User manual PINNACLE LIQUID EDITION V6

[. . . ] Pinnacle Liquid User's Guide Version 6. 0 / September 2004 © Pinnacle Systems 2004 All rights reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transferred to other media without explicit written permission from Pinnacle Systems, Braunschweig, Germany. All brand or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Pinnacle Systems retains the right to make alterations to the content of the manual without the obligation to inform third parties. P INNACL E Introduction Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Why So Much Paper?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] When you drag a transition effect to the edit, the tooltips let you know if too little leeway is available. 14 You can also drag the clips and Transition as usual using the Handles and trim them. The Transition remains the same; it retains its length and remains centered over the Edit. Trim the clips and look at the results. Three-Point Editing Often you'll reach a point where you've almost finished a Sequence and suddenly find that you completely forgot a clip. Or you've used a take that you liked and then notice that the main character in this take has been cut. You now have another take that you simply want to exchange for the one in the (almost) finished Sequence. The three points refer to the Mark-in and Markout on the Timeline plus the Mark-in or Mark-out of the clip in the Source Viewer. Finally, note that you can also use the Clip Viewer instead of the Source Viewer. 15 But in the same way, you can also trim the Transition itself. Move the mouse pointer near the beginning or end of the Transition and notice that it changes just as it did around the clips. Left-click the end of the Transition, hold down the mouse button and drag the Transition. Drag the end of the Transition toward the end of the Time- Chapter Edit 5 - 17 PINN ACL E Before moving on to the example, let's talk a little bit about Tracks, Mapping and the general behavior of clips on the Tracks. Glossary: Mapping ­ Indicates on which Tracks the clip's Source tracks will be inserted. Mapping is important when you insert clips on the Timeline using the Send To > Timeline command from the clip shortcut menu (right-click the clip to open its shortcut menu) and by means of the Insert Arrow. Suppose you have a clip comprising one video Source track and one Stereo Source track. When you insert it on the Timeline, you have three options for grouping: Group video and audio Don't group video/audio, group audio (Stereo mappings separate unchecked) Don't group video and audio (Stereo mappings separate checked) Click to open shortcut menu The result will be one Track in the first instance, two in the second and three in the third. As a result of your selection, the corresponding Track labels will appear in the Track header area and will show you where the Source tracks are inserted. VA stands for Video/Audio grouped, V for Video, S for Stereo and A for Audio. Mapping automatically activates the Track Label needed for the option selected. But even if Mapping is active you can activate or deactivate Tracks so that you can, for example, insert only video on the Timeline even though the source Track also contains audio. Simply click the Names of the Tracks mapped for Audio to deactivate them. If Mapping is disabled you can insert gaps of defined length on all activated Tracks. 1 Insert a few clips on the Timeline so that several Tracks are layered one above the other. One Track should be an Audio Track that runs throughout the entire Sequence without an Edit. There should be one video Track with three consecutive clips and two additional Audio Tracks with Edits that are not in the same position as the Edit on the Video track. [. . . ] Move ­ The files are moved to the current project. 5 6 Click Import. In the Project Window, the All tab now contains a new folder called "Search Media". This folder has a subfolder called "image" (in other cases you might find two more of them: "video" and "audio"). As was to be expected, our images have been sent to the "image" folder. 3 4 12 - 10 Chapter Project Administration P INNACL E 2 Select file type 3 Select files Use the Ctrl key to select multiple files 3 Arrow for moving files to the lower section 5 2 Whole or partial file name 4 Chapter Project Administration 12 - 11 PINN ACL E Input Wizard If you already know where your material is located, import it with the Input Wizard. 5 In the Import Media dialog box, select the file(s) you wish to import and specify whether you want to Link, Move or Copy the files to the Project. 1 2 Select Pinnacle Liquid Menu Bar > File > Input Wizard to open the Input Wizard. [. . . ]