9 However after clips are added to the timeline you still have the possibility to change their in and out point There are two ways to change the in and outpoint of clips already added to the timeline 1 You can change the in and outpoint of adjacent clips to a cut ting point via the trim mode of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool or 2 you an change the in and outpoints manually in its timeline track 6 39 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 6 40 Both procedures are detailed in this section f While the trim mode is used for video material only the i changing of in and outpoints in the timeline tracks can be used for all timeline elements i e video clips audio clips and embedded operators e g transitions For a frame accurate trimming of the in and outpoints you may also use the appropriate keyboard shortcuts such as M trim by ten frames and trim by one frame after the selection of the in outpoint handler see also section Keyboard Shortcuts on page A 3 They can be used in the trim mode of the control area as well as in the timeline of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool How to Change In Outpoints with the Trim Mode With the trim mode of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool you can change the in a
153. ings controls Figure 4 20 Performance monitor configuration window The Settings window provides the following items group list On the left side of the Settings window you can find a group list that provides access to the differ ent settings of the performance monitor Once an entry in the list is selected the settings pane to the right will alter its appearance and the configu ration items of the respective group are dis played You can then change the settings under this group 4 29 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS settings pane The settings pane shows the settings of the se lected group entry group list to the left that are available under this group To change the settings alter the configurations in the settings pane and confirm your alterations with the OK button This will close the Settings window and they will be in effect for this CLIPSTER session settings controls The controls are used to confirm or cancel your alterations of the settings as well as to administer the default settings Group Data Handling The handling of the data that the performance monitor receives can be set with the group Data Handling Settings Figure 4 21 The settings items of the group Data Handling 4 30 DVS The Tool Area In detail this group provides the following settings items Create results file When this check box is activated the perfor mance monitor will create a results file
154. ings right from the start Settings Controls The control buttons at the bottom of the Settings window are used to confirm or cancel your alterations of the settings as well as to ad minister the default settings The following controls are available The performance monitor was originally designed as a separate tool for the CLIPSTER software This button will show you the software version of the monitor in a dialog window The OK button confirms your alterations to the settings and closes the Settings window Your settings will be in effect for this CLIPSTER session only as long as they were not stored as default values via the button SAVE As DEFAULT The button CANCEL closes the window for the set tings of the performance monitor without confirm ing your settings The monitor will use the last confirmed settings 4 34 The Tool Area With the USE DEFAULTS button you set all settings items available in the Settings window back to their default values Save As Default The values currently set in the Settings window can be stored as their default values with the SAVE AS DEFAULT button Then you can switch back to them easily after a previous changing of the settings with the button USE DEFAULTS Fur thermore the default values will be available again automatically after a restart of the CLIPSTER software 4 3 6 Using the Performance Monitor The performance monitor of CLIPSTER monitors the hard dis
155. ion Moving within the Timeline on page 6 20 to the position where the in outpoint should be set Press the IN OUT button An in outpoint can only be defined once If you set it anew the previous one will be replaced The in outpoint will be set at this position The still selected part of the timeline will be displayed as usual whereas the deselected part is shown in a dimmed fashion in the video and audio tracks Further more in the timeline scale the selected part of the timeline will be marked with a blue line like the one used to set in and outpoint of bin clips see section Setting In and Outpoint for the Clip from the Bin on page 5 12 Figure 6 25 Timeline with set in and outpoint With a set in and outpoint a play out of the timeline will then be per formed between in and outpoint if set accordingly via the Configura tion Tool of CLIPSTER see CLIPSTER Configurations user guide Deleting an In Outpoint To delete an in outpoint perform the following Press the button DELETE to activate the deletion mode for the in and outpoint Click the IN OUT button The in outpoint will be deleted If both are deleted the whole timeline will be available again for a play out DVS The Timeline 6 4 Working with the Timeline in General After adding clips to the timeline see section Adding Clips to the Timeline on page 6 2 you can begin your editing work by for exam ple alterin
156. ions and functions Match frame If you want to know the exact position of an indi vidual frame in the source material of the video clip or transfer this image or the complete image sequence to another application for further pro cessing you can select the menu option Match frame Then the control area of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool switches to its master mode where the frame currently selected via the timeline cursor together with its clip will be made available After this you can easily recognize the exact frame position in its source material via the Position field because the scrub bar cursor will be placed in the scrub bar of the clip accordingly see section The Mas ter Mode on page 5 9 Further information about this feature can be found in section Match ing an Individual Video Frame on page 6 52 i The Match frame menu option can also be found on the context menu of the time line scale 6 49 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide n 6 50 Delete Attach Disconnect ele ment Disconnect group Disconnect timeline Enable tooltip Properties This menu option deletes the respective clip where the context menu was invoked from the timeline T You may also select the clip and press i the Del key on you keyboard to delete a clip from the timeline These menu options enable you to work with at tached clips Sometimes during your editing work you may want to group audio and
157. it is best to view the complete contents of the timeline e f appropriate use the sliders below the audio tracks in the time line area to zoom out of your project For this move the left slider to its leftmost position until you see the complete timeline When you have changed the view of the timeline you will see a screen like the following Figure 3 6 Project in timeline The buttons right in front of the timeline tracks video as well as audio determine whether a track is enabled or disabled audio muted With the button SETTINGS above the timeline s scale you can determine the output format video raster of the project Here you can also configure the size of the video and or au dio tracks There is also a setting available that performs an autoscaling of the material in the timeline if the resolution dif fers from the configured output raster 3 9 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS As a next step we want to delete one of the clips of the timeline and change the sequence of the remaining clips 3 2 4 Moving Clips in the Timeline Because for this tutorial we want to have only two clips in the video track the second and the first clip in this particular order we have to delete the second part of the first clip and then change the se quence of the remaining two clips For this perform the steps as de scribed below e Select the second part of the first clip the last clip present in the ti
158. ith the buttons DELETE IN and Our of the timeline area you can set an in and outpoint for the timeline A play out and finalizing if set ac cordingly will then be performed in the defined range between in and outpoint only The way the timeline is played out can be configured with the Configuration Tool of CLIPSTER see CLIPSTER Configura tions user guide for more information The way a finalizing is performed can be configured during the setup of the final izing process see section Finalize on page 7 7 The DELETE button is a toggle button If it is activat ed ma you can delete the in or outpoint by click ing the IN or Our button Regardless of the position of the timeline cursor the in outpoint will be deleted If the DELETE button is deactivated a click on the IN or Our button will set the in or outpoint respectively at the current position of the timeline cursor The IN button sets or deletes the inpoint of the time line depending on the state of the DELETE button The inpoint will be set at the position of the timeline cursor The OuT button sets or deletes the outpoint of the LI timeline depending on the state of the DELETE but ton The outpoint will be set at the position of the timeline cursor Setting an In Outpoint To set an in outpoint perform the following 6 23 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 6 24 e Move the timeline cursor via its controls or manually see sect
159. ize see section Minimize on page 7 2 After starting the program CLIPSTER the CLIPSTER Edit Tool software module is activated automatically Here you can see the following items menu bar At the top of the CLIPSTER user interface you can find a menu bar This menu bar provides access to func tions and tasks of an administrative nature to the CLIPSTER Edit Tool Here you can find for example import and export functions as well as several menu options generally concerned with projects and project files A description of the menu bar can be found in chapter The Menus on page 7 1 2 5 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 2 6 tool area control area timeline area task bar Directly below the menu bar you can find the tool area which may show you depending on the currently ac tive CLIPSTER module and or on the optional features available various tools that can be used during your work with CLIPSTER The tools are provided as tabs to switch easily between them By default you can find among the tools for example the bin which provides initial access to the video material For more details about the tool area and the individual tools provided see chapter The Tool Area on page 4 1 To the right of the tool area you can find the control ar ea In the CLIPSTER Edit Tool this area is used to pre and review your current project At the top you can find the video overlay where you can see the video material Bel
160. izontally on the volume control line to the location where the control point should be added As soon as you can add a control point the mouse cursor changes to a cross Then click with the mouse This will create a control point which can be moved in every direction on the audio clip The control points react to certain elements in the video and i audio tracks of the timeline snapping mode of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool to allow for an automated positioning You can de activate the snapping mode and activate a fine tuning mode by pressing the Shift key Further information about the snapping mode can be found in section Moving Clips within the Timeline on page 6 29 To delete a control point select from its context menu the menu option Remove control point see also section The Context Menu of Audio Clips on page 6 58 When you move the control point up or down you can turn up or down the volume of the respective clip If you want to create audio peaks or fade in or out audio you have to create more than one control point and set them accordingly There is no limit in the total number of control points and new ones can be created as described above As an example the following figure shows an audio project with con trol points set to create fades 6 60 Figure 6 51 Fades achieved with the CLiPSTER Edit Tool To control the setting of a control point the CLIPSTER Edit Tool shows you its current volume
161. ject you have to drag i add audio clips to the bin as well If you select another file than the first frame file in a video di rectory the scrub bar cursor of the thumbnail the clip s in point will be set accordingly You may select more than one video directory in the file man ager and drag them to the contents area of the bin The re spective clips will all be added to the bin You can also add clips to the bin via the menu option Add Clip on the context menu of the contents area Via the context menu of a clip in the bin either audio or video you can call up the clip s properties Most of these can only be altered if the clip is not already present in the timeline By default CLIPSTER sets the video format of each clip added A to the bin via a drag and drop procedure or the menu option Add Clip to the progressive field mode If your material is in an interlaced video format you have to call up the clip prop erties of the clip and change the field mode respectively 3 2 2 Adding Clips to the Timeline 3 6 For the editing process CLIPSTER uses a timeline with several video and audio tracks where you can add the clips in the desired sequence as they should be played out in the end You can then for instance define wipes dissolves or cuts for the material There is no need to worry about your original material being in different resolutions CLIP STER works resolution independent and is capable of handling mat
162. k access es of the CLIPSTER software to the video data With it you can verify for example the status of the hard disks of the storage array as well as of certain files on the array Individual frames missing in an image sequence clip i e i image files that are not present on the hard disk array at all Will not cause the performance monitor to show a drop How ever you can check the consistency of your material added to the bin with the menu option Check Bin on the Bin menu see section Check Bin on page 7 22 and section Consis tencies of Clips on page 6 51 This section will explain shortly how to use the performance monitor First it will be described how to prepare the monitor and the CLIPSTER software for the measuring of access times After that follows a de scription of how to perform the actual test with a play out operation z Although the following describes how to use the performance i monitor during a play out of video data only it can also be used during a record operation However then it will measure how long it takes to write an image file to the video hard disk array A record can be performed with the I O Tool of the CLIPSTER software see CLIPSTER I O Tool user guide Preparing the Software and the Performance Monitor This section explains how to prepare the CLIPSTER software as well as the performance monitor for the measuring of access times during a play out operation After sta
163. kground of your video workstation It operates in loops at certain intervals Each time it is started it will go through var ious checkings and phases of defragmentation Whether a defrag mentation has to be performed is indicated by a special assessment that evaluates the fragmentation degree of the clips on the hard disk array Once a defragmentation is indicated it will start by defragment ing the worst fragmented files and align them on the hard disks so that they are optimized for real time tasks such as a play out or a record In its next cycle it will take other not so worse fragmented files and so on until all data is defragmented sufficiently Afterwards in each cycle only the checking is performed until a fragmentation is de tected once more times and a moderate acquisition of data the hard disk array Of CLIPSTER will always be in a perfect state for real time op erations i When operating at regular intervals with sufficient stand still S A 9 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS The CLIPSTER defragmentation process uses proprietary N routines to defragment the data on the hard disks Because the Windows defragmentation tool will not use the same routines it is best not to use it for a defragmentation of the video hard disk array but to leave this task to the CLIPSTER defragmentation process alone A triggered defragmentation process is automatically halted as soon as a real time task is performed o
164. l not be recognized by the CLIPSTER Edit Tool when the project file is loaded once more Neither will they be used for a play out nor will they be deleted via the Clean temp dir menu option In such a case they have to be deleted manually again CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide Index A DOUN dete d oam oRR Delum Dai eM 7 28 access time 4 21 4 22 CHOC Al ouo etc piii erae 4 33 highililiti occ aero een 4 32 NISTON ocaeca tecti etitm nce 4 24 action safety ssssssss 5 2 add clip to DIN eee 3 4 4 6 to timeline 3 7 6 2 to timeline certain length 6 30 Dgee 6 11 6 15 application export 6 51 6 53 7 18 destructive 6 53 7 19 sequence processing 6 53 6 54 7 19 aspect ratio 1 uscesicseisce cire 7 13 during cropping 6 17 video overlay 5 2 6 11 zoom and pan 6 71 AL start end 2 ecce id obbd eiecit 6 8 attaching audio to video 6 46 6 50 6 59 audio 3 6 3 8 4 7 6 3 6 57 analog output 6 15 channels 6 13 7 14 default output 6 12 embedded channels 6 11 6 15 fades serrian tities 6 60 file format aisi ioa ciet aisi me tonic A 6 MIXING eiaa 6 14 oi lio onnannnnanonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnne 6 15 multi clip 4 8 4
165. lected via the buttons Our and IN ten frames for or backwards The respective han dler will move accordingly If both buttons are ac tivated the out and inpoint will be both adjusted simultaneously 5 5 2 Setting In and Outpoint of Clips If clips are already present in the timeline of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool you can change their in and outpoint with the trim mode To do this frame accurately you have various controls at hand either to monitor the trimming or to adjust it With the trim mode activated and the time line cursor positioned at the right cutting point between the clips that you would want to change perform the following f Y You can also change in and outpoints of clips with their re i spective representations in the timeline directly see section Changing the In and Outpoints of Clips on page 6 39 Select the in or outpoint handlers in the timelines of the clips with the mouse and move them to the desired position for each clip 7 You cannot change in and outpoints beyond the limits of the i original material on the video hard disks REL If the clips provide a long duration you can adjust the han dlers only roughly Then to set them more accurately you may use either the keyboard controls of the CLIPSTER software see section Keyboard Shortcuts on page A 3 or the con trols below the two timelines as described in the following e f not already set accordingly sel
166. led list of all clips that could not be verified With the button DELETE THESE CLIPS you can then delete the missing clips from your bin or you can proceed to the inconsistent bin with the button IGNORE Missing frames in between the first and the last frame of a i clip will be substituted during a play out by the CLIPSTER Edit Tool with a standard image automatically see section Con sistencies of Clips on page 6 51 7 23 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 7 5 The Options Menu The Options menu provides menu options to set up and configure the CLIPSTER workstation In detail it contains the menu options shown below ene Options Project config Defaults Load defaults Save defaults Figure 7 8 The Options menu They will be described in the following sections 7 5 1 Driver connect Driver connect F12 Because the CLIPSTER system is based on an open platform other programs than the CLIPSTER software may want to access the video board of the CLIPSTER video system To make this possible even with the CLIPSTER software running the menu option Driver connect was implemented When the driver of the video board is connected to the CLIPSTER soft ware this menu option is activated and a check mark appears before it If the driver is disconnected and free to be used by other programs the menu option Driver connect is deactivated z Ifthe driver is not in use by another program a sim
167. line 6 26 The INSERT button toggles between the insert and overwrite mode of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool Insert Mode In the insert mode a moved or added clip is inserted between the video material already present in the time line The video material behind the insertion point is moved backward in its position on the timeline In the insert mode no video material will be overwritten and intact undivided clips will be divided at the inser tion point If a clip is added to an empty timeline track the clip will au tomatically be adjusted to the beginning of the timeline To set a transition in the insert mode there must be enough i head and tail available otherwise the TRANSITION button will not be available For more information about transitions see section Handling Transitions on page 6 32 Example With the insert mode activated add a clip from the bin to the timeline or move a clip to the middle of an intact clip insertion point The result will be that clip no 1 gets divided at the insertion point The added clip no 2 will be placed here while the rest of clip no 1 moves to the end of clip no 2 The Timeline Overwrite Mode In the overwrite mode a moved or added clip replaces h Overwrite the video material behind the insertion point In the overwrite mode you can set a transition between two neighbor ing clips at all times If needed the CLIPSTER Edit Tool will c
168. line scale indicator line gap Figure 6 28 A gap in the timeline Then you have to move the other clips respectively or fill the gap by adding another clip see section Adding Clips of a Certain Length to the Timeline on page 6 30 otherwise there will be nothing to output in this part of the timeline More information about the overwrite mode can be found in section Overwrite Mode on page 6 27 f The starting point of a gap as well as its end is recognized by i the CLIPSTER Edit Tool as cutting points Thus you can move frame accurately to gaps easily via the control buttons that jump to cutting points see section Controls on page 5 5 6 4 4 Adding Clips of a Certain Length to the Timeline 6 30 If you wantto fill a gap in the timeline or fill a particular part of the time line with other video or audio material you can add a clip to the time line with the help of the timeline s in and outpoint 3 point and 4 point editing This will then fill the selected particular part of the timeline To add a clip of a certain length to a particular part of the timeline per form the following Move the timeline cursor to the position on the timeline where the clip to be added should start see also section Moving within the Timeline on page 6 20 Click the IN button of the timeline area This will set the inpoint of the timeline to the current position of the timeline cursor pus The Timeline
169. lip Mono Stereo Mono of clip z If the audio clip is in mono the settings for the track s audio Li mode and the channel s button provide of course no e function regardless of their setting f the audio clip in the timeline is in stereo and the audio track is configured to mono the clip will be down mixed by the CLIPSTER Edit Tool On all selected channels you will receive the same sig nal Output Audio Clip Audio Track Channel 1 Channel 2 Stereo Mono Mono ofstereo Mono of stereo clip clip fthe audio clip in the timeline is in stereo and the audio track is configured to stereo the output will depend on the state of the button i e whether the channels are configured as stereo or mono channels When the channels are set to mono a mono sig nal of the down mixed stereo clip will be provided If the channels are set to stereo a standard stereo signal will be output Output Audio Clip aD Button Channel 1 Channel 2 Stereo Stereo Mono de Mono of Mono of activated stereo clip stereo clip Stereo Stereo Stereo Channel 1 Channel 2 activated left of ste right of reo clip stereo clip DVS The Timeline Once the settings for the respective track are set confirm and acti vate them with the button OK of the Track Properties window With CLIPSTER it is not necessary to configure the output of audio furthe
170. lowing Call up the context menu on a formerly created folder in the folder area of the bin and select the menu option Rename After this you can change the name of the respective folder Enter the new name of the folder via the keyboard and confirm it with the Enter key Then the selected folder will be given the new name Only previously created folders can be renamed The root folder cannot be changed in any respect Deleting Folders Folders can be deleted the same way they are created via the con text menu Call up the context menu on a formerly created folder in the folder area of the bin and select the menu option Delete After this a warning message will appear on the screen 4 15 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS f you want to delete the folder and all clips that are sorted into it confirm the warning message This will delete the respective folder where the context menu was in voked If clips were sorted into the selected folder they will be deleted as well Only formerly created folders can be deleted The root folder cannot be changed in any respect 4 2 5 Working with Clips in the Bin 4 16 In the contents area of the bin you can see the video or audio material already added to the bin and sorted into the folders via their thumb nails or text information If the thumbnail view is activated a scrub bar to preview your material in still images and set roughly the inpoint of the
171. ly every fourth value will be used from the LUT You have to define all 1024 values and they have to be in incre menting order The color component values have to be stated as floating point values between 0 and 1 The file starts with LUT followed by the number of the color compo nents that are valid and will be used when this file is selected and the bit depth for example LUT 3 1024 After that come the color cor rection values Each line starts with the designation of the input value bit depth succeeded by the four color component values first red second green then blue and last the alpha channel This leads to the following syntax LUT lt valid color components gt lt bit depth gt lt input value gt lt R gt lt G gt lt B gt lt A gt A finished and complete LUT file has to look like the following value pairs in the middle left out CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide LUT 3 1024 009766 011719 013672 015625 017578 019531 OP 0C N HP ce OOoOoo0oo0o0 OOoOoo0oo0o0 1022 0 999023 0 A 5 Slave Mode Control 000000 000000 000000 001953 003906 005859 988281 1023 0 999023 0 991211 OOooOoo0oo0o0 000000 000000 000000 000000 000000 000000 999023 999023 OVO O Or O D OOoOoo0o0o0 In case you want to control CLIPSTER in slave mode via RS 422 the following specifications have to be set on the master device to ensure a frame accurate editing
172. m you have to do the following Select from the START button menu of Windows in the submenu DVS the entry for CLIPSTER for example All Programs DVS DVS Clipster Alternatively you may also start the program via the CLIPSTER icon on the desktop of Windows This will load the CLIPSTER software by DVS As the starting user in terface the CLIPSTER Edit Tool will be started automatically 7 Because the CLIPSTER software is designed to run in full i screen mode to provide for an undistracted view on the video material and the editing task at hand the following shortcuts may be helpful To open the Windows Explorer Windows A E To open the Task Manager Ctrl Alt Del To switch to the Windows Windows 4 D desktop To switch to another program Alt TAB To minimize the user interface for example to access other programs you may also use the Minimize menu option of the CLIPSTER icon on the menu bar see section Minimize on page 7 2 3 2 DVS Getting Started 3 2 First Steps in the CLIPSTER Edit Tool This section introduces in a step by step description how to work with the CLIPSTER Edit Tool It will be explained what to do to begin a project how to work with the timeline and how to perform a simple ed iting task Use this tutorial to familiarize yourself with the CLIPSTER Edit Tool and the way it has to be handled 3 2 1 Preparing the Bin After starting the CLIPSTER
173. meline with a click of the mouse and delete it with the keyboard key Del The representation of the clip in the timeline will be deleted and you will see two remaining clips in the video track of the timeline Figure 3 7 First and second clip in timeline Now we want to change the sequence of the remaining two clips e Select the second clip with the mouse and drag it along the time line to the beginning of the timeline Figure 3 8 Changing the position of the clip When the dragged clip reaches certain elements on the timeline it will automatically align itself to these elements If your first clip is long 3 10 Getting Started er than the second clip you will notice that the clip automatically ad justs itself to the end of the first clip and when dragged further to the beginning of the timeline This behavior is called the snapping mode of CLIPSTER The snapping mode is a very useful feature if you want to po i sition clips in the timeline It reacts not only to the end of clips or the starting point of the timeline but also to the position of the timeline cursor or the set in and outpoint of the timeline You can disable the snapping mode and activate a fine tun ing mode by pressing the Shift key Once the dragged clip reaches the beginning of the timeline release and drop it With the CLIPSTER Edit Tool in the insert mode the rest of the video material in the timeline will move backwar
174. menu option on the context menu of the bin s contents area This opens a standard dialog window of the operating system for the selection of a file Clipster 1 V SMPTE 240 1920x1035 Berlin berlin_00171 qt Z berlin_00178 qtl berlin_OO185 qll berlin_OO166 qt Z berlin_00173 qt A berlin_00180 qt E berlin_00187 qtl Z berlin_00194 tl berlin_O0167 qtl Z berlin_00174 qtl I berlin_00181 qtl 2 berlin_00188 qtl Z berlin_00195 qtl bein 00168 qu berlin 00175 qd berlin_00182 qtl berlin_00189 qt 4 berlin_00196 qt bein D0163 qu E berin_00176 qt Z berlin_00183 qtl E berlin_O0190 qt cj berlin_00197 q berlin_00170 qtl i berlin_00177 qtl berlin_00184 qtl berlin_00191 qt berlin_00198 qtl ET Sa berlin_00165 qt All Files Figure 4 8 Dialog window to add a clip to the bin Select a video or audio file from the list box or enter its name in the entry field File name If the list box does not contain the desired file name make sure that the correct drive and directory has been select ed If you select another file than the first video frame file in a video directory the scrub bar cursor of the thumbnail a possible clip s inpoint will be set accordingly Confirm your selection with the button OPEN The selected video or audio clip will then be loaded in the contents area of the bin By repeating the described steps above you can add as many clips to your bin as your project needs
175. menu option will show a checked comma in front Additional information about the tooltips can be found in section Configuring the Tooltips of Clips on page 6 8 The information displayed via the tool tips can be adjusted freely with the Con figuration Tool of CLIPSTER Additionally the tooltips can also be enabled or dis abled there see CLIPSTER Configura tions user guide 6 6 3 Volume Control The button VOLUME is important for audio clips You can find it at the bottom of the timeline area to the left of the sliders to change the timeline s view This button displays or hides the volume control lines of the audio clips Volume With the volume control lines you can change the volume for each clip separately If the button VOLUME is in its active state the volume con trol lines are visible volume control line 100 level line control point Figure 6 50 Volume control of audio 6 59 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS After dragging an audio clip to one of the audio tracks from the bin the whole volume control line is set to 100 as shown in figure 6 49 on page 6 57 In this state there are two volume control points avail able one at the beginning of the clip and one at its end To tune the audio volume up or down you have to either use the already available volume control points or create a new one To create a new volume control point perform the following e Move the mouse cursor hor
176. n clip clip container format cutting edit point drop dropped frames embedded operator frame end marker Library and clip management tool of the CLIP STER software Either a clip present in the bin or dragged to the control area of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool With the latter the CLIPSTER Edit Tool switches to the master mode and the bin clip will be available in the left of the two video overlays A folder directory of the Windows file system that contains frames video files File format that contains audio as well as video data in a single file only i e the video and au dio files are not stored as single image or audio files but together in one file Cut between clips New cuts can be created with the button ADD EDIT of the timeline area Frames image files that CLIPSTER could not load from or write to the video hard disks in time for the performed real time operation An operator such as a transition that is embed ded in the timeline and visible as a timeline el ement When zoomed far into the timeline the time line cursor will provide a dotted yellow line that indicates where the selected image ends on the timeline CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide n A 2 head inpoint insert LUT look up table multi clip operator outpoint overwrite scrub bar to scrub source timecode tail timeline cursor timeline element transition Material at the beginning of a clip that
177. n line area you can process its source material with a third party application of your choice either by using the original data directly destructive ex port or by previously copying the material before hand Afterwards you can use it again in the CLIPSTER software without any difficulty Further information about this can be found in section Processing the Source Material of a Video Clip on page 6 53 6 5 3 Consistencies of Clips During the loading of a project file or the import of a bin see section Open on page 7 4 and section Import Bin on page 7 21 vid eo clips are checked for inconsistencies It is tested whether the first and the last frame of each video clip is available on the video hard disks However frames missing in between the first and the last frame are not verified automatically If a clip is played out where frames are missing the missing frames will be substituted by the CLIPSTER Edit Tool automatically with a stan dard image Figure 6 45 Substituted image for a missing frame Then it is best to check your bin and thus your timeline for inconsis tencies more thoroughly with the menu option Check Bin on the Bin menu see section Check Bin on page 7 22 This menu option will provide you with a list of the clips where frames are missing After that either the whole clip or the missing frames should be replaced or re corded anew 6 51 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS
178. n more detail Additionally you can perform a general configuration and set up of the performance monitor here The chart controls provide the following items be disabled To use it you have to enable it first This can be done with the Configuration Tool of CLIPSTER see CLIPSTER Configurations user guide for more information i If the controls appear dimmed the performance monitor will ej When viewing the history of the access times in the chart with the history slider see below you can return at any time to the current status of the performance monitor where the access times are continuously updated in real time with this button WEN EMEN he slider to the right of the UPDATE button deter mines the viewing resolution of the chart When pulled to the left you will receive a higher resolu tion The bars displayed in the chart will get thin ner thus more bars will be displayed in the chart When pulled to the right the bars will get thicker and less bars will be visible When the history mode of the performance mon itor is enabled see section Configuring the Per formance Monitor on page 4 29 you can change the viewing position of the chart with the slider to the right hand side of the chart controls You can go to the earliest available access times by pulling this slider to the left and to the latest access times by pulling it to the right Once this slider is used you are in the history mode of the pe
179. n the edit mode only one video overlay is visible where you can see and check your changes applied to the clips in the timeline This button activates the master mode of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool where you can select the in and outpoint of a clip coming from the bin before adding it to the timeline Once everything is set you can drag the clip from the control area to a video track of the timeline The master mode is described in more detail in section The Master Mode on page 5 9 You can switch to the trim mode of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool with this button After its activation the CLIPSTER Edit Tool will automatically jump to the nearest cutting point and the timeline cursor will be positioned there Use the trim mode of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool to change in and outpoint of adjacent clips to a cutting point for example if there are not enough head and tail available for a transition The trim mode is described in more de tail in section The Trim Mode on page 5 16 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide n The SLAVE MODE button activates the slave mode of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool With the slave mode the CLIPSTER video workstation can be controlled via RS 422 from another system e g a VTR ora digital disk recorder such as the Pronto2K by DVS When the slave mode is activated a mes sage box will be displayed by CLIPSTER and the user interface will be barred from entries Slave mode e 7705977 Figure 5 4 Activated slave mode
180. n timeline Via the context menu of the transition you can set the properties of the transition for example change the type of wipe for the transition Invoke the context menu on the transition in the timeline usually with a right click of the mouse and select the menu option Prop erties Alternatively you can also double click the transition to call the Transition Operator configuration window directly 3 13 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 3 14 e Inthe Transition Operator configuration window select as a transition for example Vertical Wipe and confirm your selec tion with the OK button z This window also provides a scrub bar which can be used to i preview the transition on the video overlay in the main win dow After the confirmation a transition of the selected type is applied to the cut between the two clips Use the controls of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool to review the last transition or to play out the complete timeline in real time In the insert mode there must be enough head and or tail i available of at least one clip to set a transition otherwise the button TRANSITION will be unavailable If there are not enough head and tail available you can use the trim mode of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool to change the in and outpoint of the adja cent clips to a cutting point If you are in the overwrite mode of the timeline the CLIPSTER Edit Tool will create the head and tail necessary for the tr
181. nd it will react to certain elements of the timeline snapping mode of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool to allow for an automated positioning Further information about the snapping mode can be found in section Moving Clips within the Timeline on page 6 29 f Y When adding or moving clips in the timeline you have to i heed the current insert overwrite mode of the timeline More information on this can be found in section The Insert Over write Mode of the Timeline on page 6 26 i During the adding of clips to the timeline the clip will be visi S 6 1 1 Taking a Clip Directly from the Bin 6 2 You can take a clip directly from the contents area of the bin and add it to the tracks of the timeline For this perform the following Select one clip or more with the Ctrl key pressed in the con tents area of the bin and drag and drop it with the mouse into a video or audio track e Video clips can only be dragged to the video track s of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool and audio clips only to the audio tracks DVS The Timeline timeline video track audio tracks Figure 6 1 Drag and drop of clip to timeline Once the mouse button is released a representation of the clip is added to the timeline When using clips from the bin they are neither removed nor i deleted there They will remain in the bin for future use so that you can add the clip or other parts of the clip to the timeline again Usually
182. nd outpoint of adjacent video clips to a cutting point You can acti vate the trim mode with its button from the controls of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool WI see section Controls on page 5 5 When the trim mode is activated the CLIPSTER Edit Tool will automat ically jump to the nearest cutting point in the video track s and the timeline cursor will be positioned accordingly Furthermore the con trol area then displays two video overlays The left one shows the last frame of the clip left to the cut while the right one displays the inpoint and first frame of the clip to the right You can then use the trim mode to change the in and outpoint easily Select the in outpoint handler in the scrub bar below each video overlay with the mouse and move it to the desired position for the respective clip f For a frame accurate trimming you may also use the con i trols below the two overlays see section The Trim Con trols on page 5 17 You cannot change the in outpoint beyond the limits of the original material on the video hard disks Your alterations will be effective immediately in the timeline After changing the settings of the handlers you can for example define a transition between the clips or perform a play out and outpoint in this mode can be found in section The Trim i More information about the trim mode and how to adjust in Mode on page 5 16 How to Change In Outpoints in the Timeline You can chang
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184. nfiguration 7 26 operator settings 6 68 PrOJEC MENT 7 5 scale of chart 4 23 4 26 4 33 scale of timeline see timeline scale scaling auto 3 9 6 11 7 13 information csccceio oct 6 70 ep MC A 2 91g DP coepi nee eee us A 2 control area 5 3 6 21 CUrSOr 5 4 5 11 5 14 6 22 cursor position 5 14 synchronize with timeline 5 12 thumbnail 3 6 4 18 transition 3 14 6 37 video clip properties 6 67 SD ODIDUS ci reee rod eedeeecereeee oes 6 11 sequence processing 6 53 6 54 7 19 SEWING coseccebecdaidaesessas 3 6 3 9 6 11 I 8 save defaults 7 26 transition siceraria 6 32 settings area 2 eo tiseteetesiendon 6 66 settings controls 4 30 settings pane ssss 4 30 SHAN piiBSe oes casar pr eE Ee Dei eta Eee eE Rd 6 72 j m RENE 6 73 SONGS TER HUN 6 72 shortcuts ccccecceeeseeeeeeeeeeees 3 2 A 3 Show this dialog at startup 4 34 single threaded I O mode 4 21 size of timeline area 4 2 6 5 of tool area cuneus qubd 4 2 of video overlay 5 2 SIZE Ol TES aoi e les boda 6 6 Slave MOOG sisson 5 6 specifications cisco A 8 slide triMM ng MEE 6 44 slip sync audio 6 1
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186. not completely recorded receive this icon Then you will know that parts of this clip may be missing However you can still use them in the timeline of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool and perform all works with them Files of an unknown type i e files where CLIPSTER is not able to deter mine whether these are audio or video files will get this icon These files can not be used in the CLIPSTER software pending clip unknown Real time Capability of Clips With an optimized video system and a video hard disk array that in corporates fully functioning hard disks CLIPSTER can handle film ma terial up to 2K in RGB 10 bit in real time If you want to process material of a higher resolution or bit depth the real time capability of CLIPSTER cannot be ensured even for a simple play out of the mate rial Clips that may cause trouble because of their resolution bit depth and or file size may invoke a warning message when added to the bin Then the clips will be visibly marked in the contents area of the bin For example in the thumbnail view their thumbnail as well as the respective text information that is the cause for this warning will be colored in yellow ing of a clip in the contents area of the bin can be configured with the setting Warn if base directory mismatch group General in the Configuration Tool of the CLIPSTER software see CLIPSTER Configurations user guide for more details i This behavior i e the
187. nt for i prerendering is defined by a setting in the Configuration Tool of the CLIPSTER software More information about this can be found in the CLIPSTER Configurations user guide 01 00 15 00 timeline scale indicator line Figure 6 32 Timeline element marked for prerendering With a click of the mouse on the yellow line you can start the preren dering process For more information about the prerendering process 6 38 DVS The Timeline in general see section Notes on Project Management on page 2 9 and section Prerender all on page 7 16 A changing of the video format will set all already preren dered parts of the timeline back to the need to be preren dered state i e the yellow line in the indicator line will appear again After a prerendering save your project file If an already saved project file is not saved after a prerendering process again the prerendered files will not be recognized by the CLIPSTER Edit Tool when the project file is loaded once more Neither will they be used for a play out nor will they be deleted via the Clean temp dir menu option They have to be deleted manually as described in section Cleaning the Temporary Data Manually on page A 10 7 Also related to the prerendering of files are the Prerender all i and Clean temp dir menu options on the menu Project see section Prerender all on page 7 16 and section Clean temp dir on page 7 17 6 4 8 Chang
188. o tracks with one click Use the buttons carrying the number of the respective track to enable or disable this track alone button active Active Track is enabled button inactive PREIS Track is disabled The respective track is then enabled or disabled for the editing work Furthermore if a track is disabled the contents of that track will not be used for a play out i e no video output and or audio muted DVS The Timeline 6 4 3 Moving Clips within the Timeline To arrange the clips in the desired sequence on the timeline as they should be played out in the end you have to move the clips within the timeline which is very easy with the CLIPSTER Edit Tool Simply select the clip and drag it with the mouse to the desired position on the time line Although the following is demonstrated on video clips the same applies to most timeline elements e g audio clips and transitions too Figure 6 27 Moving a clip With the insert mode activated if the clip is moved to a cutting point the clip will be inserted there while the rest of the material moves backwards in the timeline If itis dropped in the middle of another clip this clip will be divided and its rest will be moved to the end of the in serted clip This behavior depends on the selected mode of the timeline i With the overwrite mode activated the moved clip will over write the contents of the timeline from the point of the in
189. of the activated tool com pletely Then in case of the bin you will be able to view the thumbnails together with all text information available If you pull the right edge of the tool area completely to the left the tool area will no longer be visible if you pull it completely to the right the control area will be hidden and the contents of the activated tool will be displayed in full To prepare the bin for a project you have to fill it with audio and or vid eo material first For this perform the following of Windows Video and audio data should be stored on the designated video drive disk stripe set only Other storage lo cations may be too slow for real time operations Further more it is strongly recommended to use the disk stripe set for video and audio data only Save other data on the usual sys tem disks i CLIPSTER works with files in the operating system file system x Open a Windows file manager for example the Windows nra n the file manager select a video file either a file within a direc tory or the directory itself on the disk array where the video data is stored For a list of the supported file formats of CLIPSTER see sec tion Supported File Formats on page A 5 Drag and drop the selected video file directory to the contents area of the bin with the help of the mouse Getting Started fi scene 1 e Edt vew Favorites Tools Help O sce 2 C3 project 06 18 C3 proj
190. oject the temporary data will be deleted As long as you work on the project the no longer necessary files remain on your video workstation The location where these temporary files are stored is saved project specific in the project file i e each project file can have a different temporary directory and the exact location will be stored in the project file Therefore it is suggested when a prerendering of material is necessary to configure the project s temporary data to a directory of its own DVS recommends when working with different projects to create for each project a project specific directory on your video hard disk array where the project file is stored Beneath it create a subdi rectory for the temporary data Vs D project specific directory Do temporary data directory This structure guarantees a clear and easy to manage project You can set the temporary storage location of the currently loaded project in the CLIPSTER Edit Tool with the Configuration Tool of the 2 9 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 2 10 CLIPSTER software on the tab Project group Project field Path for temporary data see CLIPSTER Configurations user guide for more information z Also related to the prerendering of files are the Prerender all i and Clean temp dir menu options on the menu Project see section Prerender all on page 7 16 and section Clean temp dir on page 7 17 as well as the section Real tim
191. ollowing Move the timeline cursor to the cutting point between the two clips with the respective controls of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool e g HW WI see also section Moving within the Timeline on page 6 20 and section Controls on page 5 5 If you activate the trim mode the CLIPSTER Edit Tool will automatically jump to the nearest cutting point see section The Trim Mode on page 5 16 The Timeline This will make the button TRANSITION available in the CLIPSTER Edit Tool user interface To set a transition there must be enough head and or tail available of at least one clip to make a blending possible oth erwise the button TRANSITION will be unavailable You can create the necessary head and tail manually by adjusting the in and outpoint of clips see section Changing the In and Outpoints of Clips on page 6 39 If you are in the overwrite mode of the timeline the CLIPSTER Edit Tool will create the head and tail for the transition auto matically This means that parts of the clips will be moved for the transition Due to the moving of the clips the creation of a transition in the overwrite mode may cause gaps in the time line More information about the overwrite mode can be found in section Overwrite Mode on page 6 27 Select the button TRANSITION A transition appears between the two clips by default set to a Cross fade wipe and usually of one second length 25 00 30 00 transition Fig
192. ollowing items On the left side of the area Video you can see several buttons With them and with the list box below the buttons choose one of the predefined video formats for the rendering The project s timeline will then be rendered to this format Select a button to display the available formats in the list box below Then select from the list box the desired format This format will be shown on the right side of the area Video in the editable resolution fields and if appropriate the pulldown items will be made available If you have selected a YUV format as the file format the YUV range setting has to be applied It specifies whether the color space range of the finalized clip will be in a restricted Head or in a full value range Full The same applies to the RGB range setting If you have se lected an RGB file format this setting will be evaluated It specifies 7 11 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 7 12 whether the color space range of the finalized clip will be in a restrict ed Head or in a full value range Fu11 Further information about color space ranges and color i space conversions can be found in the CLIPSTER Configura tions user guide In the field TC Start select a timecode frame offset for the rendered clip is selected that stores source timecode information in its header e g dpx Then the clip will provide this timecode offset in its source timecode i The TC Start
193. on of the material and the type of operators used in the timeline a prerendering may be necessary prior to a play out Fact is the greater the resolution of the material in the timeline the more likely is the chance that a prerendering is required Then CLIPSTER may not be able to handle the respective clip or operator in real time 7n A prerendering may be indicated for all types of timeline ele i ments i e clips as well as embedded operators e g transi tions If any exceed the real time capability of CLIPSTER they will be marked for a prerendering Further information about the real time capability of clips can be found in section Real time Capability of Clips on page 4 12 The prerendering of timeline elements means that the CLIPSTER Edit Tool calculates the timeline elements before a play out takes place and stores the calculated extra files images in a temporary location on the video hard disk These are then used for a play out instead of the original material in the timeline Itis bestto handle and administer the temporary data project i specific meaning for each project in a different temporary storage location Further information about this can be found in section Notes on Project Management on page 2 9 A part of the timeline that has to be prerendered before a play out will be displayed with a yellow line in the indicator line of the timeline scale z Whether the CLIPSTER Edit Tool marks a timeline eleme
194. only if a file for i mat is selected that stores source timecode information in its header e g dpx Then the specified timecode will pro vide the entered frame rate as the source timecode s frame rate The Menus Use the combo box for the field mode to select whether your original material is in interlaced progressive or segmented frames format Via the entry field Aspect ratio you can change the aspect ratio of your image content and thus compress or stretch the image The as pect ratio value should be entered as the value of the x axis divided by the value of the y axis Aspect ratio xy Last but not least select the dominance of your interlaced material from the combo box Dominance The Odd fields value starts with the second video field of the interlaced image while the value Even fields begins with the first video field The Auto Scale and Original Aspect Ratio check boxes enable you to scale and resize E your original video material Both settings are concerned with the video format of the clips in the timeline and their output in the clip to be rendered must be seen in relation to the selected video format of the new clip With the check box Auto Scale activated the clips of the timeline will be scaled to their maximum allowable width or height so that no information gets lost i e the images will not get cropped with this function If you leave the Auto Scale check box unchecked the material will maint
195. operation from a third party color grader Additional Operators Additional editing and effects features for clips in the timeline that enhance the ca pability of CLIPSTER iden Introduction 1 4 Overview This user guide informs you about the general handling of the CLIP STER Edit Tool as well as of its complete controllable interface The chapters in this user guide contain the following information Chapter 1 Begins with a short introduction to CLIPSTER and the CLIPSTER Edit Tool followed by a note regarding the audience this manual is written for and an explanation of the conventions used in this manual Additionally it provides important notes that you should read Chapter 2 Provides basic information about the CLIP STER Edit Tool Here you can find information about the software structure of CLIPSTER as well as a first overview of the user interface of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool Furthermore this chapter provides some general notes about how to perform a project management with the CLIPSTER Edit Tool Chapter 3 In addition to the information how to start and shut down the program you can find a begin ner s tutorial how to work with the CLIPSTER Edit Tool and how to start your first project in this chapter Chapter 4 Explains the tool area of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool Chapter 5 This chapter describes the control area and the video overlay of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool Chapter 6
196. or will provide you with detailed information about occurring dropped frames frames that CLIPSTER could not load or write in time for the performed real time operation Via the table below or while in its history mode you can also get information about the approximate location where the drop took place 4 20 DVS The Tool Area For this the performance monitor provides the following elements chart The chart offers you a graphical interpretation of the measured access times During a play out or record operation each access to an image file will be shown as one bar in the chart The chart is in detail explained in section The Chart on page 4 22 chart controls With the chart controls you can view the results of the chart in more detail perform a general config uration of the performance monitor or create a DVS proprietary information file They are ex plained in section Chart Controls on page 4 24 drop table As soon as drops occur during your real time oper ation an entry will appear in the drop table for each drop that could be detected The entries will pro vide information for example about the date and time when the drop occurred or if detected as well about the file that was the cause for this drop You can find a description of the drop table in section The Drop Table on page 4 27 table controls Via the table controls you can either save the re sults shown in the drop table to a file or set ma
197. ordingly After a drag and drop procedure from a file manager folders in the folder area may be created automatically Then they will imitate the directory structure present on the video hard disks and the video files will be already sorted into the re spective folders This behavior can be configured with the Configuration Tool of the CLIPSTER software see CLIPSTER Configurations user guide for more details The same applies to audio multi clips if an audio multi clip is dragged to the contents area of the bin a subfolder will be created automatically which will then contain the individual audio clips For more information about multi clips see sec tion Details about Clips on page 4 10 The respective data will then be made available to CLIPSTER and you will see a thumbnail of the material in the contents area of the bin By repeating the described steps above you can add as many clips to your bin as you need The Tool Area Once at least one clip is available in the bin you can start working with the CLIPSTER Edit Tool and add the clip to the timeline see sec tion Adding Clips to the Timeline on page 6 2 Adding Clips to the Bin Using the Add Clip Menu Option You can use the Add Clip menu option to select video or audio clips that you want to move to the contents area of the bin Fora list of the supported file formats of CLIPSTER see section Supported File Formats on page A 5 Select the Add Clip
198. ormat respec tively Depending on the selected video format the video overlay of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool may change its aspect ratio 16 9 4 3 etc Rasters for film not included in the SDI standard i e 2K with i 20 Hz or more are output via the analog and DVI outputs only Some external devices have difficulties when handling em bedded audio that provides more than four audio channels In the video output settings the amount of audio channels that will be embedded in the video signal AIV can be set 6 11 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 6 12 In the Configuration Tool of CLIPSTER see CLIPSTER Configurations user guide you can configure the SD outputs as well as set an output raster that CLIPSTER should use as the default raster after starting the CLIPSTER software In the Output settings window you have further configura i tion possibilities at hand via the Options area at the bottom of the window Here you can configure the video and audio track sizes as well as the number of tracks see section Changing the Layout of the Timeline Area on page 6 5 a cropping for the whole timeline see section Cropping the Timeline on page 6 16 and the analog audio outputs to monitor audio during your editing work see section Further Audio Configurations on page 6 15 The rest of the available items in this window i e the items of the areas Name and Format are described in more detail
199. ormats of CLIPSTER see sec J tion Supported File Formats on page A 5 Drag and drop the selected file directory to the contents area of the bin with the help of the mouse You can also drop the file directory on a folder in the folder J area of the bin e g the root folder 4 7 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 4 8 je Edt View Favorites Tools Help EJ i JO search lE Folders EE v EJ Go Name Size Type Es Hollywood 00000 yuv 4 050KB YUV File Ej Hollywood 00001 yuv 4 050KB YUVFile E Hollywood 00002 yuv 4 050KB YUV File si Hollywood 00003 yuv 4 050KB YUV File E Hollywood 00004 yuv 4 050KB YUY File E Hollywood 00005 yuv 4 050KB YUV File E Hollywood 00006 yuv 4 050KB YUV File a E Hollywood 00007 yuv 4 050KB YUV File ES project 06 5 Hollywood 00008 yu 4 050KB YUV File amp C3 project 07 E Holywood 00009 yuv 4 050KB YUV File amp C3 project 08 E Hollywood 00010 yuv 4 050KB YUV File m E Holywood 00011 yuv 4 050KB YUV me lt S 87 objects Disk free space 1 16 TB 344 MB 3 My Computer Figure 4 7 Drag and drop of clip to bin You may select more than one directory with the Ctrl key pressed and drag them to the contents area of the bin The respective clips will all be added to the bin With video if you select another file than the first frame file in a video directory the scrub bar cursor of the thumbnail a possible clip s inpoint will be set acc
200. osition information of each clip are shown in the clip s text infor mation after they were added to the timeline top left and top right see section The Clip s Information on page 6 48 and in the time code fields of a bin clip dragged to the control area see section The Master Mode on page 5 9 When you select the arrow to the right of the combo box a drop down list will be available where you can set the display type CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS Figure 6 10 List of the display type combo box From this list select the display type that should be used for the clips in the timeline Selection Meaning Internal The clips use the internal timecode of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool s timeline Source TC The clips in the timeline use the timecode pro vided by their file header and set either via the Configuration Tool of CLIPSTER or via the clip s properties If clips do not provide a source timecode of their own they can be configured to show a virtual source timecode via their properties in the bin Further information about source timecode can be found in sec tion Notes on Source Timecode on page 2 11 File number With this setting the clips in the timeline will show you the number of the respective image file e g the image Ho11ywood00231 dpx as the starting point of the clip will be shown with 231 information in the file header no timecodes are displayed by the clips in th
201. ough CLIPSTER can handle even 2K film material in RGB 10 bit some edit works cannot be played out in real time instantly when ap plied to the timeline For example material that comes directly from a DVS CineReel cannot be edited with operators other than hard cuts and then played out in real time because the DVS CineReel as a storage location for video material cannot handle two data streams of video in HD which are necessary for a transition between two clips In such a case to perform a real time play out with transitions applied you have to prerender the material beforehand The prerendering of timeline elements means that the CLIPSTER Edit Tool calculates clips and operators before a play out takes place and stores the calculated extra files images in a location for temporary files on the video hard disks These are then used for a play out in stead of the original material in the timeline and a virtually calculated operator The extra files carry project specific file names that are generated and administered by the CLIPSTER Edit Tool automatically for this project alone During this process a lot of those files may be generat ed amounting to a large proportion of disk space If your timeline car ries a lot of operators that have to be prerendered and you continue your work with prerendering and deleting or changing some opera tors already prerendered files are not deleted or altered automatical ly Only when you close the pr
202. ow the video overlay a scrub bar of the timeline is available In contrast to the timeline in the timeline area where you can zoom in and out the scrub bar always shows the complete timeline of the project Below the scrub bar the controls are located to play out and move within your current project Here you can also find buttons to switch between the differ ent video overlay modes of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool the edit mode the master mode and the trim mode The control area will be described in chapter The Control Area on page 5 1 In the timeline area you can find the available video and audio tracks Most of the editing tasks are per formed here for example by setting cutting points and defining operators The timeline area can be con figured freely and thus can be adapted to your individ ual needs This area and how to work with the projects in the timeline is explained in chapter The Timeline on page 6 1 The user interface provides at its bottom a task bar where you can switch between the different software modules of CLIPSTER The task bar is available in most software modules and you can easily start and switch between them It will be described in more de tail in section The Task Bar on page 2 7 PVS Basics 2 3 The Task Bar The user interface provides at its bottom a task bar where you can switch between the different software modules of CLIPSTER The task bar is available in most software modules
203. ple play i out operation of the timeline in the CLIPSTER software will connect the driver to the CLIPSTER software again automati cally 7 5 2 Project config Project config 7 24 The CLIPSTER Configuration Tool provides overall two configuration groupings You can define project related settings in a project grouping tab Project or you can configure default settings that will be used in general tab Defaults see section Defaults on page 7 25 While the first one includes settings that will be used for the currently active project only and stored together with the project file the latter one contains settings that will be used for each new project as well as The Menus for a general setup of the video system Because the default settings include configurations regarding the video system as well it provides comparatively more settings than the project related ones Use the default settings in case you want to change the video system settings or the default values for each initialized new project The settings of the tab Project will be stored together with the current project in the project file only and are therefore only temporarily available as long as this particular project is not closed The Project config menu option on the menu Options enables you to configure and set up the project related settings of CLIPSTER It will open the CLIPSTER Configuration Tool with the tab Project ac tive Then
204. point for your bin clip Once the in and outpoint is set you can drag the bin clip from the control area to the respective tracks of the time pus The Control Area line as described in section Taking a Clip from the Control Area on page 6 4 i Audio clips can be used in the master mode as well While in the master mode you can use the controls at the bot tom of the control area as usual They control the video over lay on the right side For a description of these controls see section Controls on page 5 5 Furthermore although the edit mode is the most appropriate mode to perform editing tasks you can also perform your work in this mode 5 4 1 Controlling the Clip from the Bin Below the scrub bar of the clip from the bin bin clip you can find the controls to control the bin clip In detail they perform the following With these buttons you can step one frame for or backwards in the scrub bar of the bin clip The scrub bar cursor will move accordingly With this button you can play out the bin clip in real time When a play out is initiated the con tents of the bin clip between the set in and out point will be displayed in its overlay on the left as well as at the video output of CLIPSTER If the bin clip is an audio clip the contents of the audio clip will be played out at channel 1 and 2 of the digital audio outputs of CLIPSTER If these are routed to the analog outputs you can hear the clip at th
205. qli tes 3 4 4 6 film raster Guccini raton dSnocsei ed cod andes 6 11 TIBI ioci uio bs oe OS aM RUD E 6 73 TUNA ZNO met EE o T T audio format axes tendat 7 14 audio Output 3 ce costos 7 13 autoscale MINE RN E ENRUNSS 7 13 channels 7 14 7 15 color space range 7 11 file format 1 nas 7 11 frame numbering 7 9 pulldown RED 7 12 resizing of material 7 13 resolution eesessss 7 12 saving types 7 11 source timecode 7 10 start soes ee 7 16 storage of audio files 7 16 storage of video files 7 8 DVS Index video format 7 11 for menu options 2 8 video output Joccciccinnnxoarescaceanen 7 11 history mode 4 24 4 25 4 29 fine tuning mode 3 11 6 30 enabling isisisi egener 4 31 ji A E Mp 6 63 6 73 history of access times 4 24 HOP eR SPP DEMONS 6 63 6 73 HSL color space i ooetr tette renes 6 77 folder eese 3 3 4 3 4 14 iUc 6 77 copying CIPS auasscesscztii enne 4 17 creale tee 4 8 4 14 delete eee 4 15 4 16 rename MERE 4 15 1 0 mode jo 4 15 4 16 multi threaded 4 21 SOMING 3oossesuduusa do See esed 4 15 single threaded 4 21 sorting clips
206. r ther information 6 6 2 The Context Menu of Audio Clips The context menu of the audio clips usually invoked with a right click of the mouse provides the following menu options and functions Remove control With this menu option you can delete a volume point control point that was set on the volume control line see section Volume Control on page 6 59 Delete This menu option deletes the respective clip where the context menu was invoked from the timeline f Y You may also select the clip and press i the Del key on you keyboard to delete a clip from the timeline 6 58 DVS The Timeline Attach These menu options enable you to work with at tached clips Sometimes during your editing work Disconnect ele i you may want to group audio and video clips for osi example if they are already perfectly aligned and Disconnect in synchronization For this the timeline provides group the possibility to attach an audio to a video clip Disconnect Further information about how to work with at timeline tached clips and how to use these menu options can be found in section Attaching an Audio Clip to a Video Clip on page 6 46 Enable tooltip Clips added to the timeline of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool provide various information via tooltips With this menu option you can activate or deactivate the display of the tooltips when the mouse cursor is placed over a clip in the timeline area If it is ac tivated the
207. r because it will be given out via AES EBU and embedded in the video signal simultaneously However via the SETTINGS button in the timeline area of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool you can configure the analog audio outputs to mon itor audio during your editing work see section Further Au dio Configurations on page 6 15 as well as the maximum amount of audio channels that will be embedded in the video signal see CLIPSTER Configurations user guide 6 2 7 Further Audio Configurations Via the SETTINGS button you can configure the analog ne audio outputs to monitor audio during your work with the software It is located at the top left side of the timeline area After pressing this button the Output settings window is displayed At the bottom of this window you can find the Options area where fur ther optional settings are provided To the right you can find the set tings items for a further configuration of audio The items of the track size options and the cropping feature i are explained in section Changing the Layout of the Timeline Area on page 6 5 and section Cropping the Timeline on page 6 16 audio configuration Figure 6 14 Items for a further configuration of audio In detail this area provides the following items Audio If this setting is activated during a scrubbing of Scrubbing the CLIPSTER Edit Tool s timeline for example with a fast shuttle operation with the mouse
208. r the CLIPSTER is set to one of the other above mentioned states and it will be started again when the CLIPSTER provides the operating conditions of the defragmentation process once more The defragmentation tool as well as the assessment program are part of the CLIPSTER tools as shown in section Overview of the Software Structure on page 2 2 After copying or recording vast amounts of data to the video N hard disk array it is recommended to leave the CLIPSTER software running for a longer period of time e g over night without performing any real time tasks play out or record This will give the defragmentation tool of CLIPSTER time to reorganize the files on the hard disk array for an optimized real time performance A 6 2 Cleaning the Temporary Data Manually A 10 When you are not sure whether the prerendered files in the location of the temporary data are all necessary you can delete the whole contents of this directory manually Afterwards you have to load your project file s again and begin a new prerendering process It is recommended to perform the procedure described in N the following only when you are sure that the directory for the temporary data contains material for the respective project only For this you have to use a project specific direc tory structure as described in section Notes on Project Management on page 2 9 Do not delete the temporary data manually while the CLIP STER software is running
209. rately Once the timeline cur sor is correctly positioned use the snapping mode of CLIPSTER to add the required clip to the timeline at its supposed position see section Adding Clips to the Timeline on page 6 2 5 4 2 Setting In and Outpoint for the Clip from the Bin 5 12 When the video or audio clip from the bin bin clip was dragged to the control area and the master mode is activated you can set the in and outpoint of the clip frame accurately For this you have to use the scrub bar and the position items below its overlay window overlay will display a black frame only However with audio clips the trim and play out possibilities are the same as with video clips The contents of the audio clip will be played out at channel 1 and 2 of the digital audio outputs of CLIPSTER If these are routed to the analog outputs you can hear the clip at these outputs as well see section Configuring the Video and Audio Output on page 6 10 i When dragging an audio clip to the control area the video gt The Control Area scrub bar Figure 5 7 Bin clip in master mode The scrub bar provides a timeline of the clip coming from the bin You can use it and the position items to adjust the in and outpoint of the bin clip In detail you can find the following elements i The entry fields of the bin clip In Out and Position either show the timecode or the frame number To switch from the timecode to the
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211. rd parties If you have pur chased these with your CLIPSTER a description of them will be provided via an extra documentation which will be includ ed in the delivery of CLIPSTER 6 7 1 Opening the Properties Window To set operators and thus properties for a clip in the timeline you have to call up the Timeline element properties window first For this perform the following Select the desired clip in the timeline and invoke its context menu see section The Context Menu of Video Clips on page 6 49 e On the context menu select the menu option Properties Alternatively you may also double click the clip in the vid eo track of the timeline This will open the Timeline element properties window Timeline element properties Figure 6 54 Video clip properties 6 64 DVS The Timeline If you need an operator to be applied only to a limited range of frames of a clip you have to edit the clip with cuts before hand because the operators set via the clip s properties are valid for a whole timeline clip Cut the clip at the start and the end of frame range where the operator should be set see section Performing a Cut on page 6 32 Then call up the properties window of the clip that contains the frame range Once the properties window of the clip is open you can activate the desired operators in the operator list and change their settings to your liking as described in the following sections 6 7
212. reate the necessary head and tail automatically This means that parts of the clips may be moved to enable the transition which in turn may cause gaps in the timeline For more information about transitions see sec tion Handling Transitions on page 6 32 In the overwrite mode you can select more than one clip or i operator embedded in the timeline at a time Keep the Ctrl key pressed while selecting clips or operators with the mouse Example With the overwrite mode activated add a clip from the bin to the timeline or move a clip to the middle of an intact clip 04 00 06 00 08 00 10 00 12 00 14 00 16 00 TEN NN TUN UN TN NN TN RN NN NN NN RN TRY PR RR RR t insertion point The result will be that clip no 1 gets divided at the insertion point The added clip no 2 will be placed here while the rest of clip no 1 will be overwritten 6 27 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 6 4 2 Enabling or Disabling Tracks 6 28 The video and audio tracks of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool can be enabled or disabled for the editing work or a play out If a track is disabled nei ther play out nor editing work e g cutting clips will be performed in this track To enable or disable a track you have to use the buttons right in front of the tracks Track enable buttons Figure 6 26 Track enable buttons Use the buttons labelled VIDEO or AUDIO to enable or disable all video or audi
213. recognize a clip as a multi clip Because of this only the CLIPSTER software is capable of creating a val id multi clip for example during the finalization of a project see section Finalize on page 7 7 or when recording a clip with the CLIPSTER I O Tool Then when the clip provides more than 20 000 frames the CLIP STER software will divide the single clip into several subdirectories under one main directory This main di rectory can be added to the bin as a multi clip Further information about the finalization process and the stor ing of a clip with more than 20 000 frames can be found in section Finalize on page 7 7 thumbnail of the multi clip will be added to the contents area of the bin as described above In addition a folder will be created in the folder area of the bin that will carry the name of the main directory and contain all individual clips as they are available in the multi clip This be havior is useful due to the fact that contrary to video multi clips you cannot change the prop erties of an audio multi clip via its context menu If you want to change the properties of an audio multi clip you have to change them for each clip individually in the created sub folder of the bin see section Changing the Properties of Clips on page 4 19 i When you add an audio multi clip to the bin a CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 4 12 Clips of either audio or video that were
214. rent modules available on your system easily via the task bar of the user interface see section The Task Bar on page 2 7 2 3 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 2 4 Tools and Services Also part of the CLIPSTER software are various tools that can be used for a more basic configuration of the CLIPSTER video system or may be of help during service and maintenance tasks e g monitoring and error diagnostics of the CLIPSTER hard and software For instance among them you can find the defragmentation tool of CLIPSTER which is a process automatically started with the CLIPSTER software and running in the background of the system During stand still times of CLIPSTER the defragmentation tool will reorganize the files present on the hard disk array for an optimized performance of real time tasks such as a play out or record Among the tools it is the only process that runs in the system s background Most other tools delivered with the CLIPSTER software are used during the initial configuration and setup of the CLIPSTER video system only In your daily work with CLIPSTER they are of no use in particular please refer to section Automatic Defragmenta i For additional information about the defragmentation process tion on page A 9 amp Plug Ins Operators In addition to the CLIPSTER software and its modules there are plug ins operators available via the special and easy to use plug in inter face of CLIPSTER
215. reverse the action performed via the Undo menu option see section Undo on page 7 20 To redo an ac tion select this menu option 7 20 DVS The Menus 7 4 The Bin Menu The menu Bin provides several functions to facilitate your work with the bin In detail it contains the menu options shown below E gt Import Bin Ctrl Shift 1 E Export Bin Ctrl Shift Clear Bin CheckBin Ctrl Shift K Figure 7 6 The Bin menu They will be described in detail in the following sections 7 4 4 Import Bin Import Bin chheshitel With the menu option Import Bin you can import the bin of another project into your currently active project The selection of this menu option opens a standard dialog window for a file selection be asked by the program whether you want to save its con tents to a bin file When you answer this query with YES the same procedure as to export a bin will be initiated see sec tion Export Bin on page 7 22 i If your currently active bin was altered and not saved you will To import a bin choose in the dialog window for the selection of a file the project file that contains the desired bin For the import you may also select a bin file which may have been previously created via the menu option Export Bin see section Export Bin on page 7 22 File extensions cp CLIPSTER project file Fo CLIPSTER bin file cp autosave Automatically saved int
216. rformance monitor To leave the history mode and return to the currently updated access times you have to press the button UPDATE see above The Tool Area mmm With the button SETTINGS you can configure and set up the performance monitor in general Once activated the Settings window will be displayed where you can enable the history mode of the performance monitor or the automatic writing of result files The Settings window will be in detail Li explained in section section Configuring the Performance Monitor on page 4 29 The button RESET enables you to reset the indica tion about how many frames were processed to tal and how many drops occurred during this time at the top right side of the chart back to zero Af terwards you may start a new evaluation of the real time performance of the CLIPSTER software which in turn may report new drops in the table of the performance monitor For this you have to use the button CLEAR of the table controls However if you want both tasks to be performed in one step there is a setting available in the Configuration Tool of CLIPSTER which will delete the entries in the drop table as well when the button RESET is selected Clear drop table on Reset see CLIPSTER Configurations user guide for more information i This button does not reset the drop table 4 25 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide nc 4 26 With the entry field Set Critical Response you can se
217. rkers in the timeline of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool where the respective drop took place They are in detail ex plained in section The Table Controls on page 4 28 If the chart controls the drop table as well as the table controls are dimmed the performance monitor is turned off Then in the middle of the chart the message Performance Monitor disabled will be dis played provided that enough of the tool area is visible To measure access times with the performance monitor you have to enable the performance monitor via the Configuration Tool of CLIPSTER see CLIPSTER Configurations user guide for more information CLIPSTER is able to process several different image files si AN multaneously multi threaded I O mode However the E chart of the performance monitor only provides a single threaded view on the access times meaning in multi threaded I O mode the access time to a single file one bar may be longer because several ones were read or written at the same time Therefore the chart will provide a correct view to the access times only if CLIPSTER is set to the single threaded I O mode which is a setting available in the CLIP STER Configuration Tool Enable Async I O see CLIPSTER Configurations user guide for more information Because itis a system setting you have to close and start the CLIP STER software to bring a change of it into effect 4 21 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS When enabl
218. rm the following of frames of a clip you have to edit the clip with cuts before hand because the operators set via the clip s properties are valid for a whole timeline clip Cut the clip at the start and the end of frame range where the operator should be set see section Performing a Cut on page 6 32 Then call up the properties window of the clip that contains the frame range i If you need an operator to be applied only to a limited range z Inthe Timeline element properties window activate the opera tor that you want to apply to the clip in the operator list to the left by ticking its check box tive for all clips its entry is dimmed and cannot be selected i Because the operator for zoom and pan is by default ac in the operator list Switch through the activated operators with the tabs provided in the settings area of the properties window and adjust the settings of the respective operator s to your liking oped by DVS are explained in the next sections For a de scription of operators developed by third parties please refer to their respective documentation G The individual settings possibilities of the operators devel f you want the settings to be applied to other clips in the timeline select the appropriate options for the timeline modification see the modify radio buttons in section Control Area on page 6 66 Furthermore you can copy the settings of the currently selected operator to
219. rting the CLIPSTER software and thus the CLIPSTER Edit Tool the bin is by default activated in the tool area Then perform the fol lowing Add at least one clip to the bin of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool 4 35 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS e Afterwards take this clip and add it to a video track of the CLIP STER Edit Tool s timeline For our example described here you may also set transitions i and or apply effects to the clip s in the timeline as long as they are not a subject to a prerendering see section Preren dering of Timeline Elements on page 6 38 After this select the tab Performance in the tool area of the CLIP STER software The tool area switches to the performance tool of CLIPSTER Next adjust the tool area as described in section Changing the Size of the Tool Area on page 4 2 so that all items provided by the performance monitor are displayed as shown in the figure below If the controls of the performance monitor appear dimmed i the performance monitor is disabled To use it you have to en able it first This can be done with the Configuration Tool of CLIPSTER see CLIPSTER Configurations user guide for more information Figure 4 24 The performance monitor After this the performance monitor is ready to assess the perfor mance access times 4 36 The Tool Area Measuring the Performance Once the performance monitor is prepared as described in section
220. s PTS PI or key A S In this mode you cannot move inside the project as usual i The timecode cursor is restricted to the location of cutting points only The control area in the trim mode shows then the two clips adjacent to a cutting point The left overlay shows the outpoint and the last The Control Area frame of the clip left to the cut while the right one displays the inpoint and first frame of the clip to the right If in and outpoints were already defined for your clips you will see the respective in and outpoints in this mode The se lected parts of the scrub bars will be shown in light grey while the deselected parts are shown in dark grey On top of each overlay you can find further information about the clip Beside the name of each clip as it is present in the bin you can get information about the clips in and outpoint on the timeline lt clip 1 IN lt clip 1 gt lt cut clip 2 IN gt lt clip 2 gt lt clip 2 OUT overlay left overlay right Figure 5 10 In and outpoint information of trim mode The left number either in timecode or in frame notation shows you the inpoint of the clip on the timeline that precedes the cutting point In the middle you can find the position of the cut on the timeline which is also the inpoint of the succeeding clip whereas to the right you can see the outpoint of the succeeding clip 5 5 1 The Trim Controls In addition to the in and outpoint in
221. s user guide j Fora more detailed description of all the basic software mod i ules mentioned above as well as other parts of the software together with references to their descriptions please refer to section Overview of the Software Structure on page 2 2 Additionally you can find at the bottom right corner of the task bar several items which will provide you with information about the cur 2 7 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 2 8 rently loaded project the duration of the timeline of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool in total and the set output format for video in the timeline project information Figure 2 3 Project information The timeline s duration shows you the duration of all clips present in the timeline tracks and depends on the currently selected video out put raster frame rate Furthermore at the bottom left corner of the task bar you can find some status messages They will be displayed as soon as project rel evant tasks are performed for instance when a project is loaded or saved youme status and noe tase Edt Figure 2 4 Status and help messages of the CLIPSTER software As well this part of the task bar will provide you with help information for the various menu options available via the menu bar of CLIPSTER The help information will be displayed when you place the mouse cur sor over one of the menu options DE Basics 2 4 Notes on Project Management Alth
222. s 6 42 6 4 10 Marking Positions in the Timeline 6 44 6 4 11 Attaching an Audio Clip to a Video Clip 6 46 6 5 Working with Video CUPS iier ntes 6 48 6 5 1 The Clips Information sueco ette tt Enden tn ed ticos 6 48 6 5 2 The Context Menu of Video Clips 6 49 6 5 3 Consistencies of Clips erret etnia 6 51 6 5 4 Matching an Individual Video Frame 6 52 6 5 5 Processing the Source Material of a Video Clip 6 53 6 5 6 Vertical Editing of Video Clips in the Timeline 6 55 6 6 Working with Audio CIIps iiic ariete trcs e ra rte rt tetde 6 57 6 6 1 The Clips Information ucciso ead o pU Fara Eme e eere 6 57 6 6 2 The Context Menu of Audio Clips 6 58 6 6 3 Volume CDIIPOL siia nod i epa pepe Iu tiir e Seid etode dues odesds 6 59 6 6 4 Wave Form Display xai tme mate Ribes ss pau Rcs 6 61 6 7 Timeline Properties of Clips eesessssssussse 6 63 6 7 1 Opening the Properties Window sse 6 64 6 7 2 Window Overview cacssacccos coscseseesOcdederccieren 6 65 6 7 3 Setting the Timeline Element Properties 6 69 6 7 4 The Operator Zoom Pan c ccecseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 6 70 6 7 5 The Operator Flip Flop 12 rrt nter ne 6 73 6 7 6 The Operator Color Correction 6
223. s the current position of the scrub bar cursor on the scrub bar of the bin clip its timeline To move the cursor you may enter a position and press Enter li aa With the scrub bar cursor you can move and view the contents of the bin clip Simply select itand move it along the scrub bar Additionally you can control it via the controls e g the play button or the Position field above the scrub bar Furthermore with a mouse click anywhere on the grey scrub bar you can position the scrub bar cursor there instantly The in and outpoint handlers together with the blue line show you the selected part of the clip To position them you can select and move the in and outpoint handlers with the mouse They can also be set via the In and Out position items above the scrub bar Once the final length of the clip to be in i serted is set you can select the blue line below the scrub bar with the mouse directly and move it along the scrub bar to position it 08 06 The counter displays either the length of the clip in timecode format or the amount of frames that the bin clip will provide when dragged to the timeline This is calculated from the set in and outpoint handlers Scrub bar in dark grey Parts of the scrub bar in a dark grey show the parts of the clip that were deselected via the set in and outpoint If you click on such a part the scrub bar cursor will be positioned there in stantly
224. s the source timecode into the file if supported by the file format During the finalizing the selected timecode will then be written as the source timecode to the location in the file s header especially reserved for that kind of meta data Afterwards the finalized clip will contain the selected source timecode and it can then be used by applications that support source timecode The following settings are available for the combo box Generic timecode Selection Meaning Internal The internal timecode of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool s timeline is written to the correct location in the file header i e afterwards the internal timecode of the timeline is then provided by the file as its source timecode Source TC The source timecode provided by the clips al ready present in the timeline is written to the file s header as its source timecode Currently of all file formats supported by the CLIPSTER soft i ware only the dpx file format is provided with source time code information To use the combo box Generic timecode the Format combo box has to be set to DPX The Menus The Area Video In the area Video select the video format for the ren dering of the new clip With the finalizing function of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool you are able to generate vid eo and audio files separately via the check boxes for example in case of video the check box Video output When calling the Final izing window for
225. ser tion on See section The Insert Overwrite Mode of the Timeline on page 6 26 for more details During the moving of a clip in the timeline you can see a representa tion of the dragged clip It will be inserted and positioned exactly as shown by its representation While moving and when the clip is long enough the exact position of the clip in the timeline will also be dis played by the clip s information top left and right see also section The Clip s Information on page 6 48 When the moved clip comes close to certain elements of the timeline it will automatically snap and position itself to those elements This is called the snapping mode of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool It makes an easy positioning of elements possible The moved clip will react to the fol lowing elements 6 29 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS starting point of timeline start and end points of timeline elements e g clips and tran sitions the position of the timeline cursor setin and outpoint of the timeline You can disable the snapping mode and activate a fine tuning mode by pressing the Shift key If you move a video clip in the overwrite mode of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool to a position where it is in no connection with previous or follow ing clips a gap will occur in the timeline This is indicated by the CLIP STER Edit Tool via a red line in the indicator line of the timeline scale 3 29 01 00 39 29 time
226. stereo clip shows two waveforms one for each channel f The appearance of the waveforms can be configured to your i liking with the Configuration Tool of CLIPSTER see CLIPSTER Configurations user guide DVS The Timeline 6 7 Timeline Properties of Clips Every video clip added to the timeline provides timeline element prop erties which offer additional editing features for your video processing tasks These editing features are available in the form of operators Depending on the configuration of the CLIPSTER video system and the optional features installed there may be numerous operators avail able that enhance the editing functionality of CLIPSTER These operators can be programmed as plug ins by anyone who wants to have special editing operators for their work via the freely available CLIPSTER Software Development Kit i If you know how to develop software via C and you want to write special editing operators of your own you can re ceive the CLIPSTER Software Development Kit and further in formation about this from the DVS service department Once the operators are installed with the special and easy to handle plug in interface of CLIPSTER they can be accessed in the window of the timeline element properties the same way as the standard oper ators described in this section As a developer of CLIPSTER operators itself DVS offers for CLIPSTER optionally available operators as well as
227. succeed it in the timeline modify this With this radio button the settings of the cur rently activated and selected operator will be applied to the respective video clip only LOAD The LOAD button opens a standard dialog win dow for the selection of a file In this dialog window select the operator settings file that you want to apply to the selected clip see also button SAVE Select the file from the list box or enter its name in the entry field File name Confirm your selection with the button OPEN The selected operator settings will then be loaded into the CLIPSTER Edit Tool and the Timeline element properties window File extension co CLIPSTER operator file 6 67 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide ve 6 68 Item Description SAVE With the button SAVE you can save the oper ator settings of the currently activated opera tor to a single file Thus you can build up a library of settings and use them in the future e g if you want to process a similar project again see also button LOAD After a click on this button a dialog window opens where you have to specify the storage path and file name of the operator settings file to be saved Then confirm this with the button SAVE and the op erator settings will be saved to the specified location File extension co CLIPSTER operator file Copy The button Copy copies the operator settings of the currently activa
228. system task bar click the Minimize menu option on the menu of the CLIPSTER icon You can then for instance access other programs that are installed on your video system 7 1 2 Exit Exit The menu option Exit ends the current CLIPSTER Edit Tool session There is no way to end the Edit Tool alone When you exit AN the Edit Tool the whole CLIPSTER software will shut down Therefore it is recommended to finish all tasks such as a record or a play out operation beforehand Otherwise the respective task may get interrupted This closes the CLIPSTER software After that you can for example shut down the video system DVS The Menus 7 2 The Project Menu The menu Project contains the following menu options Figure 7 3 The Project menu They are in detail described in the following sections 7 2 1 New iiRSiiiireniney The menu option New on the Project menu opens a new project file in the CLIPSTER Edit Tool Once the new project file is loaded you can begin your new project for instance by adding clips to the bin In the CLIPSTER Edit Tool only one project file can be pro cessed at a time If you open an already saved project or ac tivate the menu option New again the currently active project file will be closed However if you have already performed changes to the project you will be asked by the program if you want to save the current project When you start a new project file the autosave fun
229. t When everything is set as desired select the bin clip in its video over lay and drag and drop it to the respective video or audio track of the timeline see section Taking a Clip from the Control Area on page 6 4 for further information To switch the control area back to its edit mode use the appropriate button of the control area PIT 5 15 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 5 5 The Trim Mode 5 16 zm With the trim mode of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool you can change the in and outpoint of adjacent clips to a cutting point for example if there are not enough head and tail available for a transition You can also change in and outpoints of clips with their re i spective representations in the timeline directly see section Changing the In and Outpoints of Clips on page 6 39 As soon as two clips are present in the video track s of the timeline the trim mode can be activated easily via its button from the controls see section Controls on page 5 5 Then the control area changes its appearance and you will see something like the following Figure 5 9 The trim mode When the trim mode is activated the CLIPSTER Edit Tool will automat ically jump to the nearest cutting point of the timeline and the timeline cursor will be positioned there accordingly If the Edit Tool positions the timeline cursor on another cutting point than the desired one move it to the correct one with the respective control
230. t Tool for each entry available in the drop table i Compared to the drop report saved as a After you selecting this button it will alter its ap pearance and during the creation of the markers it will show ABORT Then you can abort the cre ation of the timeline markers e g if there are too many of them with a click of the mouse Once the placing of the markers is finished this button shows the labeling UNMARK ALL With it you can remove all timeline markers from the timeline in one step able in the CLIPSTER I O Tool because this module provides no timeline where markers can be set i The MARK ALL button will not be avail 4 28 DVS The Tool Area The CLEAR button deletes all entries displayed in the drop table Afterwards you may start a new real time operation which in turn may report new drops in the table This button will be available as soon as drops are displayed in the drop table and the real time operation is finished 4 3 5 Configuring the Performance Monitor With the button SETTINGS of the chart controls below the chart of the performance monitor you can perform a general configuration and setup of the monitor see section Chart Controls on page 4 24 Once activated the Settings window will be displayed where you can for instance enable the history mode of the performance moni tor or the automatic writing of result files Settings group list settings pane sett
231. t accordingly After that simply select the clip and drag it either to the control area or a video or audio track of the timeline to start your editing work The CLIPSTER Edit Tool will use the selected inpoint as the starting point of your clip if this feature is enabled However if you drag a vid eo clip from the bin to the control area of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool the software switches to the master mode where you can select the in The Tool Area and outpoint of the clip frame accurately before adding it to the time line see section The Master Mode on page 5 9 Changing the Properties of Clips In the bin you can call up the properties of clips Then you can for example assign flags to clips or change their properties such as their names or video formats Use the opening window to change the clip s properties if CLIPSTER does not recognize its video or audio for mat correctly Call up the context menu on a clip present in the contents area of the bin and select the menu option Properties This will open the Clip properties window where you can change the clip s properties Some clip properties can only be altered if the clip is not al i ready present in the timeline Furthermore contrary to video the properties of audio multi clips cannot be changed You have to change them individually by selecting the properties of each audio clip in the provided bin subfolder of the audio multi clip Th
232. t one video track This can be performed with the video track size options of the Output settings window click on the button SETTINGS in the time line area see section Video and Audio Track Properties on page 6 6 The approach to work with several video tracks vertically in the time line is different from the usual one of a horizontal editing in a timeline Then the various tracks of the timeline form a stack By placing differ ent or differently edited timeline elements in other video tracks at the same position in the timeline you can change the contents for a play out at that position easily With vertical editing you still work with the video track s the usual way i e horizontally But for instance in case you want to realize a temporary cutaway or you want to evaluate the visual outcome of dif ferent shots at a particular position in the timeline simply place the respective timeline elements in another track in the timeline The higher the track number the more priority is given to the respective track during a play out Then with the help of enabling or disabling the respective tracks see section Enabling or Disabling Tracks on page 6 28 you can easily determine the best possible solution for your work Example 1 In the example below the timeline is configured to three video tracks All three tracks are enabled i e all tracks will be played out ma When a play out is initiated
233. t or no scaling factors only because it results in very sharp pictures If this filter is selected all alterations will be performed in real time f When the Classic filter is used i changes to the sharpness of the images have no effect Adaptive Filter The Adaptive Filter is the default setting real time for the Zoom Pan operator It provides an optimized filtering for every scaling fac tor which will result in high end quality pic tures without any artefacts This filter is real time capable i e all changes to the sharpness or a zooming can be played out immediately Software Filter With this setting the best possible filter is rendering selected It provides a software based so phisticated algorithm for all settings on the operator Zoom Pan However if this fil ter is used the clip has to be prerendered prior to a play out see section Prerender ing of Timeline Elements on page 6 38 6 7 5 The Operator Flip Flop The flip flop operator enables you to mirror the video image vertically and or horizontally Figure 6 58 Flip flop operator 6 73 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS The following settings are available on the flip flop operator Setting Meaning Flip When this check box is enabled the clip s images will be flipped in the horizontal di rection i e the image is mirrored along the vertical axis Flop Activating the Flop check
234. t the horizontal line in the middle of the chart that determines the minimum access time where the performance monitor will mark an ac cess as critical i e as above the horizontal line see section The Chart on page 4 22 Additionally the scale of the chart will be set by this value The scale of the chart is usually the set critical response time times two critical response time x 2 Once a value is set the maximum access time shown in the chart will be altered as well see section The Chart on page 4 22 The notation is in milliseconds and the recom mended value is 120 played by the performance monitor Drops will be reported by the real time core of CLIPSTER independent of the crit ical response time setting In case of problems with your CLIPSTER video system you may get asked by the DVS service department to create and generate CLIPSTER log files Then you may use the button CREATE DVS INFO to store the most important information in one file in ASCII format The file name of the log file willbe dvsinfo system time gt txt with the system time added in the format yyyy mm dd hh mm ss It will be stored in the sub folder dvsinfo in the log directory under the CLIPSTER software s installation path default C Program Files DVS Clipster log dvsinfo i This value has no effect on any drops dis DVS The Tool Area 4 3 3 The Drop Table As soon as drops occur during your real time op
235. t the video file formats are listed followed by a table of the audio file formats Table A 1 Supported video file formats Default Format File stor P Exten Description Name age format sion bmp bmp 3x8 bit RGB Windows bitmap format Only un compressed bitmaps are support ed no RLE compression cineon cin 3 x 10 bit RGB 10 bit RGB format Subset of the ANSI SMPTE DPX file format Flexible file format by Kodak al lowing for variable image head ers dpx dpx 3 x 8 bit RGB 8 bit RGB file format SMPTE Stan dard File Format for digital moving picture exchange 3 x 10 bit RGB 10 bit RGB file format SMPTE Standard File Format for digital moving picture exchange 10 bit YUV422 10 bit YUV file format SMPTE Standard File Format for digital moving picture exchange 3 x 12 bit RGB 12 bit RGB file format SMPTE Standard File Format for digital moving picture exchange 4 x 16 bit 16 bit RGB file format with key RGBA SMPTE Standard File Format for digital moving picture exchange tga tga 3 x 8 bit RGB Targa image format and 4 x 8 bit RGBA uncom pressed tiff eta 3x8 bit RGB TIFF or Tagged Image File Format and 4 x 8 bit in 8 bit RGB with or without key RGBA Highly flexible and platform inde pendent image format Not all vari ants of this format are supported by DVS 3 x 16 bit RGB TIFF or Tagged Image File Format and 4 x 16 bit in 16 bit RGB with or wi
236. ted and selected opera tor to the clipboard They can then be trans ferred to other clips on the timeline easily Simply open the properties of another clip on the timeline select the respective operator where the settings have to be copied to and click in the Timeline element properties window the button PASTE PASTE With this button you can paste previously cop ied operator settings see button COPY to the currently selected clip PREVIEW The PREVIEW button is a toggle button If it is activated FI you can view the effect of the activated operators on the video overlay of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool RESET If the RESET button is available you can re store the standard settings for the currently selected operator with a click on this button OK This button confirms your alterations to the operator settings and closes the Timeline el ement properties window Then the new settings will be in effect either for the selected clip or for the specified range of clips see the modify radio buttons above CANCEL The button CANCEL closes the window of the timeline element properties without confirm ing your settings The CLIPSTER Edit Tool will use the latest confirmed settings instead DVS The Timeline 6 7 3 Setting the Timeline Element Properties With the Timeline element properties window you can set the properties of a clip via the available operators For this perfo
237. the contents of the audio tracks will still be given out Then the audio signal resembles and imitates a fast shuttle operation of a VTR For this the ana log audio signal has to be configured appropriate ly via the button MONITORING 6 15 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS MONITORING The button MONITORING configures the analog audio outputs of CLIPSTER A click on this button opens the following window Audio monitoring ad Channel 3 4 kd TOM emer Figure 6 15 Analog audio configuration The settings Output A and Output B configure the first and second analog monitoring output of the CLIPSTER hardware respectively Select from the combo boxes the audio channels that should be given out at the respective analog output V Ifyou want to play out other audio chan i nels than channel 1 and 2 on the analog audio outputs the audio outputs of the audio tracks of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool have to be configured appropriately Fur ther information about this can be found in section How to Configure the Audio Output on page 6 12 The rear of the CLIPSTER hardware provides analog audio outputs where you can then monitor the audio output 6 2 8 Cropping the Timeline 6 16 Via the SETTINGS button you can crop the contents of r your timeline for example if you need black bars inthe video output The button is located at the top left side of the timeline area and
238. the clip s position its inpoint within the timeline is set during the drag and drop procedure by the mouse pointer where the clip is released Only when the timeline is empty and the insert mode is ac tivated for the CLIPSTER Edit Tool the clip will be aligned automatically atthe starting point of the timeline Its outpoint is defined by the length of the clip You can change these attributes easily after the clip was added to the timeline as described in section Changing the In and Outpoints of Clips on page 6 39 If more than one clip is selected for the drag and drop proce i dure the CLIPSTER Edit Tool will either align the clips horizon tally in one track of the timeline or put each clip into another track directly below the selected one This drag and drop be havior can be configured with the CLIPSTER Configuration Tool see CLIPSTER Configurations user guide for more in formation If you drag an audio clip from the bin to the timeline that con tains more than one mono or stereo channel multiple chan nels the additional channels will be added to the other audio tracks below the selected one 6 3 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 6 1 2 Taking a Clip from the Control Area video track 6 4 When a clip from the bin is dragged to the control area the master mode is activated where you can set the in and outpoint of the clip frame accurately and outpoint for a clip there can be found in section
239. the clipboard button Copy and apply them to other clips in the timeline after calling up their properties and selecting the appropriate operator button PASTE z When transferring settings to other clips in the timeline i e g via the modify radio buttons or the button COPY only the settings of the currently selected operator are copied If you want to apply the settings of all other activat ed operators to clips in the timeline you have to do the same operation for each activated operator separately Confirm your settings with the OK button As soon as the settings are confirmed they will be in effect for the se lected clip When a timeline modification was selected as well via the 6 69 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS modify radio buttons the settings of the currently selected operator will be applied to the specified range of clips in the timeline Some operators may not be real time capable The clips i modified with such operators will automatically be subject for a prerendering see section Prerendering of Timeline Ele ments on page 6 38 6 7 4 The Operator Zoom Pan 6 70 The operator Zoom Pan allows to zoom pan and rotate as well as to sharpen or blur the contents of the video clip in the timeline It is by default available and active for all clips in the timeline and thus is the first operator visible in the Timeline element properties window af ter its activation
240. the first time the items of the area Video are not available Via the check box Video output at the top of this area you can enable the items and thus decide that you want to generate a vid eo clip If you do not want to generate a video clip but an audio clip only leave this check box unchecked and activate the check box Au dio output instead see section The Area Audio on page 7 13 dows Media you cannot generate audio and video sepa rately Both will automatically be included in a single file only To the right of the check box le Video output you can find the Format combo box Here you have to select the file format for 10 bit RGB cineonbigendian v your clip to be generated For a list of the supported file formats of CLIPSTER see section Supported File Formats on page A 5 However some of the file formats offer additional saving types such as bit depth and or byte order settings If provided by the file format select from the Type combo box in the Options area the desired additional saving type Additionally there is a button M located to the right of the Format combo box that may get available in dependence on the selected file format With it you can set additional configurations if supported by the selected file for mat i If a container format is selected as the file format e g win In the area Format you have to state the further output formats of your clip to be generated There you can find the f
241. the original material on the video hard disks is maintained and never altered The timeline area may contain up to 99 audio tracks where you can add audio clips in the desired sequence set fade ins and outs and control the volume of each clip The number of audio tracks displayed in the CLIPSTER Edit Tool can be set freely see section Video and Audio Track Properties on page 6 6 To get a proper output you have to configure the audio hard ware output accordingly see section How to Configure the Audio Output on page 6 12 CLIPSTER supports audio files with multiple mono or stereo channels If you drag such a clip from the bin to the timeline the additional channels will be added to the other audio tracks below the selected one This section describes several features of audio clips added to the audio tracks of the timeline of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool 6 6 1 The Clip s Information Audio clips in the audio tracks of the timeline provide several informa tion via their text display 11 08 20 00 01 08 20 15 01 08 21 00 01 08 21 15 01 08 22 00 Ba IU o Figure 6 49 Representation of audio clip The following information are provided top left Exact inpoint of clip on the timeline with the time code view of the timeline activated the seconds and frames will be shown as seconds in a deci mal number i e with m
242. the result will be that clip 3 overlays all others below it i e the ones with a lower priority 6 55 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 6 56 Example 2 In the second example the third track is now disabled ua When a play out is initiated this will lead to an output where clip 3 is not given out at all while the clips 2 and 4 overlay the clip 1 present in the first video track the one with the lowest priority i The display of the video tracks can be reversed via the Con figuration Tool of CLIPSTER see CLIPSTER Configurations user guide for more information However this does not af fect the play out priority i e the priority of the video track with the highest number over all others when enabled CLIPSTER is able to autoconform offline composed projects into different video tracks via the CLIPSTER I O Tool see CLIPSTER I O Tool user guide for more information Thus with the help of the vertical editing feature of CLIPSTER you can compare different versions of conformed projects easily in the timeline For an even better control of the conformed master you can add the offline version of the project to a dif ferent video track DVS The Timeline 6 6 Working with Audio Clips With audio clips it is the same as with video clips The CLIPSTER Edit Tool works with representations of clips in the timeline only Through out your work in the Edit Tool
243. ther with its video overlay will adjust itself automatically Figure 6 4 Adjusting the size of the timeline area f If you pull the edge completely down the timeline area can i be hidden Then only the sliders to change the view of the timeline will still be visible and usable You can also pull the edge completely up to hide the tool and control area In the same way you can adjust the size of the audio track area Take the edge directly above the audio tracks and move it up or down If you pull the edge completely down the audio tracks will be hidden If you pull it farthest up you can hide the video track s Video and Audio Track Properties Via the SETTINGS button you can alter the size and Sane number of video and audio tracks It is located at the top left side of the timeline area After pressing this button the Output settings window is displayed At the bottom of this window you can find in the Options area further optional settings To the left you can find settings to alter the size and number of the video and audio tracks in the timeline of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool The items of the cropping feature and the further audio con i figuration are explained in section Cropping the Timeline on page 6 16 and section Further Audio Configurations on page 6 15 48 Smal vigt 32 SH Sma HYPE REN track size options Figure 6 5 Track size options With the fields for the track sizes you can adjust
244. ther with the video and audio tracks can be scaled from a full view of the timeline to a partial view that consists of a few frames only Via the sliders below the audio tracks in the timeline area you can change the view of the timeline and thus move easily and frame accurately within your project DVS The Timeline Volume Wave M rS T Figure 6 22 Timeline sliders With the left slider you can zoom in or out of the timeline If the slider is set to the leftmost point you are able to see the whole contents of the timeline When it is set more to the right you will zoom into the timeline When you have zoomed into the timeline you can change the view ing position of the timeline with the right slider You can go to the end of the timeline by pulling this slider to the right and to the beginning of the timeline by pulling it to the left Via the Configuration Tool of CLIPSTER see CLIPSTER Con i figurations user guide you can set the way the CLIPSTER Edit Tool performs a zooming on the timeline There you can set whether the zooming should occur on the position of the timeline cursor or on the current viewing position of the time line The cursor of the timeline provides a special feature when zoomed far into the timeline Then it provides a frame end marker which indi cates where this particular image ends in the timeline 31 03 31 04 31 05 line of timeline cursor frame end marker Figure 6 23 Timel
245. there are two video overlays visible in the control area of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS video overlay bin clip 5 10 Figure 5 6 The master mode The left part of the control area shows the clip coming from the bin in the following called bin clip As long as it is a video clip its contents will be displayed in the video overlay to the left The right part of the control area displays your current video overlay as it would be in the edit mode i The entry fields of the bin clip either show the timecode or the frame number To switch from the timecode to the frame viewing for these fields you have to use the Configuration Tool of CLIPSTER see CLIPSTER Configurations user guide for more information Furthermore these entry fields are also connected to the selected display type of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool s timeline For example if the source timecode is selected as the display type and such a timecode is provided by the clip the bin clip s entry fields will provide the source timecode instead of a relative timeline timecode see section Changing the Display Type on page 6 9 If your bin clip was already set to a preliminary inpoint in the bin you will see the selected inpoint in this mode How to set an inpoint for a clip in the bin can be read in section Prepar ing Clips for Editing Purposes on page 4 18 In the master mode you can select frame accurately an in and out
246. thout key RGBA Highly flexible and platform inde pendent image format Not all vari ants of this format are supported by DVS A 5 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide A 6 Table A 1 Supported video file formats cont Default a Format File stor ae Exten Description Name age format sion Windows wmv various e g Video file format that supports vari Media RGB or YUV ous file storage formats either either com compressed or uncompressed pressed or un The whole video clip as well as au compressed dio are stored in one file only con audio tainer format Proprietary streaming video technology devel oped by Microsoft yuv gnt 8 bit YUV422 Raw 8 bit YUV422 format This qtl file has no header The image for yuv mat is recognized by the file size This is done with a table of pre defined file sizes Component or der UYVY yuvi6 16 bit YUV422 Raw 16 bit YUV422 format This file has no header Each compo nent is stored as a 16 bit value in big endian byte order left aligned Component order UYV Y 1 DVS saves files of this format by default in big endian byte order However during loading both formats little and big endian byte order can be read 2 Available for a finalizing process only 3 8 bit YUV422 8 bit per component 16 bit average per pixel 4 16 bit YUV422 16 bit per component 32 bit average per pixel Table A 2 Supported a
247. throughout the CLIPSTER software individual clips may use different source timecodes which is a setting that can be adjusted in the clip s properties see section Changing the Properties of Clips on page 4 19 The type of source timecode used by each clip can be changed even when the clip was already used e g in the timeline of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool And when clips do not provide a source time code of their own you can set the clip s to show a virtual source time code The CLIPSTER software will then use the timecode specified as the source timecode offset as their virtual source timecode Getting Started This chapter provides you with some general information necessary to begin your work with the CLIPSTER Edit Tool module First the steps to start the program will be explained This is followed by a be ginner s tutorial that shows you how to work with the CLIPSTER Edit Tool In a step by step description you will be instructed what to do to start your first project and how to perform a simple editing task z More detailed information about individual items or steps de i scribed here can be found in the chapters four to seven of this user guide The chapter will be concluded with a description how to shut the pro gram down 3 1 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 3 1 Starting the Program This section provides you with a description how to get the CLIPSTER Edit Tool started To start the progra
248. timeline provide several in formation via their text display 01 00 20 00 01 00 25 00 Figure 6 44 Representation of video clip The following information are provided top left Usually the exact inpoint of the clip on the time line z The values as well as the notation of this i field depend on the display setting for the timeline timecode vs frames notation see CLIPSTER Configurations user guide and on the display type setting of the timeline see section Changing the Display Type on page 6 9 DVS The Timeline top right Usually the exact outpoint of the last frame of the clip on timeline The values as well as the notation of this i field depend on the display setting for the timeline timecode frames notation see CLIPSTER Configurations user guide and on the display type setting of the timeline see section Changing the Dis play Type on page 6 9 ca bottom left Name ofthe clip as it is available in the bin togeth er with its folder path bottom right Length duration of the clip You can receive additional information about the clips via i their tooltips which can be customized to your needs see section Configuring the Tooltips of Clips on page 6 8 for fur ther information 6 5 2 The Context Menu of Video Clips The context menu of the video clips usually invoked with a right click of the mouse provides the following menu opt
249. tion Tool and its settings can be found in the CLIPSTER Configurations user guide 7 5 5 Save defaults Save defaults 7 26 Different tasks may ask for different settings With the menu option Save defaults you can save the current default and video system settings into an extra file Thus you can build up a library of different configuration settings and use them in the future again for different purposes without configuring the whole system anew Furthermore in the CLIPSTER Configuration Tool you have the possibility at hand to transfer the default settings to the project related settings and thus to enable them for your currently active project The selection of the menu option Save defaults opens a standard dialog window to save a file There you have to specify the storage path and file name to save the current default and video system set tings As soon as your entries are confirmed with the button SAVE they will be saved to an extra file File extension Por CLIPSTER configuration file After that you can load the contents of this file again into the CLIPSTER software see section Load defaults on page 7 25 which will change for example the default settings for each initialized new The Menus project as well as the system settings However some changes to the system settings will be in effect only after a restart of the software 7j Some changes to the settings will be in effect after a r
250. tion of the CLIPSTER Configuration Tool please consult the CLIPSTER Configurations user guide 7 5 4 Load defaults Load defaults With the menu option Load defaults you can load configuration settings previously saved into a file as the new default settings of the 7 25 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS CLIPSTER Configuration Tool see section Save defaults on page 7 26 The selection of this menu option opens a standard dia log window for a file selection To load previously saved default configuration settings select in the dialog window the file that contains the desired settings from the list box or enter the its name in the entry field File name File extension ae os a CLIPSTER configuration file e Ifthe list box does not contain the desired file name make i sure that the correct drive and directory has been selected Confirm your selection with the button OPEN The selected configura tion settings will then be loaded into the CLIPSTER software The new settings will then be applied for example every time a new project is initialized Additionally in the CLIPSTER Configuration Tool you have the possibility at hand to transfer the default settings to the project re lated settings and thus to enable them for your currently active project z Some changes to the settings will be in effect after a restart i of the software only Further information about the CLIPSTER Configura
251. ually on its position and call up the context menu Afterwards select the menu option Remove marker to delete it from the timeline You also have the possibility at hand to remove all timeline markers in one step from the timeline For this select the menu option Remove all markers from the context menu The appearance of timeline markers can be configured to i your liking with the Configuration Tool of CLIPSTER see CLIP STER Configurations user guide 6 45 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 6 4 11 Attaching an Audio Clip to a Video Clip 6 46 Sometimes during your editing work you may want to group audio and video clips for instance if they are already perfectly aligned and in synchronization For this the timeline provides the possibility to at tach an audio to a video clip When attaching more than two timeline elements you can at i tach one video clip to several audio clips only It is not possi ble to attach several video clips to one or more audio clips Furthermore it is not possible to attach clips of one type only e g audio clips only How to Attach Clips To attach an audio clip to a video clip perform the following Select a video clip and an audio clip in the timeline with the mouse while you hold down the Ctrl key e Afterwards release the Ctrl key and call up on one of the selected clips or on an empty part of the timeline the context menu usually with a right click of the mo
252. udio file formats Format Default Description Name Extension aif aif Audio interchange format Plat aiff aiff form independent format for sound files Capable of storing multiple mono or stereo channels wave wav File format for digital audio wave form data under Windows Capa ble of storing multiple mono or stereo channels Windows wmv Container file format that stores Media video as well as audio data in a sin gle file only Proprietary streaming video technology developed by Mi crosoft 1 Available for a finalizing process only DVS Appendix A 4 LUT File Syntax A look up table LUT file defines values for the color and or gamma correction Depending on the color depth for each input value the file specifies an output value for each color component and the alpha channel key It is a plain ASCII text file that has to match the follow ing properties Lines starting with a hash are comments and will not be evalu ated by the CLIPSTER software There is a designated line designated with the color depth for the four color component values RGBA For example for 10 bit video data the lines will start with zero 0 and end with 1023 Each designated line consists of four values RGBA The separa tion is made via tabulators TAB Usually the LUT file consists of 1024 input output values used in 10 bit video mode If you work with 8 bit video data on
253. ure 6 29 Transition between clips The exact position of the transition depends on the available head and tail If head and tail are sufficiently available for both clips the transition will be positioned exactly in the middle of the timeline cur SOr The transition is now set and you can proceed for instance by alter ing its properties You can delete a transition the same way you delete a clip i from the timeline Simply select the transition and press the key Del on your keyboard or select from its context menu the menu option Delete Depending on the resolution of the material and the type of operators used in the timeline it may be necessary to pre render the transition Further information about this can be found in section Prerendering of Timeline Elements on page 6 38 6 33 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 6 34 Changing the Transition s Properties By default a transition is set to one second length if enough head or tail are provided and as a wipe Crossfade is selected This can be changed in the properties of the transition that you can access via its context menu e Invoke the context menu of the transition usually with a right click of the mouse and select the menu option Properties Alterna tively you can double click the transition in the timeline to call the window for the transition properties directly This will open the Transition Operator configuration window Transition
254. use On the context menu select the menu option Attach 8 00 Ze Figure 6 43 Attaching audio and video clip Once this is done the audio clip will be attached to the selected video clip Now if one of these clips is selected in the timeline the attached one will be selected as well and they can then for example be moved easily together while their alignment and position to each other is maintained However because attached clips can only be used in the overwrite mode of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool once clips are attached in the time The Timeline line of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool the software switches on the overwrite mode automatically switch to the insert mode anymore The button to switch be tween the two different modes appears dimmed and is no longer available Further information about the insert and overwrite mode can be found in section The Insert Overwrite Mode of the Timeline on page 6 26 i When working with attached clips in the timeline you cannot To activate the insert mode of the CLIPSTER software all time line elements have to be disconnected How to Disconnect Attached Clips To sever an attachment of clips or to switch back to the insert mode of the CLIPSTER software you have to disconnect the attached clips e Select the attached clips and call up its context menu usually with a right click of the mouse Then use either one of the following menu options Disconnect ele Dis
255. use the following items of the Tran sition Operator configuration window Item Description Softness Use the Softness slider and the percentage value to its right to adjust the softness feath ering of the wipe Then the edges of the emerging image appear softer so that they blend into the receding image with less con trast With the slider you can set the softness value to values between 0 and 100 Howev er with the percentage value to the right of the slider you can select even greater values than 100 Either enter the softness in percent manually or use the controls to the right of the entry field to step the value up or down until it is set as desired Start The Start entry field indicates in percent the starting point of the transition If adjusted the operator will begin the transition at a later point of its phases to blend into the receding image If this value is greater than the value set in the End entry field the transition effect will be reversed i e a change will appear to wards the increasing black area see graph ics in figure 6 31 on page 6 35 This button transfers the value set in the End entry field to the Start entry field from right to left This button exchanges the values between the End and Start entry fields The value of the End entry field will be transferred to the Start entry field and vice versa With this button you can transfer the value set in the Start
256. use this single LUT file instead of several ones to color correct video clips f For more details as well as a specification on LUT files please refer to section LUT File Syntax on page A 7 6 7 7 The Operator Color Correction Enhanced The operator Color Correction in its enhanced version is an option ally available feature of the CLIPSTER software When you have re ceived this option the operator Color Correction see section The Operator Color Correction on page 6 74 will be supplemented by additional controls that can be used to perform a primary color gam ma correction to the clips in the timeline The enhanced version of the operator Color Correction provides a user interface with several sliders to perform a primary color and or gamma correction on the currently selected clip To apply a color cor rection to a clip you have to enable the check box of the Color Cor rection operator in the operator list Then the selected operator will be activated for the clip and its settings tab will be made available in the settings area 6 75 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 6 76 Figure 6 60 Color correction operator enhanced The operator for an enhanced color correction provides for most set tings a slider as well as an entry field You can adjust these settings in several ways 1 Either select a slider with the mouse and move it left or right up or down to the desired settings
257. w for real time operations Further more it is strongly recommended to use the disk stripe set for video and audio data only Save other data on the usual sys tem disks i CLIPSTER works with files in the operating system file system The Tool Area By default CLIPSTER sets the video format of each clip added AN to the bin via a drag and drop procedure or the menu option Add Clip to the progressive field mode If your material is in an interlaced video format you have to call up the clip prop erties of the clip and change the field mode respectively see section Changing the Properties of Clips on page 4 19 The third mentioned procedure is in detail described in the CLIPSTER I O Tool user guide It will also add clips to the bin of the CLIPSTER software which will then already be set up correctly and no manual configuration will be necessary for these bin clips for example to cor rect the field mode see attention note above Adding Clips to the Bin with a File Manager In the following it is described how to use a standard file manager of the operating system to move video or audio clips to the bin Open a Windows file manager for example the Windows Explorer with the keyboard combination Windows CD E e Inthe file manager select an audio or video file either a file within a directory or the directory itself on the disk array where the video data is stored For a list of the supported file f
258. where the names of all files are entered that exceed the set critical response time see section Chart Controls on page 4 24 and section Group Graphics on page 4 31 This setting does not affect the general log file written by the performance monitor where drops are re ported see section The Performance Moni tor on page 4 20 It will be concerned with files that exceed the critical response time only There will be one file for each CLIPSTER session and it will contain the following infor mation access time read 0 write 1 lt path gt lt file name gt The entered file name will provide you with the approximate location where the cause for the exceeded response time can be found The file will be written into the directory result of the CLIPSTER software s installation path default C Program Files DVS Clipster f Y When the check box Create results i file is deactivated again in the same CLIPSTER session the created file will be automatically deleted Enable scrollable With this check box you activate the history history mode of the performance monitor Then you will be able to scroll back in the chart via the slider to the right hand side of the chart con trols see section Chart Controls on page 4 24 After enabling the check box the slider below it becomes available Use this slider to deter mine the amount of data that should be avail able for a history view Once the total
259. wo Texts enclosed by quotation marks are references to other manuals guides chapters or sections Window Standard text in bold with single quotation marks indicates a window name Group Menu Standard text in italic and bold indicates either a group name menu name or options in a menu list Menu Option In the specified group or menu select the stat ed item BUTTON Standard text in small caps and bold indicates push buttons Item Standard text in bold only stands for other la belled items of the user interface File Directory structure or file Entries Parameters selections or entries made in the program Introduction Key An individual key or a key combination on a keyboard Keyboard Shortcuts To perform options or procedures with the keyboard often requires si multaneous pressing of two keys Example Ctrl F1 If this is given hold down the Ctrl key and press simultaneously the F 1 key 1 5 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 1 4 1 6 Important Notes Please observe the following while using the CLIPSTER Edit Tool 0 Lc gt be Cp Only use the designated video drive disk stripe set to store video and audio data Other storage locations may be too slow for real time operations Leave about 15 of the overall video hard disk capacity empty of data for real time performance reasons The real time capability of CLIPSTER depends to a large ex tent on the performanc
260. xit of the CLIPSTER i icon on the menu bar of the user interface see section Exit on page 7 2 The CLIPSTER software will be closed and you can then for instance shut down the video system 3 15 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 3 16 The Tool Area 74 On the left side of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool directly below the menu bar you can find the tool area It may show you depending on the optional features available or the currently activated CLIPSTER module as well as task mode various tools that can be used during your work with CLIPSTER The different tools are provided as tabs to switch easily be tween them tool tabs Figure 4 1 The tool area When you activate one of the inactive tool tabs the tool area will change its appearance and the respective tool will be displayed in the tool area Among the tools you can find for example the bin which provides initial access to the video material stored on your system or the performance monitor to assess the real time operation of the CLIPSTER video system for example during a play out of the timeline This chapter describes the features of the tool area as well as the de fault tools available in the CLIPSTER Edit Tool module in detail These default tools may also be available in the other software modules of CLIPSTER 4 1 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 4 1 4 2 Changing the Size of the Tool Area Some tools may not be shown in full i e
261. y altering the brightest parts of the image highlights while pre serving the average and darkest parts shadows Gain Adjusts brighter parts of the clip i e the gain or white point Values range from 0 000 to 2 000 Gamma Adjusts the average parts of the clip i e the gamma or mid tones Values range from 0 1 to 3 Lift Adjusts the darker parts of the clip i e the lift or black point Values range from 0 000 to 2 000 6 79 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide 6 80 The Menus L At the top of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool module you can see a menu bar menu bar This menu bar provides access to functions and tasks of an adminis trative nature to the CLIPSTER Edit Tool Here you can find for exam ple import and export functions as well as several menu options generally concerned with projects and project files This chapter describes the menu bar of the CLIPSTER Edit Tool user interface All menus and menu options will be explained 7 1 CLIPSTER Edit Tool User Guide DVS 7 1 The Menu of the CLIPSTER Icon The CLIPSTER icon on the menu bar of the user interface provides menu options to control the user interface of the CLIPSTER software in general Here you can find the following menu options Minimize Exit Figure 7 2 The menu of the CLIPSTER icon They are described in the following sections 7 1 4 Minimize Minimize To reduce the CLIPSTER software to a button on the Windows operat ing
262. you can configure for example the paths for the temporary data as well as other project specific settings such as the appearanc es of clips in the bin All changes performed in this tab will be saved together with the project file For more information and a complete description of the CLIPSTER Configuration Tool please consult the CLIPSTER Configurations user guide 7 5 3 Defaults Defaults The CLIPSTER Configuration Tool provides overall two configuration groupings one for project related settings tab Project and one for default settings that will be used in general tab Default Further information about the two configuration groupings as i well as about the project related settings can be found in sec tion Project config on page 7 24 The Defaults menu option on the menu Options enables you to configure and set up the video system settings as well as the default values for each initialized new project It will open the CLIPSTER Con figuration Tool with the tab Defaults active Then you can set up for example the TCP IP settings of the CLIPSTER software as well as the period for the automatic save function of currently active projects au tosave The default configuration settings are saved automatically together with the software when it is shut down The project related settings available on the Defaults tab will be used for each initialized new project For more information and a complete descrip
263. you can jump to cutting points and timeline markers or step one frame for or backwards They are in detail described in section Controls on page 5 5 Of course via a play out you can also move within the timeline There are several ways to play out the timeline You can play out the whole timeline you can review a part of the timeline and you can play out a part of the timeline The first two are also initiated via their respective controls of the CLIP STER Edit Tool the play and REVIEW button However to play out a defined part of the timeline only you have to set an in and outpoint for the timeline How to do this is described in section Setting In and The Timeline Outpoint for the Timeline on page 6 23 Once they are set you can initiate a play out of the defined range with the play button of the con trols see section Controls on page 5 5 In addition to the controls of the user interface there are a lot of key board shortcuts available These complement the controls some of them do not even have a control element in the user interface and you can use them for a faster working with the software A listing of all keyboard shortcuts can be found in section Keyboard Shortcuts on page A 3 z For example via the keyboard shortcuts you can initiate a re i verse play out of the timeline key J which decreases the speed by one 1 6 3 2 Setting In and Outpoint for the Timeline W
264. ype storage informa tion and format The state of the rendering process will be indicat ed by a progress bar As soon as it reaches 100 the process will be finished and the progress bar will be closed You can then access the generated clip s With the button CLOSE you can close the Final izing window without starting a rendering pro cess You will then return to the main window of the CLIPSTER software i The button RENDER will be available as 7 2 8 Prerender all Prerender all 7 16 With the Prerender all menu option you can prerender all parts of the timeline that need to be processed before a play out together in one step A prerendering may be indicated prior to a play out when CLIP STER is not able to handle the contents of the timeline in real time for instance a special operator This will be displayed in the timeline with The Menus a yellow line above the respective element that cannot be played out see section Prerendering of Timeline Elements on page 6 38 Depending on the number of elements to be prerendered the length of the elements and the configured output set tings the prerendering may take some time up to several hours of processing Y Further information about how to manage you project best when parts of the timeline need prerendering can be found in section Notes on Project Management on page 2 9 A changing of the video format will set all already pr

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