Smart Edit 8
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1. In all menus which allow you to select a font type you can now also import a TrueType font This expands on the available font packages with single TrueType fonts from an external medium such as a CD Press Import font s in the menu and select the medium containing the fonts that you wish to import Confirm the selection and now choose from the available fonts them selves This will result in a preview Use the multi select func tion to choose more than one font for importing The number of fonts that you can import is limited to 100 Once all required fonts have been marked with a tick click on OK and the import will begin Once finished the fonts will be added to your font list carrying the font name The symbol for such fonts is an A with a superscripted x in front If you want to delete any of these fonts click onto Delete font s then mark the fonts in the menu and the confirm with OK Audio editing Combining audio tracks You can combine multiple audio tracks to once single audio piece This is helpful to create space if all audio tracks are in use and you wish to use another audio clip in the project Use the Opt button the audio mix menu to combine audio tracks The result is a new sample that is added to the selected audio track The combined audio tracks are deleted The new sample can also be saved in the audio clipboard as a backup The menu for Merge tracks has the following options Replace in2. but at a maximum of 10 minutes length of your project The current scene is shown in the middle N This normalizes the view and the current scene uses up about 25 of the video track space Range This function is used to set an area length for display ing the Timeline in seconds or minutes The time scale then switches to the value you are using To set the value click into the number field for Range and use the keyboard to enter a number e s for an area in seconds 1 60 e m for an area in minutes only complete minutes If you enter a number without a letter the number will be set up in seconds per default The effect menus are also shown in the same fashion using the Timeline The audio mix screen allows you to see the audio tracks in addition to the video tracks at the bottom The Timeline offers a very fast method for switching over to an effect menu If you want to change or delete an effect in the Timeline click onto it directly in the Timeline itself You will then be transported to the respective effect menu with the options for the effect you have selected Activating an effect in the Timeline also activates the corresponding scene It will be highlighted and in addition marked using a bright line point ing out the connection between effect and scene This is par ticularly useful when working with inserts If you are working with an insert in the Storyboard and wish to apply a transition to it the
3. Before activating the Timeline display it is important that you first select a suitable screen resolution Go to the System Settings gt Storyboard options gt to find the following options Storyboard mode This is used to switch the display between the Storyboard and Timeline mode The Timeline gives you two further options Either Timeline for displaying the Timeline in all menus or Timeline Mix only for displaying the Timeline only in the audio mixing screen Storyboard video You can apply a text onto the video track which will be the name of the scene Alternatively you can apply an image at the start and end of the scene In this case you can change the size of the image from small medium and large The images have an advantage over the text Very short scenes may not show the full text Storyboard insert You can apply the same settings to the insert track as the video track In addition you can completely deactivate the insert track if you do not require it Storyboard Change colors This button activates an alter native scene dispaly for the scenes in the video track If you activate this scenes will be shown in altering blue colors in addition to the yellow separators Marking scenes Until now the scene bin was made more convenient with the aid of scene groups or by hiding already added scenes Now you can further improve and optimize the edit bin with two new functions found at the bottom lef
4. Storyboard Activating this option tick is placed the resulting sample is added to the selected audio track automatically insert to This allows you to set up in which audio track the new sample is to be placed Create sample Activate this button place tick to add the sample to the audio list and name it Mix From here you can continue editing it Finish Length of Storyboard Choose Range Effects unrendered Audio unrendered 005 38 05 005 38 05 Create Record to VCR DV Use graphic 7 Casablanca timecode Original timecode Date and Time Y Select font Place timecode import graphic Place graphic The lower part of the Finish menu has been redesigned and now offers the ability to add further overlays to your film For example if you wish to add a logo to your film or the recor ding date These options are always set up for the current project Applying the overlay to a part of the film only is not possible This is only possible in DV projects not HD projects You can import and position a graphic a still image no ani mation or one of the available time formats Use the following settings Use graphic Activate this function place a tick to render an image into your film The function uses the last imported image until you import a new one If there is no image available you will be asked to select one Import graphic lf you wish to use an image format png True Colo
5. of the rendering process Show often used effects Place a tick in this box if you wish to see the last ten effects used at the top of the effect list This is a kind of favorites list The list will not be shown if you remove the box mark In the Edit menu to the right of the i button beneath the Storyboard you ll find a new button for starting the Storyboard render process This renders all Storyboard effects as well as the audio This gives you the ability to play the Storyboard during editing without seeing any unrendered parts Scenes added to the Storyboard are marked with a small triangle in the top right corner This triangle replaces the small dot used previously for this purpose In addition to the triangle a scene in the scene bin can sport several different icons gt The scene is trimmed in the IN area lt The scene is trimmed in the OUT area x The scene is rendered is an empty scene has been imported or contains rendered parts AM The scene is also used in the Storyboard a The scene is marked DO This is the current scene Timeline 014 06 00 014 09 00 0141200 014 1500 014 18 00 01421 00 0142400 Sc Video ha u Insert 000 11 10 Effect if je fi Transilion Range Z057 N ERE PE Zoom 0 Remove Replace With the new system software you can make use of the Timeline display as opposed to the Storyboard method This is often preferred b
6. Smart Edit Smart Edit 8 Manual extension MACRO MB SYSTEM Smart Edit 8 Manual extension 3 Contents System settingSs a a sus ee den ak a ana nee 4 Saving screen CO OS assen oneens nenn 4 Further settings ciao tame Rennen 4 Edit sn ee a 4 Timeline corran aaa 4 Using the Timeline to edit audio 6 Setting up the Timeline 6 Marking Scenes izo rr eha ae ca al 6 Operators sk a cah la ic nn E ae a 7 GOUMOOWN ss teen tente rn ee ne ende T Clipboard ur ene a ere ede dee dyar be ane he 7 Effect Stack u ane re we asaya anne Wed Aan ne 7 Importing fonts cesera kak sa a a kk seen eier ea 8 Audio editing ss sa sas saa yan eee tee dl kk erkenne 8 Combining audio trackS isis aars cir 4 344 l 8 GED HRH HHHH HHHH HHHH HRH Na 8 More new and improved functions 9 elcome to Smart Edit 8 the new generation software for creative video editing Smart Edit 8 comes with countless new functions and intricate improvements which will help you to create more professional and sophisti cated video with your Casablanca editing system Having installed Smart Edit 8 on your Casablanca you can begin studying the following new possibilities as detailed over the next pages System Settings Saving screen colors The new Smart Edit software has improved and expanded on the abil
7. ages e The Image Pool can now be used to trim a selected scene when saving and thus use any single frame as the image Due to this the scene does not have to be trimmed before hand e The Image Pool has an improved preview display The translucent area is now shown as a chequered pattern back ground making it easier to see e The menu Edit gt New and Audio gt New sample now contain 4 new buttons These allow you to choose 1s 3s 10s and 30s and thus to quickly choose a basic length e Power Key optional product has been treated to many other expansions such as a repeat function to place scenes in the clip board Smart Edit 8 Manual extension 9 10 Smart Edit 8 Manual extension 11 MacroSystem Digital Video AG www macrosystem de 391 10 08
8. ene bin The actions are themselves are done in the same fashion too Note that no scene should be activated when you want to pro cess an action in the Storyboard otherwise the action menu will remain inactive Marked scenes remain marked as long as you remain in the edit menu If you exit the edit menu the marked scenes will be unmarked Operators Smart Edit 8 offers new effect operators The Countdown operator and the clipboard have been expanded in their func tionality DVD Arabesk has been moved to the main menu and Ksebara is now found in the edit menu under New Every effect list is now divided into different parts The top part is the favorites list separated with the division line These are the effects that have been used the most recently The list con tains the 10 most used effects It allows you to select the most frequent effects faster Underneath the line you can find the regular effect list with all the effects installed You can deac tivate the effect favorites if you like To do this enter System Settings gt Additional Settings deactivate the tick Show often used effects Place the tick again to activate the function Countdown New Black Color 3 Font Style Background Colorbars I Countdown 321 Ksebara e YA ln fv Pattern Background Scene Length E Default fis 3s fios Preview FullSize amp i 000 05 00 30 s ok Cancel This function crea
9. ently selected scene A duplicate is created and copied to the new position The original scenes remains at its position Mark Storyboard With this function you can mark a scene in the Storyboard Timeline Mark scene bin This marks all scenes in the scene bin This is useful for selecting a large number of scenes Simply activate all scenes first then deactivate single scenes Remove all marks This removes all marked scenes without processing an action Cancel This cancels and closes the menu without processing any action The marked scenes remain marked If you mark multiple scenes in the scene bin and wish to add them to the Storyboard select the scene in the Storyboard after which the scenes are to be positioned Now click on the add button and choose all marked The scenes will be copied to the Storyboard in the exact same order and placed behind the active Storyboard scene You can also delete the marked scenes by pressing Delete You will be asked if you wish to delete merely the current scene or all marked scenes Press All marked to delete all marked scenes Use the Undo button to restore the deleted scenes Please note that you can only restore the last 10 deleted scenes with this function If you deleted more scenes than 10 the remaining scenes will be lost You can also mark scenes in the Storyboard not just the scene bin You can do this in exact the same way as with the sc
10. ity to change the system colors Enter the System Settings from the main menu then go to Screen and Change interface colors Here you will now find the already familiar archives option for loading saving and deleting archive entries Any color combination schemes can be saved here any time and reloaded at a later stage The archives already contain a few standard color schemes to get you going Further settings Additional settings Auto off after w 3 Display bubble help f Cut recognition Startcode Timecode display 000 00 00 IIS Play Timecode Casablanca Volume 12 a ao Sound after creation after 1 min show often used effects S f Ok Select System Settings the press Additional Settings to enter a menu that allows you to make some basic set up changes The following new setting options have been added with the new version Volume This allows you to set the volume level for your con nected monitor This is particularly useful for notebook models In many cases notebooks also offer a volume control slider or knob for setting the headphone volume level Sound after creation This setting is used for choosing the sound that is played whenever the system is done with render ing In addition you can set the minimum rendering time for playing the sound This function is useful if you wish to use longer rendering times for doing other things and do not want to miss the end
11. line will help you to see if the effect will be positioned at the beginning of the insert Storyboard scene during insert sports a low line or at the end the scene has a line If this part of the scene shows a bright low line the transition will be placed between the marked and subsequent scene Using the timeline to edit audio Insert ar 000 11 10 Effect Transition Range 208 N Zoom E EM fa RE E Replace Create In the audio mix menu the Timeline works very much the same In addition the audio tracks are shown The top audio track is the original sound belonging to the scene seen above it If there is a transition between two scenes the fade between the two scenes original sound is shown by a diagonally divided area Generally positioning and arranging audio in the Timeline works pretty much just like using the Storyboard mode Across the entire area the audio tracks show status bars giving you information via its color about the audio below If the audio is rendered and the volume levels are adjusted correctly it will be shown in blue If the audio is overmodulated it is red Finally unrendered audio is shown in yellow Setting up the Timeline Storyboard Options Storyboard Mode Timeline Video large Insert medium Change colors S In order to display the Storyboard as a Timeline the system requires a VGA or DVI resolution of at least 1024x768 A video monitor can not display the Timeline
12. list All scenes marked with a tick are then deleted Import scene s This option is only active if you have marked at least one scene in the list All scenes marked with a tick are then imported into your project Options Here you can set if the trimmed parts of a scene are also affected In addition there is an option for importing scenes in a different format The clipboard for audio is used in the same fashion Effect stack This effect allows you to bundle as many image processing effects in a single rendering process and apply them in one go Open the setting menu for this effect In the top left of the menu you ll find a list of the effects There are also the follow ing menu points Add effect Select an effect from the list of image processing effects This effect is then added to the effect stack Remove effect Removes an effect from the effect stack Move effect up This moves the currently selected effect within the stack list to the top Move effect down This moves the currently selected effect within the stack list to the bottom The effects are applied from the top to the bottom to the final rendered effect It is important in which order the effect list is assembled Moving effects up and down therefore has an effect on the result Every effect is influenced by the previous effect The moving preview is shown on the right menu side giving you an indication of your arrangement Importing fonts
13. r on a medium e g CD DVD USB stick connect or insert the medium first Then press the button to import the image The selection menu allows you to choose from all of the recognized mediums Select the storage medium and press OK After this you will see the contents of the medium so that you can select the image and import it Place graphic The last imported image can also be freely positioned in the film You can also alter the size of the image and optimize the position It is not possible to save multiple images on your system You must import an image from an external medium Casablanca timecode This displays the time code of the film The format used mmm ss ff or hh mm ss ff depends on the Timecode display chose in System Settings gt Additional Settings Original timecode The time code recording time of each single scene is shown The set Timecode display is taken into consideration Date and time This shows the date and time from the Time code of the orginal scenes Select font This allows you to choose a font type and size You can import your own fonts for this purpose and use it for the display Place timecode The chose time format can be positioned The size of the display depends on the font you have selected More new and improved functions In addition to the functions described above there are more improvements to be found in Smart Edit 8 e The Image Pool now stores up to 60 im
14. t of the screen The buttons Mark and Action belong together and allow you to comfort ably sort the scenes in your edit bin To do this you can mark certain scenes in your edit bin and copy or move them to an other place This makes it possible to put scenes that belong together next to each other The button Mark obviously marks the selected scene in the edit bin When marked a scene displays a filled square symbol above the scene icon if you want to mark another scene se lect the scene and press the Mark button You can speed up the process by pressing the left trackball button In this case you do not have to specifically select the scene first Place the pointer over the desired scene and press the left small track ball button That s all This marks the scene You can also use the Power Key optional product to mark the scenes faster The Action button reveals a menu for creating an action for the selected scene Alternatively you can open this menu us ing the right small trackball button Depending on the number of marked scenes there are various actions that can be put into effect Swap scenes This function swaps two scenes around and is available when you activate exactly two scenes Move here All marked scenes are positioned behind the cur rently selected scene The previous positions of these scenes are removed Copy here All marked scenes are copied to a position after the curr
15. tes a countdown effect For each second it shows a number counting backwards You can change the font and style used and even present a background picture If you want to show a background picture instead of a color or pattern set the alpha channel value to 0 This makes the selection translucent and allows you to select a background Smart Edit 8 Manual extension 7 picture The current project s scene bin will be shown allowing you to select a suitable image from the available scenes If the background scene is shorter than the countdown the scene will repeat If it is longer only the necessary part will be shown Clipboard This button is a buffer for storing scenes and clips Select the Clipboard to enter a selection menu that allows you to place and recover scenes from and into your current project The top part of this menu contains a list of all available scenes in the clipboard When you enter this menu the very first time the list will be empty The menu contains the following options Add actual scene Add the currently selected scene in the scene bin to the clipboard Add other scene Add another scene other than the selected one to the clipboard Add scene from different project You can add any scene from any other project to the Storyboard First select the project and then the scene from the scene bin of the project Remove scene s This option is only active if you have marked at least one scene in the
16. time position Effects are shown just like the scenes as bars with the respective effect icon The lowest track is used to position transitions The display method is the same as used for image processing effects As soon as you insert a transition the video track display will change Two consecutive scenes will be placed over each other The overlapping area will be shown as having its own field at the same length as the transition The field contains a a diagonal yellow line In addition depending on the setup two smaller images representing the first and last frame of the area may be shown To the right of the Timeline you can see a larger version of first frame of the currently used scene Directly beneath the image the scene name and the scene length Underneath there are various settings for Range and Zoom to help you define the best possible overview for the Timeline part you are working on Smart Edit 8 Manual extension 5 Zoom Zoom into the Timeline display to improve visibility of short clips and effects Each click doubles the zoom area The time scale carries information about the currently displayed area in seconds s or minutes m Zoom Zoom out of the Timeline to improve the overall overview of the project If you are suing long scenes a smaller Timeline view may be more appropriate Each click makes the view half as small O This button switches the view to 20 scenes wide
17. tracks The top part of the screen shows the Timline which is divided into different parts The view depends on the settings you have made for the Timeline The top of the screens holds the time scale for reading the time and position of scenes in the project You can change the time display type via System Settings gt Additional Settings gt Timecode display Beneath the time scale you ll find the video track All scenes are shown as a sequence of bars or tracks which can be zoomed at varying factors One option is to zoom so that the first and last frame of a scene is seen on the ends of the bar The scene name is shown in the middle If the bar is too short to show all elements only the start frame is shown If you zoom out even further only the scene name will be displayed Each scene is separated by a vertical line representing the beginning of a new scene The active scene is highlighted by a different color and is not unlike the Storyboard mode posi tioned in the middle of the screen In addition the active scene or the active insert part sports a bright line at the bottom If you position an insert over a scene you ll find the insert scene in the insert track just below the video track It is posi tioned correctly beneath the background scene The elements found in this track can also display frame pictures or just text depending on your settings You ll also find that the effects are positioned exactly at the right
18. y many professional video editors In the Storyboard all added scenes are shown as a sequence of pictures each representing a specific scene Effects inserts and titles are also shown as pictures in the Storyboard This allows for a very clean and uncluttered display of the sequence of scenes and effects used Important information such as the length of the scene in relation to the entire Storyboard can not be seen right away however When viewing the project as a Timeline you instead see scenes and effects as bars positioned on a time axis The length of the bars is shown in proportion to the length of the entire project In addition you can compare scene lengths directly with each other Effects and inserts are also shown as bars in the Timeline In order to improve the overview they are shown as separate bars or tracks as we ll call them Apart from the video track there s a track for the insert image processing effects titles and transitions Above the tracks there is a time scale to help you keep track of the time position for the scenes and effects The Timeline is the central element for your video editing work You can activate the Timeline via System Settings gt Story board options gt Mode Depending on the settings you make the system switches between the Storyboard and Timeline display mode The Timeline is shown in the same way in the Edit as well as the effect menus The audio menu additionally shows the audio
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