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1. Effect Menus Function Key Origin Remarks Insert le Ins Insert e Ctrl Ins Adds an effect and moves one to the right Remove e Del Remove e Ctrl Ins Deletes the effect and moves one to the right hs 0 Only with transitions possible without button 1s m1 Only with transitions possible without button 2s ro 2 Only with transitions possible without button Range cor range Only with long term and title effects Preview CO F13 Full size o f frame Create conc create Scene Os scene Storyboard slider list Activates control unit Storyboard I r co gt Storyboard Start O Pos Storyboard End con End Storyboard 6 Di Page a y Depends on the number of visible entries Storyboard play CO PLAY List slider list Activates list Effect up down av First effect Pos1 Last effect End Effect list 6 Page av Depends on the number of visible entries Edit Change text t text Only with title effects Effect button 1 1 Effect button 2 2 Effect button 3 3 Effect button 4 4 Information F1 Length Transitions Function Key Origin Length t time S CD 0 1s co 1 2s co 2 XS 003 Create a scene Function Key Origin Remarks Name k keyboard Activates the on screen keyboard Effect e effect Effect Scenes a all Range r range 45 46 System Settings2. Function Key Origin Select language language Trackball Speed t trackball Install Product p product Videooutput v video Screen s screen Hard disk h harddisk Presentation options o options SCART output c component Presentation Options Function Key Origin Play Counter h hide Loop Mode loop Play on startup s start Default settings d default Install Product Function Key Origin Remarks List slider list Activates list Product up down av First product Pos1 Last product End Product list 6 Page av Depends on the number of visible entries Activate a activate Hide h hide Info i info Enter Activating Code Function Key 0 9 0 9 lt backspace gt Information Window Function Key First page Pos1 Last page End Page 1 Page av Project Settings Function Key Origin Remarks Name hard disk name Select project p project Kron Avio Pro Paket not with the multiuser edition Select administrator pro t teacher Only with the multiuser edition ject Select user project s student Only with the multiuser edition Delete n new Information i info Image d dimension Format f format Color Resolution r resolution Audio quality a audio Picture quality selection m mode Picture quality slider q qua
3. 6 Page av Depends on the number of visible entries License a activate Show s show Hide h hide Info i info 31 Enter Activating Code Function Key 0 9 0 9 lt backspace gt Information Window Function Key First page Pos1 Last page End Page 1 Page av Project Settings Function Key Origin Remarks Select project p project Kron Avio Pro Paket not with the multiuser edition Select project 1 3 1 3 Only with Avio Select administrator project t teacher Only with the multiuser edition Select user project s student Only with the multiuser edition New project n new Information i info Image d dimension Format f format Color Resolution r resolution Audio quality a audio Picture quality selection m mode Picture quality slider q quality Select Project Function Key Origin Remarks List control list Activates list Project up down av First project Pos1 Last project End Project list 6 Page av Depends on the number of visible entries Video Settings Function Key Origin Brightness b brightness Contrast c contrast Saturation s saturation Input i input Bar small big x Bar up down y Reco
4. Key Option instead Select the first scene and trim it to a reasonable length like 5 seconds Next press the key combi nation Ctrl t so that the subsequent scene in the scene bin is also trimmed to 5 seconds Please note that the scenes are only trimmed back from their ends Since you have carried out the trimming procedu re once already you can use the repeat function To do so press the key combination Ctrl r to open the Repeat Command window Now enter the number of remaining scenes If you do not know the exact number you can also enter 999 the largest possible repeat rate This will cause all the scenes that are positioned after the highlighted scene in the scene bin to be trimmed Since all the scenes have now been trimmed you can insert them in the storyboard To do so select the first of the affected scenes again and press the key combination Ctrl Ins so that the scene appears in the story board and the next scene in the scene bin is highlighted Since you have now inserted one scene already you can repeat the procedure for 23 the remaining scenes To do so open the Repeat command window using the key combination Ctrl r and enter the required number of scenes After all the scenes have been entered open the Transitions screen select the required effect for instance the Double Exposure effect with the Crossfade mode and insert it using the key combination Ctrl Ins The effect appears bet
5. Casablanca products dealer We would like to thank you for placing your trust in us and hope that this product will fulfill your expectations The Power Key Option allows you to use your Casablanca even more intensely than before Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any further questions or wish to provide us with suggestions for improvement To contact us please refer to the addresses and telephone numbers printed in the Casablanca manual We kindly ask you to provide the serial number of your device or your customer number whenever you contact us 1 2 Keyboards If you already have a keyboard please make sure it has a USB connection and that it is a standard Windows keyboard since you will need the Windows menu control buttons for carrying out operations Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corp Note We do not provide any guarantee for the correct functioning of a connected third party keyboard This manual refers primarily to the Power Key Option that s sold as a complete package from MacroSystem and is comprised of both software and hardware the keyboard itself This means that the various keys are described as they appear on the keyboard sold by MacroSystem We will therefore make references to the four marker keys M1 to M4 that are assigned to keys F5 to F8 We will cover this kind of product specific infor mation such as the M1 through M4 keys referring to the function keys 5 throug
6. abbreviations of the icons as long as the button is pressed F3 F4 Not yet reserved F5 F8 M1 M4 M1 M4 Several application oriented marks F9 RECORD e Record F10 STOP Stop F11 PLAY gt Play F12 PAUSE lI Pause F13 PREVIEW F13 Preview F14 F15 Not yet reserved SB Storyboard CON Selects functions for the storyboard Nav Navigation J Changes in menu moves mouse trackball keyboard control The pointer moves as long as the button is pressed The same effect as abort quit return to previous screen Others Function Key Origin Remarks Copy Ctrl c PC Copies scene s Cut Ctrl x PC Removes scene s Paste Ctrl v PC Adds scene s Repeat Ctrl r repeat Opens repetition windows OFF Ctrl Alt Del Turns off Casablanca OK Enter OK in windows Cancel Esc Cancel in windows Yes y yes Yes in windows with yes no request NO n no No in windows with yes no request Lock Keyboard Ctrl I lock Locks keyboard Unlock Keyboard Ctrl Alt u unlock Unlocks keyboard Edit Menu Function Key Origin Remarks Insert i insert Range cor range Add 20 Ins Add w Ctrl Ins Inserts a scene and goes one scene to the right in the scene list Remove e Del Replace Di p replace Search f find Searches for a scene in the scene list Search af find Searches for next
7. audio sample using the key combination Ctrl m and then automatically switch to the next sample on the same audio track to highlight it The Ctrl m function can be repeated see the Re peat function section Deleting characters The Power Key Option also provides new features in the Titling screen If you entered one character too many you can delete it by pressing the Del key Please note that the character must be positi oned to the right of the cursor vertical line Deleting documents You can delete text meaning all texts boxes and pages in the Titling screen by selecting the required box and pressing the key combination of Alt n A window opens and asks you for confirmation You can then decide whether you really want to delete the document or not by pressing Y yes or N no 14 Repeat function This function allows you to repeat the same ac tion for several scenes in a row up to 999 times If you want to carry out the same action for a large and unmanageable number of scenes say for instance all 143 scenes contained in the scene bin you can enter 999 as the repeat rate so that all 143 scenes are taken into account Here is an example If you want to insert ten consecutive scenes from the scene bin into the storyboard you first insert the first scene using the key combination Ctrl Ins The fact that you have also pressed the Ctrl key means that the next scene in the scene bin is automatically highl
8. cancel the procedure Windows containing a grid like the Select Pat tern window can be controlled in the same way as selection lists Furthermore you can use the navigation arrows here to move to the left and right The feature allowing you to select an entry directly by way of its first letter is not supported here The entries in some lists are not sorted alphabe tically e g audio samples or they havemultiple 20 columns e g projects In these cases the alpha betical search function cannot be used sensibly Selection buttons Selection buttons are the Casablanca s on screen buttons that are displayed containing three lines in their left corners e g the trackball speed or various effects options Clicking on this type of button will open a list of several options Select the button by pressing the appropriate key combination e g trackball speed t Once it is active you have various options available for se lecting the required function You can move up or down using the navigation arrows or by pressing the Home End keys or the Page Up Page Down keys you can move to the corresponding positi ons in the list Furthermore the first 10 entries in a selection button s list can be accessed directly using keys 1 to 0 The displayed list entry can then be accepted by pressing the Enter key and the Esc key lets you cancel the procedure You can close the selection button again by pres sing its key combina
9. chosen value remains the current Active Selection Keys Function Description Cursor 4 y previous next entry Page av 10 entries Pos 1 End Jumps to the 1st or rather to the last entry 123 90 Shows the 1st to the 10th entry From the 11th entry a direct selection is not possible Esc Abort the key becomes inactive and returns to the position before activation Enter OK the key becomes inactive and the chosen value remains the current Keyboard The abbreviation used for the activation can also be used for the abort as Esc Abbreviations 39 40 Global Keys Change Menus Function Keys Origin System settings dig system Project settings Dp project Video settings En video lt v Record f record r Edit uN edit e Finish EB finish lt f Transitions EN crossfade c Image Processing Di image pr Titling Fr title Audio Record Edit E audio a Audio Mix tl mix m Main menu ices head h Trackball Control Function Key Remarks Moving the on screen pointer Da bav Left button Select D enter To click on icons Right button Cancel O Esc Key Functions etc Key New Name Printing Function F1 Help i General help function opens help window F2 Fades in key abbrevia EB Special keyboard help tions fades in the
10. document Altn new OK Alt CR Cancel Alt Esc Page Options The abbreviations of the page options can also be displayed directly with Alt on the titling screen Function Key Origin Move box Alt m move Size box Alt d dimension Delete box Alt Del Box background Alt b background Text Alt t text Insert page y Ins Delete page Del Font Selection Function Key Origin List list Size d dimension Archive Function Key Origin Load load Save s save Delete Del List list Archive load save delete Function Key Origin List list Enter name k keyboard Area Function Key Origin Position m move Dimension d dimension Color Pattern Function Key Origin Remarks Pattern m mode Select Color c color Also direct selection mode is autom switched after OK in the pattern window Select Texture p pattern Also direct selection mode is autom switched after OK in the texture window Outline Function Key Origin Frame o outline Select Color c color Shadow Function Key Origin Type shadow Direction o orientation Select Color color Char Line spaces Function Key Origin Charwidth w width Charspace h horizontal Lines
11. list becomes inactive and returns to the position before activation Enter OK the list becomes inactive and the selected entry remains current a z As a rule sorted alphabetically when text entries are shown By entering a key the list jumps to the first entry with this letter If this letter does not exist it will not be scrolled Capitalization use of small initial letters will be ignored when using these keys as well as when searching an inital letter Activated Sliders Control Units Function Description Cursor 4 aw The controller switches to the next previous entry r l with horizontal up down with vertical control units even when the control units are not activated Page av The controller scrolls in bigger steps With the timecode control unit the step width is 1s otherwise 1 10 of the total range Please notice that the arrow showing down moves the control unit to the right therefore to the higher range even when the control unit is not activated Alt 0 9 By pushing the Alt key at the same time the requested number can be entered directly There is no visual representation during the entry After the release of the Alt key the value of the control unit is updated only with control units with numerical or timecode display Esc Abort the control unit becomes inactive and returns to the position before activation Enter OK the control unit becomes inactive and the
12. many new functions described in this chapter and en hances some of the standard functions that you re already familiar with Copying scenes You can copy and then insert a scene that s pre sent in the scene bin To do so highlight the required scene in the scene bin using the arrows and then press the key com bination of Ctrl c If you ve had some experience with computers you ll already be familiar with this key combination This will cause the selected scene to be saved in a hidden clipboard it will not be listed in the Special menu s clipboard You can then insert this scene back into the scene bin using the key combination Ctrl v The scene will be inserted behind the scene that is currently highlighted in blue If you have not copied another scene since then i e by pressing the Ctrl andc keys you can repeat this procedure as often as you like And you can of course insert the scene each time in a new position if you wish Leaving the Edit screen does not change anything the scene remains stored in the clipboard and can be inserted again if you return to the screen The clipboard memory will only be cleared if you switch off the Casablanca If you want to remove a scene from the scene bin you can use the key combination of Ctrl x the same as ona PC This removes the currently active scene from the scene bin However it can be inserted again straight away behind the scene that is highlighted in the scene b
13. of course be lengthened but instead retains its original length Caution This shorter length will then be applied to the subsequent scenes since Ctrl t always ap plies the length of the current scene to the next Highlighting the next scene is also useful if you want to use the repeat function please refer to the Repeat function section below Searching in the scene bin by name Another new feature that can be used in the Edit screen is the search function You already know how to use the option which allows you to movea scene into the storyboard s frame and then search for that scene in the scene bin However using the keyboard you can now search for a scene directly using its name without first having to position it in the frame To do so open the on screen keyboard using the key code Ctrl f the same as on a PC and enter the name of the scene you require Please make sure that you spell the name correctly though upper and lower case letters are irrelevant in this case Furthermore the scene that you are searching for does not have to have been previously inserted in the storyboard If the scene is found it s highlighted in blue within the scene bin Searching in the storyboard by name This search method can also be used for the sto ryboard Open the on screen keyboard by using the key code Ctrl f and enter the name of the scene that you want to search for Again please make sure that you spell the name cor
14. the list and click on License or Activate A numerical keypad appears You can use it to enter the licen se code that you purchased from your dealer A message will then inform you that the installation process has completed You can now remove the SmartMedia card Note You cannot use this software in demo mode You can now easily connect the keyboard via the USB port and begin using it To do so connect the USB plug on the end of the cable that is attached to the keyboard to one of the two USB ports on your Casablanca It does not matter which USB port you use since both function identically If necessary please refer to the Casablanca manual to find out which ports are the USB ports Note You can of course still use the keyboard even if both USB ports on your Casablanca are already connected to USB compatible products such as Twister PC Link You will however need a hub unit available from retailers The hub works as a distributor and is connected to your Casablanca so that you can connect additional USB cables Since this is a USB connection connecting the devices in this way does not impair the quality of the connection Furthermore you can disconnect and reconnect USB connections while the system is running without having to restart your Casab lanca 2 What is the Power Key Option 2 1 What is the Power Key Option Using a connected keyboard simplifies your work in all the Casablanca s sc
15. the scene list Search of find Searches for next appearance of the current scene in the storyboard Split s split Trim t trim Trim Ctrl t trim Taking length of the current scene one to the right and trim this on length Copy c copy Creates a copy directly compare Ctrl c New Scene n new Special e special Delete Ctrl Del To be on the safe side Ctrl must be pressed Undo Ctrl Ins To be on the safe side Ctrl must be pressed Storyboard controller ol list Activates controller Storyboard l r o gt Storyboard Start LO Pos1 Storyboard End co End Storyboard 5 o Page a y Depends on the number of visible entries Storyboard Play cop PLAY Scene controller list Activates controller Scene I r up down day First scene Pos1 Last Scene End Scene list 12 Page av Depends on the number of visible entries Scene Play PLAY Scene Name k keyboard Activates on screen keyboard Search in scene bin Ctrl f PC Searches a scene in the scene bin name entry with the on screen keyboard Search in storyboard con Ctrl f PC Searches a scene in the storyboard name entry with the on screen keyboard Copy Ctrl c PC Copies scene s from the scene bin Cut Ctrl x PC Takes scene s the scene bin Paste Ctrl v PC Adds scene s to the scene bin 27 28 Repeat Window Func
16. Page Up and Page Down keys can be used to browse through selection lists page by page i e the effects that you see listed at the same time whereby the last entry of the last page ap pears as the first entry in the next page The Home and End keys can be used to jump to the beginning or end of the selection list The above functions can be selected at any time even if the slider control in the selection list is not active However there is also a function that does re quire the slider to be active To activate it press key to highlight it You can then search for the required entry by pressing a letter e g the Color Fade effect Simply enter the first letter of the effect you require in this case the letter c and the selection list jumps to this entry If there are several entries beginning with the same letter the first one occurring in the list will be highlighted If there are no entries starting with the selected letter the list jumps to the entry occurring next in the alphabet Note Since the list for the Special menu is subdi vided into special effects and image processing effects it is only possible to select an entry in the upper list special effects using the first letter method If you want to select an entry from the lower list you have to press the Alt key in additi on to the required letter The displayed list entry can then be accepted by pressing the Enter key and the Esc key lets you
17. Power Key Option for Casablanca Avio Prestige und Kron User s Manual MACRO BD SYSTEM Safety notice To avoid making unnecessary mistakes during operation we recommend that you carefully follow the instructions provided in this manual We would also like to point out that the Power Key Option has been designed with the hobby enthusiast in mind We have taken a great deal of care while programming and checking this product Nevertheless since it is not possible to guarantee completely error free software applications in all environments and at any time we unfortunately cannot rule out the possibility that some errors may have crept in If contrary to all expectations this is indeed the case we shall remedy any errors in the program and supply the affected customers with the new software free of charge We cannot however accept any liability for loss of data time or any consequential damages that may occur as a result particularly since we have no influence over correct software installation and opera tion by the customer MacroSystem Digital Video AG and its dealers therefore cannot be held liable for any defects or unintentional damage in connection with the installation or use of the Power Key Option MacroSystem Digital Video AG and its dealers do not guarantee fault free use of the product or com plete flawlessness of the product Any implied guarantee is void including guarantee of suitability of the software or operating inst
18. and goes to the next Timeline co t timeline Range coor range Create coc create Fade f fade Only with 6 track user interface Volume v volume Volume commentary w words Only with 3 track user interface Volume background b background Only with 3 track user interface Copy volume Ctrl e equalize Remembers the volume of the current track and swit ches to the next and continues with the same volume Mute M mute Mutes the current track Mute Ctrl m mute Mutes the current track and switches to the next track Correction n neighbour Only with 6 track user interface Correction of volume a adjust Only with 6 track user interface Play track sample PLAY Stop STOP Audio Fade Function Key Origin Fade In i in Fade Out o out Insert Audio Function Key Origin Activate list list Sample up down av First track Pos 1 Last track End Track list 6 Page av Sample play PLAY Stop STOP Titling In the main menu in general you only have to push Alt in addition to the abbreviation of your entry because otherwise the keys would be read as text Keys with qulifiers as Shift and Alt Gr cannot lead to a text input Function Key Origin Font style size Alt f font Style Alts style Char Line spaces Alt w writing Line Alt line Box Options Alt b box Page Options Al
19. appearance of the current scene in the story board Split s split Trim t trim Trim Ctrit trim Taking length of the current scene one to the right and trim this on length Copy c copy Creates a copy directly compare Ctrl c New Scene n new Special e special Delete Ctrl Del To be on the safe side Ctrl must be pressed Undo Ctrl Ins To be on the safe side Ctrl must be pressed Storyboard controller list Activates controller Storyboard I r O gt Storyboard Start uy Pos1 Storyboard End con End Storyboard 5 Page a y Depends on the number of visible entries Storyboard Play a PLAY Scene controller list Activates controller Scene I r up down oo First scene Pos1 Last Scene End Scene list 12 Page av Depends on the number of visible entries Scene Play PLAY Scene Name k keyboard Activates on screen keyboard Search in scene bin Ctrl f PC Searches a scene in the scene bin name entry with the on screen keyboard Search in storyboard coh Ctrl f PC Searches a scene in the storyboard name entry with the on screen keyboard Copy Ctrl c PC Copies scene s from the scene bin Cut Ctrl x PC Takes scene s the scene bin Paste Ctrl v PC Adds scene s to the scene bin 41 42 Repeat Window Function Key Origin Repetitions r repeat S
20. art 1 4 Start 1 gt IN i in IN 1 c IN 1 v OUT o out OUT 1 n OUT 1 Play PLAY OK Enter Even when there is no OK button Scroll bar up down y Waveform on off w waveform Insert where Button Key In Front 4 Behind gt Quit Esc 29 30 Play Bar Function Key Origin Remarks Stop STOP Stops and leaves the storyboard at the old position Halt h halt Stops and puts storyboard on current position Pause PAUSE Index Space Only with split play Scroll bar up down y On Screen Keyboard Function Key Origin Remarks Special symbols Alt k keyboard Opens screen with all symbols Special Symbols Window Function Key Origin Remarks List list Activates screen Selection in screen avi Raster n 1 lines Page av Single Picture Preview Function Key Origin Frame f frame Display d display OK Enter Cancel Esc Effect button 1 1 Effect button 2 2 Effect button 3 3 Effect button 4 4 Scroll bar up down y Bar small big x Effect Menus Function Key Origin Remarks Insert lam Ins Insert ey Ctrl Ins Adds an effect and moves one to the right Remove ko Del Remove ko Ctrl Ins Deletes the effect and moves one to the right hs 50 Only with transitions 1s 1 Only with transitions 2s co 2 Only with transitions xs 3 Only with transition
21. as you keep the J key and one of the navigation arrows pressed The functions of the two trackball buttons are also accessible by using keys on the keyboard If you press the key combination SJ 21 and Enter you can select the button that currently has the on screen cursor positioned over it Support for added functions If you install other add on software products the keyboard functions can also be used in a few more programs The following programs were supported at the time these operating instructions went to press Photo Transfer from version 1 2 PIP Studio from version 1 0 DVD Arabesk from version 1 2 The help function remains available and will indicate by way of the codes with the blue background in which pro grams support is also provided 22 8 Movie slideshow The Power Key Option provides another function that is now considerably easier to use you now have the option of creating a movie slideshow If several scenes are present in the scene bin you can trim them all to the same length then place them in the storyboard and insert effects with just a few keystrokes For example You have 25 scenes in the scene bin and they are all of a different length You want to trim these scenes to the same length then place them next to one another in the storyboard and apply a soft fade effect to them To avoid having to click around countless times you can use this special function on the Power
22. c Abort the control unit becomes inactive and returns to the position before activation Enter OK the control unit becomes inactive and the chosen value remains the current Active Selection Keys Function Description Cursor 4 y previous next entry Page av 10 entries Pos 1 End Jumps to the 1st or rather to the last entry 123 90 Shows the 1st to the 10th entry From the 11th entry a direct selection is not possible Esc Abort the key becomes inactive and returns to the position before activation Enter OK the key becomes inactive and the chosen value remains the current Keyboard The abbreviation used for the activation can also be used for the abort as Esc Abbreviations 25 26 Global Keys Change Menus Function Keys Origin System settings s system Project settings Oy p project Video settings Sv video Record Ir record Edit He edit Finish Ir finish Transitions I c crossfade Image Processing w i image pr Titling t title Audio Record Edit Dia audio Audio Mix Im mix Main menu In head Trackball Control Function Key Remarks Moving the on screen pointer Da bav The pointer moves as long as the button is pressed Left button Select Enter To click on icons Right button Cancel Esc The same effect as abort quit return to previous screen Key Functions
23. ed even when the list is not activated Pos 1 End Jumps to the beginning or rather to the end of the list even when the list is not activated Esc Abort the list becomes inactive and returns to the position before activation Enter OK the list becomes inactive and the selected entry remains current a z As a rule sorted alphabetically when text entries are shown By entering a key the list jumps to the first entry with this letter If this letter does not exist it will not be scrolled Capitalization use of small initial letters will be ignored when using these keys as well as when searching an inital letter Activated Sliders Control Units Function Description Cursor 4 aw The controller switches to the next previous entry r l with horizontal up down with vertical control units even when the control units are not activated Page av The controller scrolls in bigger steps With the timecode control unit the step width is 1s otherwise 1 10 of the total range Please notice that the arrow showing down moves the control unit to the right therefore to the higher range even when the control unit is not activated Alt 0 9 By pushing the Alt key at the same time the requested number can be entered directly There is no visual representation during the entry After the release of the Alt key the value of the control unit is updated only with control units with numerical or timecode display Es
24. ern p pattern Special Function Key Origin List list Preview F13 Full size f frame Information F1 43 Insert Range Gadget Key Origin Remarks Mode t trim move IN Start i in IN Start 1 c IN Start 1 v OUT End o out OUT End 1 n OUT End 1 m Play PLAY OK Enter Even when there is no OK button Scroll bar up down y Waveform on off w waveform Insert where Button Key In Front 4 Behind gt Quit Esc Play Bar Function Key Origin Remarks Stop STOP Stops and leaves the storyboard at the old position Halt h halt Stops and puts storyboard on current position Pause PAUSE Index Space Only with split play Scroll bar up down y On Screen Keyboard Function Key Origin Remarks Special symbols Alt k keyboard Opens screen with all symbols Special Symbols Window Function Key Origin Remarks List list Activates screen Selection in screen avi Raster n 1 lines Page av Single Picture Preview Function Key Origin Frame f frame Display d display OK Enter Cancel Esc Effect button 1 1 Effect button 2 2 Effect button 3 3 Effect button 4 4 Scroll bar up down y Bar small big x
25. etc Key New Name Printing Function F1 Help i General help function opens help window F2 Fades in key abbrevia Special keyboard help fades in the abbreviations of the icons as tions long as the button is pressed F3 F4 Not yet reserved F5 F8 M1 M4 M1 M4 Several application oriented marks F9 RECORD e Record F10 STOP Stop F11 PLAY gt Play F12 PAUSE lI Pause F13 F15 Not yet reserved SB Storyboard COR Selects functions for the storyboard Nav Navigation OD Changes in menu moves mouse trackball keyboard control Others Function Key Origin Remarks Copy Ctrl c PC Copies scene s Cut Ctrl x PC Removes scene s Paste Ctrl v PC Adds scene s Repeat Ctrl r repeat Opens repetition windows OFF Ctrl Alt Del Turns off Casablanca OK Enter OK in windows Cancel Esc Cancel in windows Yes y yes Yes in windows with yes no request NO n no No in windows with yes no request Lock Keyboard Ctrl I lock Locks keyboard Unlock Keyboard Ctrl Alt u unlock Unlocks keyboard Edit Menu Function Key Origin Remarks Insert i insert Range coor range Add e Ins Add uy Ctrl Ins Inserts a scene and goes one scene to the right in the scene list Remove O1 Del Replace mp replace Search f find Searches for a scene in
26. ey or enter the number directly If you decide to use the Page Down key you have to press the key twice in order to increase the length from 3 to 5 seconds since one press of the key equates to one second on the slider If you decide to enter the number directly press the Alt key and while keeping it pressed enter the values 5 0 0 one after the other If you were to only enter the number 5 a length of only 5 frames would be added to the slider s position 7 Miscellaneous Keyboard lock This function allows you to lock your keyboard to that you cannot press any keys by accident To lock the keyboard press the key combination Ctrl it is now only possible to press the naviga tion arrows and the Esc key This means you can return to the main screen by pressing the Esc key several times but no other actions are possible If you now press any other key a window appears informing you that the lock is active and that it can only be unlocked by pressing the key combi nation Ctrl Alt u You can then close this window by confirming it with the Enter key OK or the Esc key If the system is restarted however the keyboard lock will be deactivated again Trackball controls The Power Key Option allows you to control many of the trackball s functions You can use the J key and the navigation arrows to move the on screen hand or on screen arrow in the four given directions The on screen cursor keeps moving as long
27. h 8 at the beginning of these operating instructions and then presume this knowledge as we progress throughout the remainder of the manual Don t worry you ll get used to the different keys and their functions very quickly 1 3 Installation The Power Key Option includes software that can be used with the keyboards sold by MacroSys tem as well as with other commercially available keyboards If you have your own keyboard please take note of the information in Chapter 1 2 entitled Key boards You must now install the software located on the SmartMedia card that you received from your dealer on your Casablanca system To do so you will need at least version 1 8 of the Casablanca system software or version 2 0 of the SMART EDIT software You can check your system software version by using the Information item on the lower left side of the System Set tings screen With your Casablanca powered on go into the System Settings screen select the Install Product button and insert the SmartMedia in stallation card into the Casablanca s drive When you insert it make sure the gold colored contacts are facing downwards and the beveled corner is pointing towards the left and front i e towards the Casablanca Push the card in until only around half a centi meter protrudes from the unit and you feel some resistance You will now see the Power Key Option soft ware listed in the window Select it in
28. he marker key again As you can see the key has now been assigned the Double Exposure function You can of course assign several functions to a key as long as these functions are not located in the same screen So for instance you can as sign a scene from the scene bin a title effect an image processing effect and a transition effect all to one marker key depending on which screen you are in you can then access the stored func tion by pressing the marker key You can of course reassign the marker keys whenever you want To do so proceed as you did when assigning a function for the first time The newly assigned function will overwrite the old function All four keys are stored in non volatile memory 16 which means that none of the key assignments will be lost when you switch the device off Some functions can be stored globally for all projects while others are project specific If you are using the Multi user Edition program the system will behave differently For further information on this please read Chap ter 2 2 entitled Differences when activating the Multi user Edition 5 Navigation in the program Switching screens Of course you already know how to switch from one Casablanca screen to another To do so you have so far clicked on the screen symbols in the bottom right corner of each screen and have re turned by pressing the right trackball button You can now also switch to any sc
29. ighted Now press the key combination of Ctrl r to open the Repeat Command option In this window you can highlight the control using the r key and set the correct number i e in this example the number 9 using the navigation arrows Next confirm your setting by pressing the Enter key As soon as you press the Enter key again OK the window is closed and the subsequent 9 scenes are inserted in the storyboard If the number of scenes remaining in the scene bin is less then the repeat rate only the available number of scenes are inserted Please note If you insert the first scene only using the and Ins keys the next scene in the scene bin will not be highlighted and you therefore cannot ac cess the Repeat Command window This feature allows you to repeat all the functions listed above that refer to this section 4 Function keys The Power Key Option has over 15 function keys If you have your own keyboard connected ple ase take note of the differences between it and the keyboard sold by MacroSystem Please read Chapter 1 2 entitled Keyboards The two function keys provide help You can assign your own functions to the M1 M2 M3 M4 F5 F6 F7 F8 keys The keys are used to control the record stop play and pause functions for the storyboard and for the Record and Finish screens The four marker keys that you can program yourself relate to the functions in the storyboard and can be used in all sc
30. ighted in blue Searching in the storyboard The keyboard allows you to select a scene in the scene bin and then search for that same scene within the storyboard 12 To do so highlight a scene that s marked by a black dot meaning one that has already been in serted in the storyboard and press the two keys and f This causes the scene to be moved into the storyboard s frame regardless of which position the storyboard was previously in If you inserted the scene into the storyboard numerous times the next occurrence of the scene will be searched for If you press the key combi nation again the next one will be searched for etc Once it reaches the end it will start searching from the beginning again Applying the length of one scene to the next scene Not only is it possible to use the keyboard to trim each scene you can also use it to automatically apply the trimmed length to the next scene Choose a scene with a length you would like to use e g 10 seconds and highlight it in the Edit screen s scene bin Now press the key combination of Ctrl t This causes the subsequent scene to be trimmed to the same length and then highlighted The longer you keep this key combination pressed the more sce nes are trimmed The end of the scene is always trimmed back this means that the thumbnail picture which helps you to recognize the scene always remains the same If a scene is shorter than the selected one it can not
31. in by pressing the key combination Ctrl v You cannot use the undo button to insert the scene again So the scene is not completely deleted but is like wise stored in the clipboard It can be inserted as many times as you like until the next time you store a scene in the clipboard by pressing Ctrl x or Ctrl c 11 Tip You can easily change the order of the stored scenes to suit your needs by using the Ctrl x and Ctrl v key combinations Inserting a scene highlighting the next Even without the keyboard it was possible to highlight a scene in the scene bin and insert it in the storyboard This is also possible with the help of the keyboard To do so use the navigation arrows to highlight the scene in the scene bin and press the key in combination with the Ins key You can se lect any of the neighboring scenes using the right and left arrow keys and you can access other rows not currently visible on screen by pressing the up and down arrow keys The keyboard also gives you the added option of automatically highlighting the scene that is positi oned immediately after the one you just inserted This is particularly useful if you want to use the repeat function please refer to the Repeat func tion section below In order to insert a scene and immediately highlight the one after press the key in combination with Ctrl and Ins As you can see the selected scene appears in the storyboard and the following scene is highl
32. ion button as seen in various menus and screens such as in the Special menu and Effects screens You can use this button and key to open a gray window containing information on additional effects 2 3 Differences when activating the Multi User Edition If you have installed and activated the Multi User Edition software you must bear certain changes in mind Activating the Multi User Edition does changes the project menu Since you are no longer presen ted with a selection of the usual projects instead you see an administrator project and a selection of up to 30 user projects the key codes will na turally be different too Though you can display them in the usual way by pressing Since the teacher s menu contains additional but tons there are of course additional controls that you can also display by pressing this key The option of assigning your own functions to marker keys is affected by activating the Multi User Edition The various key assignments for all the effects lists is usually the same for all projects However if the Multi User Edition is activated they are saved separately for each project This means that a marker key that was previously assigned a certain effect can no longer be selec ted after the Multi User Edition is activated 10 3 New functions With the keyboard you can operate any of the functions that you are already familiar with Ho wever the Power Key Option does provide
33. ist Enter name k keyboard Area Function Key Origin Position m move Dimension d dimension Char Line spaces Function Key Origin Charwidth w width Charspace h horizontal Linespace v vertical Box Background Function Key Origin Mode t transparent Color c color Pattern p pattern Installation Function Key Origin Update u update New installation n new Abort Esc Shortcuts marked with a small asterisk are available only via the keyboard There is no seperate on screen button for these functions 53 54 046 11 02
34. lifier keys These are keys that have to be used in com bination with other keys You will no doubt alrea dy be familiar with the Shift qualifier key arrow pointing upwards on standard PC keyboards that is used for typing capital letters So if you are instructed to press two keys e g to input a capital A you first have to press and hold the key that is mentioned first in this case the Shift key and then the specified key i e A Then let go of the keys Sometimes two qualifier keys have to be pressed simultaneously If this is the case first press and hold both qualifier keys the order in which you do this is irrelevant and only then press the third key If you re not familiar with this input method it s standard on PCs you might need some time to get used to it But you ll soon discover that opera ting the system with the keyboard is much more convenient and it opens up a whole new range of options Please refer to the table in the appendix for a list of qualifiers Repeating keystrokes The keyboard s repeat function for repeating keys trokes is supported However if the repeat com mands are entered more quickly than the function can carry them out they will simply go under This is not the case if you rapidly press and re lease the key many times in succession None of the commands will be ignored in this case even if the function seems slow in carrying them out Localization of ke
35. lit Audio as split video but with the following changes Function Key Stop STOP Play IN f Play OUT j Trim Audio As trim video but with the following changes Function Key Stop STOP New Audio Track As edit New Scene Special As edit Special Audio Mix Function Key Origin Remarks Storyboard control cco list Activates control unit Storyboard I r O gt Storyboard Start un Pos Storyboard End CO End Storyboard 6 ro Page a y Depends on the number of visible entries Storyboard Play cop PLAY Track up down a Ace Audio track I r O3 Alt gt Select track Oh 1 3 6 Insert o Ins Remove e Ins Remove Ctrl Del Deletes one track and goes to the next Range cor range Create coc create Track aperture f fade Only with 6 track user interface Fade in I in With 6 track user interface in the window Fade out o out With 6 track user interface in the window Volume v volume Volume commentary w words Only with 3 track user interface Volume background b background Only with 3 track user interface Copy volume Ctrl e equalize Remembers the volume of the current track and swit ches to the next and continues with the same volume Mute M mute Mutes the current track Mute Ctrl m mute Mutes the current track and switches to the next track Correc
36. lity Select Project Function Key Origin Remarks List control list Activates list Project up down av First project Pos1 Last project End Project list 6 Page a v Depends on the number of visible entries 1 10 1 0 Video Settings Function Key Origin Brightness b brightness Contrast c contrast Saturation s saturation Input i input Bar small big x Bar up down Record Function Key Origin Mode m mode Time t time Name k keyboard Record RECORD Stop STOP DV Stop co STOP DV Play OH PLAY DV Pause PAUSE DV lt lt coh Page Di 0 Page y Bar small big x Bar up down y 47 48 Record Mini Panel Function Key Origin Stop STOP Finish Function Key Origin Remarks Create c create Choose Range r range Record to VCR m mode Play PLAY DV Recorder Controls d dv List control list Activates list Product up down av First product Pos1 Last product End Product list 6 Page av Depends on the number of visible entries Product operating interface 1 4 Finish DV Control Function Key DM Stap a STOP DV Play o PLAY DV Pause ko PAUSE DV lt lt 0 Page DV gt gt e Page Play Strg PLAY Record Edit Function Key Origin Remarks Modulation v volume Sound o sound Input i input Mode m mode Split s split Trim t trim Cop
37. ore about these two functions in the Repeat function section below Removing audio samples If you are in the Audio Mix screen you can remove any audio sample you want from the se lected audio track by highlighting it and pressing the key code Ctrl Del The special feature incorpo rated in this function is that after you delete the audio sample the next sample on the same audio track is automatically highlighted so that it too can be deleted if you so wish You can read more about this in the Repeat function section below 13 Copying the volume of an audio sample This new function allows you to apply the volu me of any audio sample to the one after it In the Audio Mix screen set the volume of an audio sample to the required level Then press the key combination of Ctrl e so that the next sample on the same audio track becomes active and takes on the volume level of the previous sample The Repeat function can be used here as well see the section below Muting The Power Key Option now gives you the opti on of muting an audio sample Select an audio sample on one of the audio tracks in the Audio Mix screen and press the m key The sample is then muted and the volume control slides to the left This function spares you the inconvenience of having to move the slider all the way to the left yourself This function is also available with an added feature that allows you to mute the current
38. oryboard s slider control you must press the key in combination with When the slider control is active you can move to the left and right scene by scene using the navi gation arrows i e their function is comparable with the separate on screen buttons located on the right of the slider The Page Up and Page Down keys can be used to browse through the storyboard page by page whereby each page overlaps the other by one entry in the storyboard The Home and End keys can be used to jump to the beginning or end of the storyboard If the slider is not active you must activate the above functions using the key If the slider is active you can additionally press this key but it is not required It is also pos sible to search for a scene marked in the scene bin or search for a scene directly using its name For further details read the corresponding sections in Chapter 3 entitled New functions Searching in the storyboard by name During audio post editing you can move the storyboard easily by selecting the required audio track and moving from audio sample to sample using the navigation arrows they therefore provide the same function as the separate on screen buttons 19 Selection lists Selection lists are lists containing several items that can be selected e g Effects lists Special menu The navigation arrows pointing up and down can be used to move up and down to each entry in the list The
39. pace vertical Box Background Function Key Origin Pattern m mode Select Color c color Select Texture p pattern Installation Function Key Origin Update u update New installation n new Abort Esc 37 38 10 Tables SMART EDIT 2 0 or higher Program control keys Qualifier keys Qualifier keys Description Shift Normally utilized to write capital letters Alt Gr Utilized to input special UNICODE symbols Ctrl As a rule utilized to select commands which do not have an equivalent on the operating interface Sometimes this key is to be pushed additionally to protect against unintentional actions delete Alt Only necessary for special inputs when an additional qualifier is needed for titling because a key without a qualifier appears as text input e with the on screen keyboard for a direct input of numbers with controllers The navigation takes place with depressed navigation key change in menu trackball control con To select storyboard functions Effect List with activated slider Function Description Cursor 4 y The list switches to the next previous entry Page av The list switches to the next previous page Besides exactly one entry less than visible is scrolled even when the list is not activated Pos 1 End Jumps to the beginning or rather to the end of the list even when the list is not activated Esc Abort the
40. plit Function Key Origin Remarks Name k keyboard Activates the on screen keyboard Split Position s split Auto a auto Use u use Drop d drop Split Position 1 4 Play PLAY Scroll bar up down y Waveform w waveform Finish Enter Quit bar return Split bar Function Keys Origin OK s Enter split Use u use Drop d drop Split Position 1 4 Split Position 1s Page av First Scene Pos1 Last Scene End Trim Function Key Origin Remarks Name k keyboard Activates the on screen keyboard IN i in IN 1 c IN 1 v Play IN f OUT o out OUT 1 n OUT 1 m Play OUT j Play PLAY Scroll bar up down y Waveform on off w waveform New Function Key Origin List list Preview F13 Full size f frame Length t time Information F1 Color Selection Function Key Origin Hue h hue Color c color Alpha a alpha Archive r records Pattern Selection Function Key Origin Remarks Product p product Type t type List list Activates screen list Selection in raster avi Raster n 1 lines Page av Colorize c color Mode m mode Alpha a alpha Marker keys M1 M4 Archives r records Pattern Colorize Function Key Origin Colorize m mode Color 1 1 Color 2 2 Color 3 3 Pattern Color or Sample Function Key Origin Color c color Patt
41. rd Function Key Origin Mode m mode Time t time Name k keyboard Delete Del Record RECORD Stop STOP Split s split DV Stop con STOP DV Play OH PLAY DV Pause PAUSE DV lt lt Page DV gt gt cto Page y Bar small big x Bar up down y Finish Function Key Origin Remarks Create Range c create Range or range Record to VCR v video Record to DV d dv Display o output List control list Activates list Product up down av First product Pos1 Last product End Product list 6 Page a v Depends on the number of visible entries Product operating inter 1 4 face Finish DV Control Function Key DV Record no RECORD DV Stop coo STOP DV Play o PLAY DA a PAUSE DV lt lt am Page DV gt gt o Page v Finish Range Function Key Origin For DV d dv For Analog a analog Abort Quit Esc 33 Audio Record Edit Function Key Origin Remarks Modulation v volume Input i input Split s split Trim t trim Copy c copy Creates a copy directly see Ctrl c New sample n new Special e special Audio sample gt Scene b black scene Delete Ctrl Del To be on the safe side Ctrl must be depressed Undo Ctrl Ins To be on the safe side Ctrl must be depressed Name k keyboard List control list Activates list Audio sample up down av First track Pos1 Last track End Track list 6 Page av Depends on the number of visible entries Sp
42. rectly though as before upper and lower case letters are irrelevant If the system finds the scene the storyboard moves so that the scene you are searching for appears within the frame This search method does not require the searched scene to still be present in the scene bin Stopping the storyboard This function allows you to stop the storyboard in all screens If you press the h key during playback playback is halted If you are currently in the Edit screen i e the storyboard moved forwards as normal this function sets the storyboard to the current position If the storyboard is stopped using the normal me thod it will return to the same position that it was in before playback was started Inserting and removing effects If vou re in the Transition screen Image Proces sing screen or the Titling screen you can conve niently insert effects by simply highlighting the effect and pressing the Ctrl Ins key combination The selected effect then appears on the scene or between the two scenes Furthermore the storyboard is automatically moved one position to the right so that another effect can be inserted If you want to remove an effect select the desired position in the story board and press the key combination Ctrl Del The effect that is located there is remo ved and the storyboard is moved one position to the right so that you can remove the next effect if that is what you want to do Again you can read m
43. reen using a key combination The particular advantage of this is that you can also switch to screens who se screen symbols are not listed in the currently open screen This means you no longer have to go via the main screen For instance you can now jump from the Transitions screen directly to the Project Settings screen or you can go to the Finish screen directly from the Edit screen To switch to a screen press the navigation key J Keep this key pressed please also refer to the previous Chapter 2 3 entitled Information on the essentials Qualifier keys and now press the key code corresponding to the required screen e g e Edit screen Please refer to the codes listed in the table in the appendix When you see the screen changing let go of the two keys again Windows Various windows can be opened from various screens Most contain the OK and Cancel but tons To operate the OK button you can press the Enter key To operate Cancel press the Esc key A window containing the reply options Yes and No can be controlled using the Enter confirm and Esc cancel keys as well as the Y yes and N no keys 17 18 6 Additional options for special elements Storyboard In this chapter we shall list the individual keys key combinations and the options available for operating the storyboard that you will require in all screens containing a storyboard To activate the st
44. reens particularly when it comes to entering longer texts really e g within the Titling screen when naming scenes and audio samples when assigning titles in the archive etc Furthermore using the Power Key Option means you will rarely have to use the trackball Nearly all the functions could only be operated by using the trackball can now also be controlled with the keyboard You can now precisely move the on screen pointer on the Kron or the on screen hand on the Avio using the navigation arrows and can confirm and select their positions this is very useful when selecting scenes Both the left and right trackball buttons are now replaced by functions on the keyboard which means you can select buttons in any open window or cancel func tions The keyboard s ease of use speeds up your routine work thus saving you valuable time You can also use the key commands on the Power Key Option to switch to other screens select any on screen button with a keyboard shortcut con trol your DV device for importing video footage etc The Power Key Option provides many new and powerful functions which you will become more familiar with in this manual At first working with the Power Key Option might seem a bit of a challenge especially for the novice user or hobbiest since it does provide plenty of functions which you first have to learn how to use Each control element is assigned a key ora key combination But once you ve spen
45. reens in which a story board is available Marker keys The Power Key Option gives you the option of assigning your own choice of functions to four keys The M1 M2 M3 and M4 keys M stands for marker are used for this These keys are not assigned which is why a circle with a line through it appears on screen if you press one of the four keys This symbol indicates that a function cannot be carried out 15 You can now assign functions to the keys as required e g effects that you use frequently particular positions in the storyboard scenes from the scene bin or patterns and masks in the imagepool To do so select the required effect from the list of effects or the required scene and then press Ctrl and the marker key that you want to assign The function you have chosen is now assigned to the selected marker key Here is an example Highlight a scene in the scene bin press the Ctrl key and whilst keeping it pressed press the first marker key i e M1 F5 You can then select another scene anywhere in the scene bin and by pressing this key once more you can access your marked scene again To store an effect proceed as follows For examp le in the list of effects in the Transitions screen select the Double Exposure function Press the Ctrl key and whilst keeping it pressed press the M2 F6 key and then let go of the two keys Now scroll further through the list of effects and then press t
46. ruc tions for a particular purpose Neither MacroSystem Digital Video AG nor its dealers are responsible for any damages resulting either directly or indirectly through the use of the software or the operating instructions e g for profit loss costs hardware or software problems or other problems Contents 1 General information e eree ee 222 a ee a ct be aa a aaa D 5 1 1 General information ses sus paote ge ag Terme Pe Ped pees DER 5 12 Keyboards 2 2 2 A Ate eth a Poh IN ee eae te eats tA Ashe adel 5 13 Installation se Wr a a ae ee ae oe edt ee Bat 5 2 What is the Power Key Option aaa 7 2 1 What is the Power Key Option 0 00 cece eee een eee eens 7 2 2 Information on the essentials eee aaa 7 2 3 Differences when activating the Multi User Edition 000 cee eee eens 8 3 NewfuUnGtions 2 siuen ee lavas A m a I ai ne 11 4 Function KEYS i aa fee sie dente Bie et eet acetal dle p ai De ieee t eS 15 5 Navigation in the progra Me e earo ana E EE E eee 17 6 Additional options for special elements eee 19 7 Miscellaneous 232 22 2 2202 bees Aa Se Ce ee d 21 8 Movie slideshow iscissi greinis rusis eee Ber a 23 9 Tables Casablanca software 1 8 orhigher c cece eee eee eee 25 0 Tables SMART EDIT 2 0 or higher aaa 39 1 General information 1 1 General information Thank you for having purchased the Power Key Option from your
47. s Scene cor range Only with long term and title effects Preview p preview Full size of frame Create oc create Scene cos scene Storyboard slider al list Activates control unit Storyboard I r m Storyboard Start uy Pos1 Storyboard End con End Storyboard 6 DD Page av Depends on the number of visible entries Storyboard play coh PLAY List slider list Activates list Effect up down av First effect Pos1 Last effect End Effect list 6 Page a v Depends on the number of visible entries Edit Change text t text Only with title effects Effect button 1 1 Effect button 2 2 Effect button 3 3 Effect button 4 4 Length Transitions Function Key Origin Length t time Create a scene Function Key Origin Remarks Name k keyboard Activates the on screen keyboard Effect e effect Effect Scenes a all Range r range System Settings Function Key Origin Select language language Trackball Speed t trackball Install Product p product Videooutput v video Screen s screen Hard disk h harddisk Presentation options o options SCART output c component Install Product Function Key Origin Remarks List slider list Activates list Product up down av First product Pos1 Last product End Product list
48. t a little time using the program you will soon start lear ning how to use more and more of the functions And if ever you forget one of the functions you can always look up which keys activate which functions To do so either press this function key to display all the key codes for all the keys that are relevant to the currently selected Casablan ca screen Once you let go of this key you will return to normal mode You can also look it up in the overview provided by the table It contains a list of all the functions and their new key codes for each screen After using the keyboard regularly you will soon notice that this method of controlling the system is considerably more timesaving and makes a whole range of new options available to you Note So far there have been a few key combi nations available for controlling the Casablanca Avio and Kron However their implementation has neither been assured nor documented As of system software version 1 8 which supports the Power Key Option some of these key codes no longer work or the functions can be operated using other key combinations We hope you will understand should a situation arise in which you find you have to adapt to a different way of opera ting certain functions You can see which letters and key codes control which functions by referring to the table in the appendix 2 2 Information on the essentials Qualifiers The Power Key Option uses various qua
49. ta page Delete symbol on the left of the cursor Delete symbol on the right of the cursor Del Delete line Ctrl Del Preview F13 Archives Altr records Special symbols Alt k keyboard Page back forward to gt Delete document Altn new OK Alt CR Cancel Alt Esc Style Function Key Origin Color Alt c color Pattern Alt p pattern Outline Alt o outline Outline Color Pattern Alt 1 Shadow Alt s shadow Shadow Direction Alt 3 Shadow Color Alt 4 Italic Alt i italic 3D Alt g geometry 3 D Direction Alt 5 3 D Color Pattern Alt 6 Archives Strg Alt r records Box Options Function Key Origin Add box Alt Ins Delete box Alt Del Text Alt t text Box background Alt b background Move box Alt m move Size box Alt d dimension min size Alt e enclose visible size Alt v visible 51 52 Page Options The abbreviations of the page options can also be displayed directly with Alt on the titling screen Function Key Insert page y Ins Delete page co Del all lines Strg Alt a background Strg Alt b Font Selection Function Key Origin List list Size d dimension Archive Function Key Origin Load load Save s save Delete Del List list Archive load save delete Function Key Origin List l
50. tion Key Origin Repetitions r repeat Split Function Key Origin Remarks Name k keyboard Activates the on screen keyboard Split Position s split Auto a auto Use u use Drop d drop Split Position 1 4 Play PLAY Scroll bar up down y Waveform w waveform Finish Enter Quit bar return Split bar Function Keys Origin OK s Enter split Use u use Drop d drop Split Position 1 4 Split Position 1s Page av First Scene Pos1 Last Scene End Trim Function Key Origin Remarks Name k keyboard Activates the on screen keyboard IN i in IN 1 c IN 1 v Play IN f OUT o out OUT 1 n OUT 1 m Play OUT j Play PLAY Scroll bar up down y Waveform on off w waveform New Scene Function Key Origin List list Preview o p preview Full size o f frame Length t time Color Selection Function Key Origin Hue h hue Color c color Alpha a alpha Archive r records Sample Selection Function Key Origin Remarks Product p product Type t type List list Activates screen list Selection in raster avi Raster n 1 lines Page av Color c color Mode m mode Alpha a alpha Special Function Key Origin List list Preview p preview Full size f frame Insert Range Gadget Key Origin Remarks Start s start St
51. tion n neighbour Only with 6 track user interface Correction of volume a adjust Only with 6 track user interface Play track sample PLAY Stop STOP Activate list list Only with 6 track user interface in the window Samples up down av Only with 6 track user interface in the window First Track Pos1 Only with 6 track user interface in the window Last Track End Only with 6 track user interface in the window Track list 6 Page av with 6 track user interface in the window Play track in the list PLAY Only with 6 track user interface in the window Stop in the list STOP Only with 6 track user interface in the window Insert Audio where to insert Avio Function Key Origin Commentary c comment Background b background Abort Esc 35 Titling In the main menu in general you only have to push Alt in addition to the abbreviation of your entry because otherwise the keys would be read as text Keys with qulifiers as Shift and Alt Gr cannot lead to a text input Function Key Origin Font style size Alt f font Color Pattern Altc color Outline Alto outline Shadow Alt s shadow Char Line spaces Alt w writing Line Alt line Add box Alt Ins Page Options Alt p page Delete symbol on the left ofthe cursor Delete symbol on the right Del of the cursor Delete line Ctrl Del Archive Altr records Special symbols Alt k keyboard Page back forward UD A gt Delete
52. tion once more This method has the same effect as canceling that is to say if you selected any new options they will not be applied Slider controls The sliders contained in several of the screens can be operated by activating their key code You can then move the slider to the left or right using the navigation arrows The Home and End keys and the Page Up and Page Down keys can be used here as well The Home and End keys that normally take you up or down can be used on buttons with numerical values to switch from the lowest to the highest value You can also enter numerical values directly by holding the Alt key whilst typing in the number The set value can then be accepted by pressing the Enter key and the Esc key lets you cancel the procedure Here are two small examples If you want to move a slider to adjust either a ti mecode or a numerical value proceed as follows For instance in the Edit screen open the New Scene menu and select the Length slider by pressing the t key code to activate it If say the slider currently displays a length of 3 seconds and you want the scene to have a length of 5 seconds you have various options open to you Moving the slider using the navigation arrows would allow you to enter a value precisely but it would defini tely take too long Pressing the End key would move the slider too far to the right and is therefore of no use here So you can either use the Page Down k
53. ween the two scenes as required and the next seam in the storyboard is selected Next press the key combination Ctrl r to open the repeat function window again and then enter the required value The effect is now inserted between all the scenes You can of course also remove effects in the same way and then repeat the action The next scene is then likewise highlighted 24 9 Tables Casablanca software 1 8 or higher Program control keys Qualifier keys Qualifier keys Description Shift Normally utilized to write capital letters Alt Gr Utilized to input special UNICODE symbols Ctrl As a rule utilized to select commands which do not have an equivalent on the operating interface Sometimes this key is to be pushed additionally to protect against unintentional actions delete Alt Only necessary for special inputs when an additional qualifier is needed e for titling because a key without a qualifier appears as text input e with the on screen keyboard for a direct input of numbers with controllers The navigation takes place with depressed navigation key change in menu trackball control con To select storyboard functions Effect List with activated slider Function Description Cursor 4 y The list switches to the next previous entry Page av The list switches to the next previous page Besides exactly one entry less than visible is scroll
54. y c copy Creates a copy directly see Ctrl c possible without button New sample n new Special e special Audio sample gt Scene b black scene Delete Ctrl Del To be on the safe side Ctrl must be depressed Undo Ctrl Ins To be on the safe side Ctrl must be depressed Name k keyboard Record RECORD Stop STOP Play PLAY List control list Activates list Audio sample up down av First track Pos1 Last track End Track list 6 Page av Depends on the number of visible entries Audio Sound Function Key Origin Treble t treble Bass b bass Split Audio as split video but with the following changes Function Key Stop STOP Play IN f Play OUT j Trim Audio As trim video but with the following changes Function Key Stop STOP New Audio Track As edit New Scene Special As edit Special 49 Mix Function Key Origin Remarks Storyboard control list Activates control unit Storyboard l r ch 4 gt Storyboard Start CO Posi Storyboard End am End Storyboard 6 Page a y Depends on the number of visible entries Storyboard Play uy PLAY Record RECORD Track up down av Audio track I r O3 Alt gt Select track coh 1 3 6 Insert ea Ins Remove ea Ins Remove Ctrl Del Deletes one track
55. y codes The key codes are not localized which means that the selected key code is independent of the confi gured language However the position of certain keys may change for instance the Z key is in a different position on a German keyboard than on an English one As you can see from the table many key codes are in some way related to the English descripti ons of the on screen buttons Standardization Storyboard functions are generally accessed using this key All the codes for switching between screens can be used in any of the screens Identical or similar functions in various screens are controlled by using the same key codes The Enter key and the Esc function in windows generally correspond with the OK and Cancel buttons on the Casablanca user interface Functions that cannot be accessed from the on screen interface are generally accessed by using the Ctrl key Help functions The key codes for the available buttons can optio nally be displayed on screen to simplify operation for beginners Pressing the key will display the codes on screen for as long as the key is pressed Once you let go of this key you will return to normal mode Many add on software applications that you can install are also supported You can therefore dis play the key codes in other programs by pressing this key The F1 key also provides on screen help however the key actually refers to the i informat
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