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1. 2 3 Machine Info llli 2 4 Hard Disk Performance llle 2 6 Special note for IDE hard drive users 2 6 opecial note for Windows NT users using IDE hard drives 2 7 Hardware Installation llssn 2 8 Before installing EZDV software 2 10 Windows 98 Driver Installation 2 10 TABLE OF CONTENTS Windows 2000 Driver Installation 2 10 Windows NT 4 0 Driver Installation 2 10 Applications Installation 2 11 Bundled Applications Installation 2 11 SmartSound for Multimedia 2 11 SOIUXDIOCB 4 1d Usa deed ee eee CR Deas cir 2 11 Connecting your DV camera or deck 2 11 Eoc a o O 5 CHAPTER 3 Quick Start Your First Editing Project Basic steps in video production 3 1 ACGUIGIION s u 1 vct uae epa eee 0E e et Pa 3 1 Batch capture footage in EZ Video 3 2 SyncCapture Audio in EZ Audio 3 5 EEOIEIETO INEZ EON 4 erat acie COURS CAS Oo OE CERO 3 7 Starting Ez Edi 2 ste at rud a dace RUE o eu d e 3 7 Setting the Temporary Drives 005 3 7 Loading clips to edit 0 ee 3 10 Adding clips to the timeline Ln 3 12 Adding transitions between clips 3 15 Adding an Insert cut away llle 3 17 Adjusting
2. Transition aL 2 sec Alt 0 Fade in t jlsec Alt Fade out t sec Alt 2 Title Alt T 3sec Alt 3 Render a 5 sec Default Ctrl F Start from here Ctrl K End here Ctrl L Set all clips Transition 1 2 sec Adds a 1 2 second default transition 1 sec Adds a 1 second default transition 2 sec Adds a 2 second default transition 3 sec Adds a 3 second default transition 4 sec Adds a 4 second default transition 5 sec Adds a 5 second default transition Default Adds a default transition with the length Start from here JO Adds the default transition starting from the timeline cursor End here li Adds the default transition ending at this point Set all clips Adds the default transition with default duration to all separa tion points that do not already have transitions Fade in 1 2 sec Adds a 1 2 second fade in 1 sec Adds a 1 second fade in 2 sec Adds a 2 second fade in 3 sec Adds a 3 second fade in 4 sec Adds a 4 second fade in 5 sec Adds a 5 second fade in CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit 7 53 Fade out 1 2 sec Adds a 1 2 second fade out 1 sec Adds a 1 second fade out 2 sec Adds a 2 second fade out 3 sec Adds a 3 second fade out 4 sec Adds a 4 second fade out 5 sec Adds a 5 second fade out Title Opens the titling GUI to add titles Render Renders the transition or title Settings menu Pie View Help wv Repeat playback Xx ze E v Corect square pi
3. File name Untitled ml Save as type ENL Files rnl Cancel To load an existing Scene list 1 Choose Open from the File menu Look in Cx Ezdv Files of type ENL Files rnl Cancel 2 Find the RNL file you want to load and click Open The scenes stored in the file will appear in the Scene list Capturing your clips You can take your EZ Navi scene list to EZ Video batch capture for capture Just save your scene list RNL file from EZ Navi open EZ Video then load the RNL file in EZ Video batch capture IAEN Z3 EZ Navi CHAPTER 6 EZ Navi Interface In depth Toolbar The toolbar contains buttons for many commonly used menu items Dee E x ES TZ S Toolbar The functions of the toolbar buttons are as follows New Specifies that a new scene list file is to be cre ated The current scene list will be cleared Open Opens a scene list file Save Save the current scene list Add Add a new scene with the specified In and Out point to the Scene list Cut Cuts the selected scene from the Scene list and puts it on the clipboard Copy Copies the selected scene to the clipboard Paste Pastes the scene on the clipboard to the scene list Comment Opens the Comment dialog to edit the comment for the selected scene Show or hide the thumbnail Toggles display of thumbnails in the scene list Print list Prints the scene list to the printer Qk ES Ub ee tS
4. SmartSound for Multim Make sure your computer system meets the following nt A479 requirements chack Pentium Il 400MHz Celeron 466MHz or over BM Pentium III 500MHz or faster recommended e CD ROM drive e 64MB RAM 128MB recommended e A hard disk with 4 5MB sec sustained data transfer rate e 50 MB free hard disk space e Microsoft Windows 98 Windows NT4 0 Service Pack 4 or higher Windows 2000 SoftXplode does not work under Windows NT Detailed Requirements Graphics Board To display and overlay video on the VGA monitor you need a graphics board that supports hardware DirectDraw and DirectDraw overlay CHAPTER 2 Installation Hard Disk requirements When working with DV data a high sustained data throughput is necessary We recommend a dedicated hard disk with a sustained data transfer rate of at least 4 5MB Sec for video Popular video editing storage configurations include UltraATA33 drives Ultra Wide SCSI controllers and Ultra Wide SCSI hard disks Testing your system for compatibility The EZDV Software CD ROM contains a utility called EZD VTest which will test your system for compatibility with EZDV ee Before installing EZDV hardware Please test your system for compatibility with EZDV by run ning EZDV Test described in the next section S 589 QoS S S Test Your Hardware with EZDVTest EZDV comes with EZDV Test software to profile your sys tem This prog
5. C Trimming Click to move the clip up Playing clips from the Play list O9PI A Z3 To play a clip from the Play list double click on it and it will appear in the video window To play the clip click the Play button on the AVI controller bool IT a Tue Tol Tod in Tout 1 To play just the marked area from the In point to the Out point turn on Play the trimmed area in the Settings menu When you click Play in the AVI controller it will only play 4 22 CHAPTER 4 EZ Video the marked area of clips See the next section on trimming and separating clips to learn about In and Out points EZ avi Ez ideo TRE View Help Repeat Playback Play the trimmed area wv Corect Square Pixel Ctrl Full size preview Crew Limit Capture Time w Set new file names automatically Ctrl G w Confirm when ovenanting a file Capture as reference AV file Playback audio sampling rate Still capture settings v EZ D properties Trimming and Separating clips in the Play list Trimming a clip alters the start and end points of the clip but it does not change the AVI file itself The start playback point of the clip is called the In point The end playback point of the clip is called the Out point Trimming a clip allows you to eliminate portions of video that you don t need To trim a clip 1 Double click the clip in the Play list or select the clip in the Play list and click the Trimming button on the Pl
6. EASY Installation and User s Manual canopus Canopus Corporation 711 Charcot Ave San Jose CA 95131 Canopus Part No 000 10032 001 Printed in the USA Copyright 2000 Canopus Corporation All Rights Reserved First Edition February 2000 ee Notice to Reader Canopus Corporation makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this material including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a par ticular purpose Canopus shall not be liable for errors con tained herein or for incidental consequential damages in connection with the furnishing performance or use of this material This document contains proprietary information which is protected by copyright All rights are reserved No part of this document may be photocopied reproduced or trans lated into another language without the prior written con sent of Canopus Corporation The information in this document is subject to change with out notice BEEN 1 1n EZDV Limited Warranty Your EZDV hardware is covered by a limited warranty when you register your Canopus product This warranty is for a period of three years from the date of purchase from Cano pus or an authorized Canopus agent This warranty applies only to the original purchaser of the Canopus product and is not transferable Canopus Corporation warrants that for this period the product will be in good working order Sh
7. Exit New Specifies that a new file should be created the next time the capture button is pressed Open Opens an existing WAV file Properties Opens the File Properties dialog Edit Menu Settings View He Setin point Ctrl Set Out point Ctrl 0 Set In PointSets the In point for the current clip Set Out Point Sets the Out point for the current clip oipny 73 Settings Menu TREE View Help Repeat Playback Capture Audio From Track 3 and 4 Limit Capture Time Set new file names automatically Ctrl w Confirm when overwriting a file Propeties of EAD Repeat Playback When checked AVI playback will loop until stopped by the user 5 14 CHAPTER 5 EZ Audio When un checked AVI playback will stop at the end of the AVI or the end of the last clip in List Play mode Capture Audio From Track 3 and 4 When checked audio will be captured from Tracks 3 and 4 for DV tapes that have 4 channel audio If you capture from DV tapes with 2 channel audio channels 1 and 2 will be captured When unchecked audio will be captured from Tracks 1 and 2 even if channel 3 and 4 are present 4 channel audio Note EZ Edit can capture video with channel 1 and 2 audio in an AVI along with channel 3 and 4 audio in a WAV simulta neously Limit Capture Time Opens the Limit Capture Time dialog Set new file names automatically When checked each time the Capture button is pressed a the current filename i
8. Play list Shows or hides the play list area p o SDO BRE e XAR Play list toolbar New play list Creates a new play list Open play list Brings up the file dialog to open a play list CHAPTER 4 EZ Video 4 29 Save play list fal Save the current play list _ Add file Add file Cut Cuts the selected clip from the playlist and X moves it to the clipboard Copy Copies the selected clip in the playlist to the Ee clipboard Paste Pastes the clip on the clipboard into the play list s File and Deck Information The file and deck information area displays information about the loaded AVI file and the connected DV device 55 6 o PpIA Z3 The information in the File and Deck Information area is as follows Filename of the loaded AVI file Current time position and Total time of the AVI Audio sampling rate of the AVI Current clip status Stop Play etc Clip In and Out trimming points and total time for the clip of the AVI DV device timecode recording mode audio sampling rate and status POPPED 4 30 EZ Video CHAPTER 4 EZ Video AVI Controller The AVI controller provides playback and trimming controls Slider for scrubbing AVI Controller for AVI files that you load into EZ Video C 7 amp Jih in Capture Starts capture of DV data from the DV camera or deck to the computer hard disk Stop Stops playback of the current AVI file Play Starts playback o
9. Sync Rec 005 6 23 EZDV properties Detailed Settings 6 24 ADOUR i v dd rupe be attt s ud rende set 6 25 CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit Introducing EZ Video 0 0 eee 7 1 EZ EdItIBlterideG 1s qa ed ee ei a doi Ey eS 7 1 Setting the Temporary drives 0005 7 2 Loading clips to edit llle 7 4 Supported clip typ S 1 2 ee ee 7 6 WIE c CR TTD 7 7 Add clips to the timeline lus 7 8 Controlling the timeline 0 0 2 eee eee 7 9 Adjusting the time scale llores 7 9 CRUD DING MR CPU E 7 10 NAG oa ote etu i end o hws at c8 Rye oh geh a I RM a od 7 11 gimp LP 7 11 Working with Clips in the DV Bin 7 11 Arangino CIPS o S etwigocddt ci Redi Beg RUN ham RD ad 7 11 Usine Em 7 12 REMOVING CDS ss us s to VUE Erg ose Ss Sed d 7 12 TABLE OF CONTENTS E Deleting clips from the hard drive 7 12 Working with Video Clips in the Timeline 7 13 AGFANGING CIPS 20 ate adeste n ph RAE cto IURE pecia maces 7 13 TRIMMING CDS aka d Does a a en ieee lee 2 7 13 Separating clips 1 0 0 ee 7 14 Removing CIDS 34 aua hd gba Rando Bde decia Sets 7 15 Adjusting Audio levelS 0 000 cece eee 7 15 Working with Audio clips in the Timeline 7 17 Arranging Clips es erte iera A Eee aot ae oe tees a 7 17 UPA CHO Sie aed dore a dene RE aD nee ROAS aal 7 17 Separating CMOS inc se
10. The following steps will output your timeline to tape 1 Verify that all transitions and titles have been rendered There should be no red blocks on the timeline If one or more items are not rendered you can click the Render all effects on time line button in the toolbar to render them all Click the Render all effects button if it is not grayed out Ie 2 s ajale 2 Insert a blank tape into your DV device Make sure it is not write protected 3 Click the SyncRecord button on the Deck controller slaj J w RR EZ Edit will rewind the tape then record the timeline to the tape 1oe oJg 15114 This is the end of the Quick Start Your First Editing Project chapter The EZDV applications have many more features than were discussed in this simple tutorial Please take some time to go through the chapters on each application to learn about all their features 3 24 First Project CHAPTER 3 Quick Start Your First Editing Project CHAPTER 4 EZ Video 4 1 CHAPTER 4 binte EZ Video Introducing EZ Video This chapter will introduce you to EZ Video the video cap ture and output component of the EZDV software The features of EZ Video will be described to familiarize you with its functions ee 1 hh EZ Video Interface The EZ Video application allows you control your DV or Digital 8 camera or deck to both capture video and record video back to tape It provides play
11. 6 The In and Out points you marked will be entered in the In and Out boxes If you want to change the In or Out EZ Video CHAPTER 4 EZ Video point you can change the numbers in the In and Out boxes Diaz 27 09 00013405 3 PLAY BACK Setings In and Out point settings n 00 07 16 24 Offsethb c sec out Offset Gn c sec AI Flle CAEZDVicapturet avi 7 Click the Add button to add the selected clip to the cap ture list The clip will appear in the list on the bottom of the Batch capture Seamless capture window Drive I Im H Insert Go Llp Go Down Duration OO 0F 0423 0007 0703 00 00 02 00 07 11 109 0007 1300 00 00 01 3 00 07 16 724 00 07 24 7271 00 00 05 Add button 1 bd Capture list Total Time Ol 8 Repeat steps 2 7 for additional clips you want to cap ture EZ Video will automatically increment the filename for you 9 Click the Capture button to begin capturing your cap ture list Changing Saving and Loading Capture lists 1 Select a capture list entry by clicking on the number to the left of the entry Click the number at the left RM of the entry to select it a coup co Down Delete Del AMI File 1 OO 07 0423 OO 0F 07 03 O0 00 02 11 capture1 a OO 07 17 09 00 07 13 100 O0 00 01 22 capture2 a OOO 16 24 00072221 O0 00 05 28 capture3 a Total Time 00 00 10 01 Tota CHAPTER 4 EZ Video 4 9 2
12. Inside Fiter Edge aaf P aE Shadow I cou Source H Sha H Projection 180 0 zd 100 m Y rea al Ds x po ay fio a Screen v Guide Line mage P D rieBack C Black Copy sd liens esie Mn MAP 00 00 02 14 00 00 04 28 00 00 07 00 00 09 26 00 00 12 10 BS he vee een moc oe Se ao _ Ready AVI STOP 00 00 08 14 00000254 Total Time 00 00 13 26 00000416 48kHz 16bit Titling interface 7 28 EZ Edit CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit Font Select type face style size and alignment Emboss There are 2 emboss styles Inside fits the effect within the character outline Outside puts the effect outside the character outline Shadow There a 3 shadow styles Projection is a drop shadow Slant is a cast shadow Perspective is a shadow witha vanishing point H amp S adjusts the hard edge and soft edge properties of the shadow Preview preview render the page Center V amp H centers the title on screen Entering Title Text Enter text in the title display by double clicking the block You can enter text from the keyboard or paste from the clip board You can use any Windows TrueType font that is installed on your system Positioning Titles Click the mouse outside of the title text so the box appears with a dotted line Click and drag the title where you want it to be Title Attributes aY 08 299 WxH 50
13. LIT Font face N Atman JU trem Italic Bold e C CRI m Left Center Fight B Emboss Type Light 8 Change the color of the title in the Color tab Hard Soft Direction Transparency EL BENE a 9 Move the title to the lower right area of the screen 10 Click the New button again to create another title layer S Z4 ps xu sory v Guide Line Title Back mage C Black Center V C White Preview Center tH Up Down Cancel 11 Enter XXXXX in the box The text doesn t matter just the width CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit 7 33 12 Click the Fill Square button this will change the title from text to a filled square Atman 20 E Allian Italic Bold e C CRI Left Center Right EE Type Light inside Fite f xf Edge p m Y 13 Change the color of the square in the Color tab 14 Move the box so it overlaps part of the Foo text 15 Click the Preview button to see the title Notice how the box covers some of the Foo text 5 E Dis X I amp T b Center V 16 Move the box under the Foo text by clicking the Down button until it ye below the Foo text 5 Dist X U m Y pe EX A Il Center V Preview Center tH p3 Z3 TN 1 34 EZ Edit CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit 17 Click the Preview button again to view the completed title m ZEN See A A i l Center Mi
14. Qut Joo o2 00 00 Ld otfsetta iss gt Set AVI filename AVIEle Dwaptwetai 1 Drive p rl 2 Determine the length of the clip you want to capture subtract one frame and enter this value in hours min utes seconds and frames in the Out box The one CHAPTER 4 EZ Video 4 13 frame subtraction is necessary since the first frame captured is 00 00 00 00 setings In 00000 Offset asec f Qut Offset asec f Avigle Dvcapturetavi 3 Click the Insert button The filename and duration will appear in the clip list Set capture length 00 09 00 0000 00 09 00 01 2 OO 08 00 00 00 09 00 01 4 f you wish to add more time files to the capture repeat steps 2 3 EZ Video will automatically increment the filename for you 5 Use the Deck controller to position the tape slightly before the start of where you want to capture Position the tape slightly before the start of where you want to capture by using the Deck controller BACK 6 Click the Capture button Capture will begin and the video will be captured to the file s you specified in the O9PI A Z3 capture list 1 00 03 Total Size 4 2GB 4 552 982 528 bytes 7 After capture is complete the clip s will appear in the Play list Changing Saving and Loading Capture lists You can save the list of clips to a capture list file by clicking the Save button A dialog will appear to let you name the 4 14 EZ Video CHAP
15. means to take care in avoiding physical injury or damage to the computer or peripherals STATIC warns you of situations where the danger of dam age from static electricity is present The two screw driver icons represent removing screws counter clockwise and replacing screws clockwise 1 3 uononpojul 1 4 Introduction CHAPTER 1 Introduction E Trademarks EZDV EZ Edit EZ Video EZ Navi and EZ Audio are trade marks of Canopus Corporation i LINK is a trademark of Sony Corporation DirectDraw and IntelliMouse are trade marks of Microsoft All other trademarks and registered trademarks belong to their respective owners CHAPTER 2 Installation 2 1 CHAPTER 2 This product is not intended for and should not be used for medical purposes or with any equipment which might be used for life support SS ll 0L 505 Before Installation Make sure to read the following sections before installing the EZDV hardware and software Please check to make sure you have a compatible system and your EZDV is installed and working properly Package Contents Make sure your package contains the following items uonejeisu EZDV PCI board EZDV Software CD EZDV Manual Registration card in the manual omartSound CD SoftXplode Manual 4 pin i LINK cable 2 2 Installation CHAPTER 2 Installation db fn c Fez ae on EZDV PCI board O EZDV System Requirements
16. turer could void the user s authority to operate this equip ment This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules Oper ation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation BEEN Declaration of Conformity According to FCC Part 15 Hesponsible Party Name Canopus Corporation Address 711 Charcot Avenue San Jose CA 95131 2208 Telephone 408 954 4500 Declares that product Model M24 PC 912 Complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Responsible Person s Name Roger Hounshell FCC B Radio Frequency Interference Statement CE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide rea sonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio fre quency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interfer ence to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the inter ference at his own expense Notice 1 The changes or modifications not expressly a
17. 00 00 01 00 z TM 7 26 CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit Choose a transition from the list There are 14 transitions that come with EZ Edit If you have other transition plug ins for EZ Edit such as SoftXplode those transitions will appear on the list as well You can change the duration of the selected transition by changing the number in the Duration box You can bring up the configuration settings for the selected transition by clicking the Config button Blind Slide dl Cancel A Divide J Y Divide Reverse Style Stripe Murmber wae E E m Transition settings jai For a detailed explanation of each transition s options see the Transition Settings section of this chapter EZ Edit CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit 1 27 ee 1 1 11 Adding Titles To add a title to your production click the Add title Edit title button on the toolbar or right click in the Title track and choose Edit title from the pop up Click the Add title Edit title button mr pep Hae le Or choose right click in the Title track and choose Edit title D Title motion Render Copy title Delete title The Titling interface will appear DemoProject dvc EzEdit File Edit Effects Settings View Help z elo Blolel w u a J w RIX z Attributes Colo Motion Font Font face Size jo x Allign Italic Bold PF Fil square Left Center C Right p3 Z3
18. San Jose CA 95131 Main telephone 408 954 4500 Main fax 408 954 4504 Technical support number 408 954 4506 Web site www canopuscorp com o o o 9 About this manual The information contained in this manual covers Chapter 1 Introduction Provides information about contacting us and using this manual Chapter 2 Installation Includes easy to follow instructions on how to install the EZDV hardware and software 1 1 uononpojul 1 2 Introduction CHAPTER 1 Introduction Chapter 3 Quick Start Your First Editing Project Walks through a simple production from capture to editing to output Chapter 4 EZ Video Provides a detailed look at the EZ Video application for video capture and output Chapter 5 EZ Audio Provides a detailed look at the EZ Audio application for audio capture and output Chapter 6 EZ Navi Provides a detailed look at the EZ Navi application for tape scanning and scene logging Chapter 7 EZ Edit Provides a detailed look at the EZ Edit application for edit ing CHAPTER 1 Introduction ee 1 1 Manual conventions f EE The following conventions are used throughout this man ual e Bold usually indicates software menu commands File gt Open e Italicis used for emphasis and naming e square brackets refer to software messages to you info check notifies you to write down parameters or make note of manual suggestions caution
19. Sync Rec Detailed Settings Offset Time Set the offset time from AI file playback to DY deck recording Start Point File playback will start 5 frames late Set the offset time from A amp W file playback stop ta DY deck recording stop End Port j 5 Deck recording will stop 5 frames early Record Position an T ape Adjust the position to start recording on DY tape based an the paused frame position Steps MM o No adjustments Return ta default Offset Time Start Point Sets the number of frames early or late that AVI file playback should occur when doing a SyncRecord The default is for the AVI file to start playing 5 frames after the DV deck has been set to start recording This assumes that it takes 5 frames of time for the DV deck to actually engage the recording head and start recording End Point Sets the number of frames early or late that the DV deck should stop recording The default is for the DV deck to get the Stop command 5 frames before the end of the AVI file This assumes that it takes 5 frames of time for the DV deck to actually disengage the recording head and stop recording O9PI A Z3 Record Position on Tape Steps Sets the default recording position when SyncRecording from a paused frame The default is for recording to start at the paused frame Return to default button Returns the settings for this tab to the defaults 4 50 EZ
20. What are the specifications for rendering to the Canopus DV CODEC from another appli cation The DV specification requires both audio and video Video must be 720x480 for NTSC or 720x576 for PAL Audio 8 5 bunoousejqnoJ 8 6 Troubleshooting CHAPTER 8 Troubleshooting must be 32 kHz 12 bit stereo 44 1 kHz 16 bit stereo or 48 kHz 16 bit stereo If you generate an AVI with no audio from a 3D modeling application for example you should use EZ Edit to add accompanying audio even if it is zero level audio before outputting to tape What colorspace does EZ Edit edit in EZ Edit edits in YUV colorspace Ce 1 Other questions Why does SoftXplode not work in Windows NT SoftXplode requires DirectX 6 1 or higher Windows NT only has DirectX 3 0 In order to have Xplode effects under Windows NT you will need to get the Canopus Xplode AGP card Alternatively you can upgrade to Windows 2000 Where can I get more information Go to the EZDV section of the Canopus website at http www justedit com ezdv While you re there you can also visit our User groups where you can get help and advice from customers using Canopus products around the world
21. and refresh rates Try 1024x768 16 bit color at 75 Hz or 1152x856 16 bit color at 60 Hz Also make sure you are using the latest driver for your video card 8 4 Troubleshooting CHAPTER 8 Troubleshooting BEEN 1 1 General usage issues Does EZDV support 16 9 aspect ratio No EZDV supports 4 3 aspect ratio only I get Disk speed is too slow during capture What s wrong This message means that your hard disk cannot sustain the required 4 5 MB sec transfer rate You can test your drive speed with EZDVTest If you have a dedicated video drive make sure you are capturing to it and not your system drive Drives have a tendency to slow down as they become full due to fragmentation Defragmenting your drive may help a drive that used to be able to capture Run ScanDisk to check your drive for errors as well Drive errors can often cause the write speed to drop If you are using Windows NT and are capturing to an IDE disk drive you may need to enable DMA transfers using the DMACHECK utility from Microsoft cannot capture more than 9 minutes of video into one file You are encountering the 2 gigabyte AVI filesize limitation You need to capture as a Reference AVI or use Seamless capture to capture to multiple files Why do I get Disk Write Error the first time capture but it captures okay in subsequent captures If you have Power Management turned on your hard drives may be going to
22. background to help you see the complete title if the video and title are too similar in color CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit ing add a shadow and center the title horizontally or vertically from this dialog Title Color The color tab allows you to set the color properties of the font edge and the shadow You can also set transparency for the font edge and shadow Title x70 108 233 w xH 504x124 Body Direction Transparency GM NEM r Colors 3 EX e E T _ II ees 3 Edge Hard Soft Direction Transparency Colors 1 EX dr a I u Transparency adjusts the degree of transparency 100 is solid O is transparent Characters shadows and edges can be transparent Direction adjusts the direction of the gradient fill Shadow Direction Transparency e NEM Colors 2 ce 0 Screen allows you to preview the title over either the video a black background or a white background no m A Screen v Guide Line e Image BEN I TileBack Black Cony White Del Center V Preview Center tH Up Down Cancel Title Motion After you have created a title and selected its font and shadow characteristics you are ready to add motion to move your title on screen 1 29 p3 Z3 7 30 EZ Edit CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit In motion Hold Title motion is separate into 3 segments In motion Hold and Out motion Out motion In point displays the in point
23. ccc ee eee 6 1 Choosing a Scan Method llus 6 2 Scanning for Scenes lille 6 3 Indexing an entire tape nnana anaana 6 3 Indexing from a particular point 6 4 Important note about Timecode 6 5 Working with the Scene list 0005 6 6 Selecting and Moving clipS 00020 0s 6 6 Viewing SCENES 1 ee eee 6 7 AGaingscelles s 4 as Gene heen he poe ddp ata eee d 6 7 Redefining scenes 0 0 0 ce ee 6 7 Deleting scenes 1 cee eee 6 9 Adding Comments to scenes 2 00005 6 9 Saving and Loading Scene lists Ln 6 10 Capturing VOur Clips 4434 4 9 a 9 c Nee pen eoe eae 6 11 Interface In depth 0 0 cee ees 6 12 jeje PEE Merk eee 6 12 Deck Information cc eee eee 6 13 Deck Controller llle 6 14 Scene EISE suns c Sete ed et Bw ee eka 6 16 ES TABLE OF CONTENTS MENU oDHOLDS 55 et ai tree rt ee eX I Qo RR od 6 17 Ple MeNi REEL CERE OTT TT 6 17 Ed MONU 630s s E be ee ood td eus Seit 6 18 Seung Ment er wind ia d adt a usce D Beds bestes 6 18 View menu lle rris 6 19 niet MP ms 6 19 PAO GS is 22 uda idit Bac Stel inicr deu aded nerd 6 20 JUM Deena eds ee aac dui diuerso cte oua tuer doti 6 20 COMMEN Sassen pe tee e RI EIU Ea sete 6 20 Index search esse REPRE ha vide eae ee te ES 6 21 Decke ContFol usu b ane aho GO Ar ee clei e 6 22 EZDV properties
24. 00 00 08 20 00000260 frame The File Properties dialog displays all the important infor mation about the loaded WAV file Close buttonCloses the File Properties window Limit Capture Time Limit Capture Time Time 00 03 00 06 Time 4 E T E T Frame o0005 400 Limit Capture Time checkbox When checked enables automatic stop of manual capture CHAPTER 5 EZ Audio 5 17 after the specified time When unchecked manual capture will not automatically stop Time Settings TimeLength of time that manual captures should automatically stop at in hours minutes seconds and frames FrameLength of time that manual captures should automatically stop at in number of frames OK button Accepts the changes to the Limit Capture Time settings and closes the window Cancel buttonCancels changes to the Limit Capture Time settings and closes the window EZDV properties Sync Rec EAZDV Properties x Sync Rec Detailed Settings Offset Time Set the offset time from amp V file playback ta DY deck recording Start Point A A J File playback will start 5 frames late Set the offset time from amp VI file playback stop ta DY deck recording stop End Point j 5 Deck recording will stop 5 frames early Record Position an T ape Adjust the position to start recording on DW tape based on the
25. 14 D5 11 57 00 03 00 04 In 00 12 35 15 ENT m 2000 01 06 Qut 00 15 35 155 124219 i 0 03 00 02 g In 00153517 PE a 2000 01 19 Qut 00 18 35 18 10 22 4 0 03 00 02 In 00 18 35 18 T 2000 01 20 Qut 00 21 35 20 10 40 21 00 03 00 04 3 PRI4 Ou In nin 94 3 amp 24 x Scene list Each clip is listed with its In point Out point Duration Date Time of Recording if available and Comment if set Recording date time In point Duration Out point Comment noe om DoW 5 08 1999701730 Air show Piros Air eee O00 02 59 28 In 00 03 35 049 3A wanna sw CHAPTER 6 EZ Navi 6 17 BEEN l ll Menu options File menu Edit Setting View Hew Chri h Open Ctrl O Save Chrl 5 Save as Print Ctrl F Print preview Print settings 1 Untitled rl Recent file list 2 Demo rrl Exit New Specifies that a new scene list file is to be created The cur rent scene list will be cleared Open Opens a scene list file Save Save the current scene list Save as Save the current scene list as a new file Print Print the current scene list Print preview m Opens a print preview for the current scene list N Print settings Opens the settings dialog for the printer Recent file list Provides quick opening of recent files Exit Quits the EZ Navi application 6 18 CHAPTER 6 EZ Navi Edit menu Setting View Help Undo Chit Cut Ctrl C
26. Audio levels 00 0 eee eee 3 18 Adding a WWe EP thee eee Oat 3 19 Outputting your Production to Tape 3 23 ee CHAPTER 4 EZ Video Introducing EZ Video 2 0 4 1 EZ Video Interface iu ove RUE QE ec e xs 4 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS m Capturing Video 0 ees 4 3 Manual Capture 0 0 0 0 0c eee 4 3 Batch Capture 0 0 ce eee 4 5 Changing Saving and Loading Capture lists 4 8 Adding Inserting and Deleting clips in the Play list 4 19 Important note about Timecode 4 10 Seamless capture llle 4 11 Changing Saving and Loading Capture lists 4 13 Reference AVI files and the 2 gigabyte AVI filesize limit 4 15 Working with Captured Clips 4 16 L o3dirig CMDS 4 8 rrea eran ace we GNA wee od ees 4 16 Playing and Scrubbing Video 0 4 17 Using the Play Ils as uo eed dich Ee 4 18 Rearranging clips in the Play list 4 21 Playing clips from the Play list 005 4 21 Trimming and Separating clips in the Play list 4 22 Saving and Loading Play lists 0055 4 24 Playing the Play list llle 4 25 OUIDUIIO Tape x ecto doe XOLA RURSUS BOCA 4 26 SYNCRECOM ua stis stew ies ERE oh ruhige xS 4 26 Manual record 2232 xu E cR RO on re 4 27 Interface In depth 0 0 cece ees 4 28 TOOIDOE S accetti drei Riana haha
27. Border color Border size Stripe number Stripe Reveal wipes Video B over Video A in multiple stripes Border color Determines the color of the border if any u Border size m Determines the width of the border if any Solid border Enables the border Soft Border Softens the border with a slight feathering Both Side Determines whether the border is applied to both sides of the stripe or just one Style Determines how Video B comes in from one side or from the middle Direction Determines the orientation of the Video B stripes Reverse Swaps Video A and Video B Image Displays a video frame for Video A and Video B instead of the A and B images 7 84 CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit EZ Edit CHAPTER 8 Troubleshooting CHAPTER 8 le m hw binti Troubleshooting Troubleshooting This chapter will cover some common problems with EZDV and steps you can use to resolve them before you need to contact Canopus Technical Support Pre Installation issues My computer does not meet the minimum requirements for EZDV Can I still use it The minimum requirements for EZDV are exactly that While EZDV might work in your system we cannot guaran tee that it will nor can we provide support for EZDV in a system that does not meet the minimum requirements I don t have a DV or Digital 8 camera or deck Can use EZDV Not really EZDV requires a DV or Digital 8 camera or deck to acquire and outpu
28. C CHAPTER 6 EZ Navi Deck Information The deck information area displays information about the loaded AVI file and the connected DV device Deck Information The information in the Deck Information area is as follows Input tape mode SP LP Audio sampling rate and deck status Current time position in hours minutes seconds and frames Current time position in frames Current In point Current Out point aie Do uice ITI N c D S 6 14 CHAPTER 6 EZ Navi Deck Controller The Deck controller lets you control the connected DV deck through the i LINK interface 4 59 We Ul 7 8 14 15 16 1 Shuttle controller The shuttle controller lets you play the tape forward or backward at varying speeds There are five stops on either side of the middle Drag the yellow slider to the left to play backward drag it to the right to play forward The playback speeds will depend on your DV deck but the stops are generally 1 10 speed 1 5 speed 1x 2x and 20x 2 Previous frame Moves the DV deck one frame back 3 Rewind Pressed when the DV deck is stopped it will rewind the tape Pressed when the DV deck is playing it will go into reverse scan mode 4 Pause Pauses the DV deck 5 Next frame Moves the DV deck one frame forward 6 Forward Pressed when the DV deck is stopped it will fast forward the tape Pressed when the DV deck is playing it will go into forward scan EZ Navi mode 7 Play Plays t
29. Effect File name ca Save as hype Batch List File cbl Cancel 7 You can load a list of clips from a capture list file by clicking the Load button Locate the capture list file you want to load and click Open The list will appear in the capture list Folder Restore capture schedule RAEI Look jn E Eady faa Effect File name capture c Files of type Batch List File cbl rnl Cancel 8 After capture is complete the clip s will appear in the Play list Important note about Timecode If your tape has discontinuous timecode or timecode that repeats the same value you may have problems using CHAPTER 4 EZ Video 4 11 batch capture EZ Video may not be able to find the in frame if it scans beyond the current set of timecode Thus it is very important to keep timecode continuous on your tape It is a common practice to black or stripe new tapes by recording black over the entire tape in one pass to establish continuous timecode Timecode is normally reset when the tape is removed from the camera If you have to remove and reinsert a tape with out timecode while recording after reinserting the tape rewind it to a point where there is timecode and continue recording from that point Also it is good practice to record 10 20 seconds of black leader at the beginning of each tape Seamless capture Seamless capture allows you to capture a segment of video as a serie
30. Space bar or click the Play button on the AVI controller Notice how the video switches to the Insert AV clip when the timeline cursor passes over it Also note that the audio from both the underlying Main AV clip and the Insert AV clip play You can use Insert AV cuts to add video to a talking head while keeping the audio from both clips First Project CHAPTER 3 Quick Start Your First Editing Project Adjusting Audio levels The line in the middle of the clip represents its volume level To adjust the audio levels of your clips click on the line to add a node then drag the node up or down to adjust the level 00 00 545 00 DOO 5 00 CHAPTER 3 Quick Start Your First Editing Project 3 19 To delete an audio node right click on it and choose Delete level point p as A Delete level point a Delete all levelpoints Set all levelpoints to x Adding a Title You can add titles that will appear over video on the Title track Follow the steps below to create a simple title Add a title by clicking the Add title Edit title button on the toolbar 2 The interface will switch to Title mode fl DemoProject dvc EzE dit ioj x File Edit Effects Settings View Help Piae zn E amp Bs e ne ze ics es Z x t gi mb i J gt R x z Attributes Color Motion Font Size Gar Atman Allign T italic Bold Lol e C Ri iz Lef
31. Total Time 00 00 11 09 Frame 339 captured Total Time Displays the total time captured in hours minutes sec onds frames and frame count OK button Closes the completion window CHAPTER 4 EZ Video Batch Seamless capture Seamless mode Capture Capture Method C Batch ie Seamless 00 20 38 18 00037096 PLAY BACK onoono 2 offset ose Mark In foo o2 00 00 otfsetta bss f Mark Out AVI Flle pwapuetad 00000 Browse p rl Update 00 09 00 00 00 09 00 01 capture avi 00 03 00 00 00 09 00 01 capture2 avi 3 O0 02 00 00 O0 02 00 01 capture3 avi Dr Total Time O0 20 00 03 Total Size 4 2GB 4 552 982 528 bytes Capture Cancel Capture Method BatchUse Batch capture mode Seamless Use Seamless capture mode Settings Out Duration of the clip plus one frame clip duration will be one frame longer than the specified duration AVI File Filename for the captured clip Browse button Opens a window to set the clip s filename Update button Updates the selected list entry with the specified Out point duration and AVI filename Insert buttonAdd the current settings as a new clip before the selected clip in the capture list or to the end of the capture list if no there is no selection 4 43 O9plA Z3 4 44 EZ Video CHAPTER 4 EZ Video Go Up buttonMoves the selected clip one position upward in the capture list Go Down b
32. Video CHAPTER 4 EZ Video OK button Apply the current Sync Rec and Detailed Settings settings and close the window Cancel button Cancel the current changes to the Sync Rec and Detailing Settings settings and close the window EZDV properties Detailed Settings x EZDY Properties Sync Rec Detailed Settings YUY and RGB Conversions Expand RGB range to 150 Return ta default Video Count Dropped Frames in Time Display checkbox NTSC only When checked 29 97 fps drop frame timecode is used When unchecked 30 fps non drop frame timecode is used This option affects all timecode entry and calculations Except in special cases this option should be checked Field during pause FRAME When AVI playback is paused the frame both fields is shown There may be some jitter apparent in the display when FRAME is selected for pause This does not affect DV output ODD When AVI playback is paused only the odd field is shown Use this option to eliminate jitter in the display on paused playback This does not affect DV output EVEN CHAPTER 4 EZ Video 4 51 When AVI playback is paused only the even field is shown Use this option to eliminate jitter in the display on paused playback This does not affect DV output YUV and RGB Conversions Expand RGB range to 150 checkbox When checked the luminance and chrominance ranges are increased during conversion to RGB When unchecked the stan
33. When installing or working on your PC first touch a grounded metal surface This will discharge any static elec tricity on your body STEP 1 Opening your PC Cover 1 Quit any applications you are using and shut down Win dows 2 Switch off your PC 3 Remove your PC cover as shown in your PC manual e Preparation for EZDV installation Replace the CHAPTER 2 Installation STEP 2 EZDV PCI card Installation 1 Find a free PCI slot preferably NOT the PCI slot next to the AGP slot and remove the protective bracket 2 Remove the EZDV PCI card from the anti static bag HANDLE THE CARD BY THE EDGES AVOID TOUCH ING THE CARD S SURFACE 3 Gently push the card into the slot and screw it into place computer cover N i mm _ gt a a P d Pa Eg H H z z H H z z H H z z H H z z H H z z 2 H H z z H H z z H i z F A H a Bo A P k Ee a H z H T z z H H ve z z H H si z z z H H si pi z ma F T ee z SS H H i z z H H H i z H ec n H i z z H H E o di a i z A ma z H eo aa H i EL H H E 4 1 H i H H y m H z a u STEP 3 Checking Connections After installing the EZDV card check all your conne
34. Working with the Scene list The scene list displays a list of scenes EZ Navi has logged lel Es g Contents TimeCode Rect ime Comment In 00 00 35 09 Tm IF Snow FOS AIF 1 DIM Out 00 03 35 08 1889 01 30 4 qos 08 40 24 field 01 20 00 00 02 59 28 In d0 03 35 08 Out O0 06 35 10 1898 01 30 09 14 12 E TE ir JIA Ii F Sg Yat oH SIGS a LULU UU UU Us In d0 08 35 13 sie eter ease 1999 210 Qut 00 12 35 14 05 11 57 00 03 00 04 3 In 0021 2 35 15 PEDE 2000 01 06 T Qut 00 15 35 185 1742418 i a0 03 00 02 3 In 0 15 35 17 i Pe E 2000 01718 eg Qut 00 18 35 18 10 22 04 a0 03 00 02 3 In 00 18 35 18 T 2000 01720 Qut 00 21 35 20 10 40 24 00 03 00 04 3 I OA 36 4 ie Scene list Each scene is listed with its In point Out point and Dura tion If the recording timestamp is available it will also be listed along with an optional user defined comment Selecting and Moving clips You can select a clip in the scene list by clicking on it to highlight it To change a clip s position click on it and drag it to the desired position A little line will show you the new insertion point CHAPTER 6 EZ Navi 6 7 Viewing scenes To cue the tape to a clip double click on the clip in the scene list Adding scenes You can add a new scene by choosing Add from the Edit menu or by right clicking in the Scene list and choosing Add from the pop up menu A new scene
35. Z3 EZDV properties Opens the EZDV properties dialog 7 56 EZ Edit CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit View Menu mee Help w Toolbar v Deck Controller wv Control Bar w Status Bar Small thumbnails in bin window Alt h Small thumbnails in timeline Alte Always show Main AV track w Show thumbnails in timeline Alk Tool Bar Toggles display of the Tool bar Deck Controller Toggles display of the Deck controller Control Bar Toggles display of the AVI controller Status Bar Toggles display of the Status bar Small thumbnails in bin window When checked small thumbnails are used in the bin window When unchecked large thumbnails are used in the bin win dow Small thumbnails in timeline When checked small thumbnails are used in the Film track When unchecked large thumbnails are used in the Film track Always show Main AV track When checked the Main AV track will be locked on to the interface When not all tracks are shown and the tracks are scrolled Main AV will remain locked at the top When unchecked the Main AV track will scroll with the remaining tracks if not all tracks are shown Show thumbnails in timeline When checked the Film track shows thumbnails of the video at varying intervals When unchecked the Film track is hidden and no thumbnails are shown CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit Help menu About About Opens the About dialog to display software version informa tion 1 57 p
36. a comment to a scene 1 Select a scene from the Scene list Contents TimeCode RecT ime Comment T In 00 00 35 049 PU DuEeDDTS SE Ge 1999 01730 Air show Piras Air Tree BM 08 40 24 field 01720 00 00 02 53 28 In 0 03 35 08 Qut 00 08 35 10 1938 01 30 09 14 12 i D O3 00 02 3 In O0 06 35 14 Select a scene 1889 0817 Out 00 09 35 12 12221 MITTERET l LL DS DD d In 00 09 35 13 nne 3 38 189571210 4 Out 00 12 35 14 D5 11 57 2 Choose Comments from the Edit menu or right click the scene and choose Comments from the pop up menu E Setting View Help GN C M NR Cut Undo Chit eee Copy Cut Ctrlee Paste Copy Ctrl C Paste Ctrl Add mE M a Delete Add Ctrl 4 Delete all ee CT toners Delete al Al Del Comments 1 Comments LtrleM ndis Choose Comments from Or Comments from the the Edit menu right click pop up menu Saving and Loading Scene lists To save your Scene list 1 Choose Save from the File menu LIntitled rnl EzNavi Edit Setting View Hew Ctrl M Open Ctrl Save ChleS Save as Print Ctrl F Print preview Print settings 1 Untitled trl 2 Demo rrl Exit CHAPTER 6 EZ Navi 2 If you have not already saved the Scene list the Save As window will appear Give the scene list a name and click Save The Scene list will be saved for future use Save As EE Save ini Ex Ezdv
37. dialog 7 61 p3 Z3 7 62 EZ Edi CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit EZDV properties Sync Rec EAZDV Properties Sync Rec Detailed Settings Offset Time Set the offset time from Al file playback to DY deck recording Start Point File playback will start 5 frames late Set the offset time from amp VI file playback stop ta DY deck recording stop End Port j 5 Deck recording will stop 5 frames early Record Position an T ape Adjust the position to start recording on DY tape based on the paused frame position Steps lo No adjustments Return ta default Offset Time Start Point Sets the number of frames early or late that AVI file playback should occur when doing a SyncRecord The default is for the AVI file to start playing 5 frames after the DV deck has been set to start recording This assumes that it takes 5 frames of time for the DV deck to actually engage the recording head and start recording End Point Sets the number of frames early or late that the DV deck should stop recording The default is for the DV deck to get the Stop command 5 frames before the end of the AVI file This assumes that it takes 5 frames of time for the DV deck to actually disengage the recording head and stop recording Record Position on Tape Steps Sets the default recording position when SyncRecording from a paused frame The default is for recording to start at the pause
38. gigabyte AVI limit in this chapter 7 50 EZ Edi CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit Clear all temporary files Clears all the temporary files for this project Clear all unused temporary files Clears any unused temporary files for this project rendered transitions that were subsequently deleted etc Recent file list Provides quick opening of recent files Exit Quits out of EZ Edit Edit menu Effects Settings View Help Redo Cre Delete Del Cut Ctrl Copy Ctrl C Paste Ctrl Faste to bin window Ctrl B Separate Ctrl D Paste transition F Alt 5 Paste title H Alt D Jump Ctrl SEXIES Chris Jump to previous scenele Sun ame Jump to next scene Shift E nd Set Out Point Ctrl EUN Trim cl ChrleT Jump to previous index z amp lt Home T TI le i Jump to next index Alt E nd Add color clip to bin window AltA 00 00 10 00 Auto arange clips Ctri G Auto arrange clips in reverse order Ctrl H Add clips on Maingi to bin window Ctrl L Clear bin windows Alt Del Clear Timeline Ctl Del Undo Undo the last action performed Redo Redo the undone action Delete Deletes the selected clip from the timeline Cut Cuts the selected clip from the timeline and puts it on the clip board Copy Copies the selected clip to the clipboard Paste Pastes the clip on the clipboard to the timeline Paste to bin window Pastes the clip on the clipboard to the DV Bin Separate Separates the clip at the timeline cursor C
39. o Udi Sted ee 7 71 Bind WIDE ots at cree nl hence do ent wed d er aed doe 7 72 zo T PC 7 73 BOX ain dus atout dor gue a dts eee cr at on 7 74 TABLE OF CONTENTS ow Si mpm LIP 7 76 DISSO VG i e ac Va x eR UU Ke Bede PUE dv eae Rc ori 7 77 gimp arcsec bruce whee At eae one a gala es 1 11 Push Stretch Under Scan 000005 7 78 SA esa tres a aa nena a ces ets a a a eee 7 79 Slid Under Sean Epub aeee eor a RENS 7 80 SIS RETE ETT EEE abt eee ee ee 7 81 Stretch Under Scar 523 ened debe b ees 7 82 SITIDE HeV6edl 35 heaps et iene o un Mr ER 7 83 OOOO CHAPTER 8 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting 0 00 eee 8 1 Pre Installation issues 2 0000 ee 8 1 My computer does not meet the minimum requirements for EZDV Can still use it 0 8 1 don t have a DV or Digital 8 camera or deck Can WSO EZ DV cvi teda want edad nee BE eae 8 1 have a DVCAM camera or deck Can use it WIDE ZI V 9 s eos edu ets D Rid ou Sues 8 1 have a DVCPRO camera or deck Can use it WIDE Z DV Z oaccs Sound he ete nbs Bae cd dees a ascot 8 2 Can capture analog footage with EZDV 8 2 Can EZDV output analog audio or video 8 2 have a NTSC or PAL EZDV card Can use a PAL or NTSC camera or footage with it 8 2 My computer is overclocked Can use EZDV init 8 2 Installation ISSUES 6 ee 8 3 EZDV is not detected by EZDV Test or behaves GIFAUCAUV a
40. of the title in the timeline To adjust this setting you can 1 manually enter the in point 2 use the AVI controller and play the production and click Set In point Motion displays the title motions you can use In motion refers to the motion when the title comes on screen Out motion refers to the motion when the title leaves the screen Start end in motion adjust the Start end point of the title clip Click this button if you have scrubbed to a new title in or out point Loop play will play the current video clip as defined by the title duration In the example to the right the clip will loop from start to end for 3 01 seconds These three segments can be adjusted manually by drag ging the boundaries which separate them You can also adjust the In motion Hold and Out motion in the Motion tab of the Titling dialog Title x70 108 233 w xH 504x124 x Attributes Color Motion In paint 00 007 3 0 E Set In point In mation Slide in aut title from right to left inside screen area Motion Slide Left zi Time 00 00 00 00 E font Hald 00 00 00 g E Out motion Slide in aut right to left and dissolve nout inside screen area Moton issolve Slide Left A Time 00 00 00 00 E Hold displays the hold time for the title after it come son screen Go in start end goes to the end or start of the title In motion m Eang Total time Start in mation Go in start O0 00 00 19 En
41. on the level meters This allows you to adjust for audio that is too loud or too soft To reset the recording level back to 100 click the Reset Rec Level button Recording level adjustment slider ul Rec Level 100 Reset Rec Level button 5 8 EZ Audio CHAPTER 5 EZ Audio You can also use the Rec Level setting dialog to enter a specific percentage instead of using the slider Right click in the Level Meter area and choose Hec Level setting from the pop up menu Rec Level 100 J u Play Rec Level setting Propeties Set the desired recording level in the Rec Level Setting dialog Rec Level Setting Rec Level Os Cancel CHAPTER 5 EZ Audio 5 9 Interface In depth Toolbar The toolbar contains buttons for many commonly used menu items Bi Toolbar New Specifies that a new file should be created the next time the capture button is pressed Open Opens an existing WAV file Gm Level Meters The level meters provide a visual display of the audio gain The Rec Level slider allows adjustment of audio level dur ing capture and output Recording level adjustment slider Hg Eec Level 100 oipny 73 Reset Rec Level button Recording level adjustment slider The slider allows you to increase or decrease the recording level on capture or output The level can be adjusted from 0 mute to 200 do
42. sleep This is especially true if you have a separate hard drive dedicated for video CHAPTER 8 Troubleshooting In general it is a good idea to turn Power Management off on your video editing machine cannot output my production to tape Check that the tape in your camera or deck is not write pro tected If you are using a PAL DV or Digital 8 device it may have its DV Input capability disabled especially in Europe Some devices that have DV In disabled can be enabled by third party hardware Unless you can enable DV input you will not be able to output your production back to tape The stills in my timeline jitter or have incor rect colors Still images that are not specifically tailored for video may jitter If this is the case you should de interlace them using image manipulation software such as Adobe Photoshop Furthermore the full RGB color range used on the com puter is not valid for video Colors in images should be restricted between RGB 15 15 15 and 240 240 240 approximately Again image manipulation software may be of use to convert colors to safe colors Still images in my production look slightly distorted on output This is probably due to the difference between DV pixels which are rectangular and computer pixels which are square To compensate for this when using square pixel images such as those from a scanner or digital camera crop them to 640x480 before bringing them into EZ Edit
43. start capturing Let it capture for a few minutes then click the Stop button on the WAV controller to stop cap ture R se 144 411 11 pot in ou Now you have a WAV audio file on your computer Remem ber where you saved it you will need it for the next part of the tutorial CHAPTER 3 Quick Start Your First Editing Project 3 7 ee 1 1 Editing in EZ Edit This portion of the tutorial will familiarize you with EZ Edit For more detailed information please refer to the EZ Edit chapter Now that you have acquired your footage you can begin editing your clips You should also start thinking about any graphics or special effects you want to add to your project You can capture video from EZ Edit as well See the EZ Edit chapter for more details Starting EZ Edit Open EZ Edit by choosing it from the EZDV program group in the Start menu lel x i Untitled EzE dit File Edit Effects Settings View Help Dg e emeze eleh alre elo eee m u aj J w RR 1oe oJg 1sJtJ Ex Audio2 sl jede cedo ntn ede Ready el Dv 00 00 00 00 00000000 Total Time 00 00 00 00 OO000000 32kHz 12bit 7 EZ Edit Setting the Temporary Drives The temporary drives are where rendered processed effects are stored It is important that rendered effects are First Project CHAPTER 3 Quick Start Your First Editing Project stored on a vide
44. the chapter Deck controller The Deck controller lets you control the connected DV deck through the i LINK interface m uj m RIX Deck controller Stop Stops the Deck m Play Starts playback on the deck Pause Pauses the deck Rewind Pressed when the DV deck is stopped it will 44 rewind the tape Pressed when the DV deck is playing it will go into reverse scan mode Previous frame Moves the deck one frame back Shuttle controller The shuttle controller lets you play the tape for ward or backward at varying speeds There are five stops on either side of the middle Drag the slider to the left to play backward drag it to the right to play forward The playback speeds will depend on your DV deck but the stops are generally 1 10 speed 1 5 speed 1x 2x and 20x EZ Edit Next frame Il Moves the deck one frame forward Forward Pressed when the DV deck is stopped it will fast forward the tape Pressed when the DV deck is playing it will go into forward scan mode CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit 1 47 Record B Starts recording on the deck SyncRecord Starts SyncRecord on the deck SyncRecord will record the timeline to the deck automatically AVI Controller The AVI Controller provides playback controls for the time line m gt le 1 e i gt 9 wi in out Stop Stop playback of the timeline Play Play the timeline from the timeline cursor Top fra
45. the window oipny Z3 Cancel button Cancel the current changes to the Sync Rec and Detailing Settings settings and close the window 5 20 CHAPTER 5 EZ Audio About ErAudio Version 1 00 Pd seni Copyright 2 2000 Canopus Co Ltd All rights reserved Free Memory 251552 KB Free Disk Space 1704144 KB Drive E Free Capture OF 29 45 14 00258294 frame Free MemoryDisplays the amount of free memory in the system Free Disk Space Displays the amount of free disk space on the temporary drive Free Capture Time Displays the amount of video that can be stored on the drive listed for Free Disk Space in hours minutes seconds and frames and in frame count EZ Audio CHAPTER 6 EZ Navi 6 1 CHAPTER 6 a bo mule EZ Navi Introducing EZ Navi This chapter will introduce you to EZ Navi the automatic tape scanning and scene logging component of the EZDV software The features of EZ Navi will be described to familiarize you with its functions E EZ Navi Interface The EZ Navi application allows you to control your DV or Digital 8 camera or deck and can automatically scan through your DV or Digital8 tapes to identify clips It pro vides playback of video on the computer screen camera deck control scene list generation and batch capture list generation IAEN Z3 The EZ Navi window consists of seven main sections 1 Toolbar includes shortcut buttons for commonly use
46. to start recording on DY tape based an the paused frame position Steps MM o No adjustments Return ta default Offset Time Start Point Sets the number of frames early or late that AVI file playback should occur when doing a SyncRecord The default is for the AVI file to start playing 5 frames after the 4 DV deck has been set to start recording This assumes that it takes 5 gt frames of time for the DV deck to actually engage the recording head Q and start recording lt End Point Sets the number of frames early or late that the DV deck should stop recording The default is for the DV deck to get the Stop command 5 frames before the end of the AVI file This assumes that it takes 5 frames of time for the DV deck to actually disengage the recording head and stop recording Record Position on Tape Steps Sets the default recording position when SyncRecording from a paused frame The default is for recording to start at the paused frame 6 24 EZ Navi CHAPTER 6 EZ Navi EZDV properties Detailed Settings EAZDV Properties Sync Rec Detailed Settings YUY and RGB Conversions Expand RGB range to 150 Return ta default Video Count Dropped Frames in Time Display checkbox NTSC only When checked 29 97 fps drop frame timecode is used When unchecked 30 fps non drop frame timecode is used This option affects all timecode entry and calculations Except in special cases thi
47. transition button on the toolbar J cns B x ases sc es leaked e x Add transition button 2 Right click and select a transition duration from the pop up menu Time scale Play Fade in H Fade aut Edit title E Paste title B Top frame 3 Choose a transition duration from the Effects menu roject dvc EzE dit ime Settings View Help Transition 1 2 sec Alt 0 Fade in t jlsec Alt Fade out ro sec Alt 2 Title Alt T 3sec Alt 3 Render Lus 5 sec Default Ctrl F Start from here Ctrl K End here Ctrl L Set all clips You can also have EZ Edit add the default transition to all separation points on the Main AV track that do not already CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit 7 25 have transitions by choosing Set all clips from the Effect menu roject dvc EzE dit Settings View Help Transition M l ssec Alt 0 Fade in t jlsec Alt Fade out F sec Alt 2 Title Alt T 3sec Alt 3 Render pec 5 sec Default Ctrl P Start from here Ctrl K End here Chrl L Set all clips To change the settings of a transition on the timeline dou ble click it or right click it and choose Settings Render Copy transition Delete transition The transition dialog will appear Transition x Types Blind Slide P35 Za Fush Push Stretch Under Scan slide slide Under Scan stretch stretch Under Scan stripe Reveal Config Duration
48. with the selected In and Out points will appear in the Scene list emol EzNav i Undo Setting View Help Cut Undo Chri z Copy Cut Ctrl Paste mi se C Add Paste Ctrl add eh c E Delete Add Chri Delete all Delete Del Comments Delete all Alt Del zu lli w Thumbnail Comments Clrl M Choose Add from the Edit menu Or Add from the right click pop up menu Redefining scenes You can redefine a scene by changing its In and Out points To redefine a scene 1 Select a scene from the Scene list Contents TimeCode RecT ime Comment T In 00 00 35 049 em Gub USSE de 1999 01730 Air show Piras Air Tire BEEN 08 40 24 field 01720 00 00 02 53 28 In a0 03 35 08 Qut 00 08 35 10 1938 01 30 09 14 12 Select a scene Out 00 08 35 12 00 03 00 02 4 In 050 08 35 13 Out 00 12 35 14 1999 1 210 0511 57 IAEN Z3 EZ Navi CHAPTER 6 EZ Navi 2 Use the Deck controller to locate the new In or Out point Use the Deck controller to locate a new In or M Out point mm cin qo P in ou o 3 Click the In button on the In Out section of the Deck controller to mark the new In point or click the Out but ton on the In Out section of the Deck controller to mark the new Out point hu il qo Contents dit rainy anm Mark new In point Mark new Out point 4 Click the Ok button on the In Out section of the Deck controller to update t
49. 0 06 00 00 00 07 5 E ii WIN F T w 3 Drag DemoCapture2 AVI from the DV Bin to a position to the right of the existing clip on the Main AV track ig EqUBPRPBREFDIPEIBERFBREPTBEEBBETBIEPFPFPEPFPITEPHSCSEHHSHEPHBSEET amp sec 00 00 00 00 oU ER CHAPTER 3 Quick Start Your First Editing Project 4 You should now have two clips on the Main AV track of the timeline 5 Sec 00 00 05 00 m lano y l m ed Film fe L Main AV As you can see EZ Edit places the two clips right next to each other The Main AV track does not allow for empty space between clips All clips are pressed up against each other The vertical line in the Timeline is the timeline cursor The image in the video window is the video at the frame where the timeline cursor is Adding transitions between clips 1 Now we will add a transition between the two clips in the timeline Move the timeline cursor to the point where u the two clips meet by clicking and dragging the mouse EZ Edit includes multiple i transitions see the EZ Edit in the time area chapter for more details 2 Click the Add transition button on the toolbar This will add the default transition 1 second dissolve between the two clips Es x 8s ee ac 2c zJ F yelold 1sJt4 3 16 CHAPTER 3 Quick Start Your First Editing Project The two clips on the timeline will overlap each other and a block will appear under the overl
50. 3 07 00000397 Total Time 00 00 13 26 00000416 48k Video clips AVI files and still images see above for sup ported file types can be placed on the Main AV and Insert AV tracks Audio clips WAV files can be placed on the Ex Audio 1 and Ex Audio 2 tracks To move all the video clips from the DV Bin to the timeline in the order they appear in the bin choose Auto arrange clips from the Edit menu To put clips in reverse order CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit choose Auto arrange clips in reverse order from the Edit menu emaProject d wc EzE dit Effects Settings View Help Redo Ctrl Delete Del Cut Ctrl Copy Ctrl C Paste Cte Paste to bin window Ctrl B Separate Ctrl D Paste transition F Alt 5 Paste title H Alt D Jump Ctrl SERIEN Chris Jump to previous scene z Sis ome Jump to next scene Shift E nd Set Out Point Ctrl T Trim cl ChrleT Jump to previous index z amp lt Home T oe i Jump to next index Alt E nd Add color clip to bin window AltA 00 00 10 00 Auto arange clips Ctrl G Auto arrange clips in reverse order Ctrl H Add clips on Maingi to bin window Ctrl U Clear bin window Alt Del Clear Timeline Ctrl Del Add smart playback data ta bimi window Clips appear as colored blocks in the timeline Blue blocks represent clips with 48 kHz audio green blocks represent clips with 44 1 kHz audio and yellow blocks represent clips with 32 kHz audio ee
51. 3 Z3 7 58 EZ Edit CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit ee 1 1 Dialogs Batch capture Seamless capture Please refer to the EZ Video chapter for an explanation of Batch capture Seamless capture Trim clip Trimming x in z 00000065 m F in Do OC 02 05 zi j Frame 00 00 0412 zd 00000132 zd aut T T Frame ian 00 00 02 048 z ooooooes duration T T Frame in 00 00 01 08 z 00000038 eal Begin es al Frame oen In Sets the In point for the clip in hours minutes seconds and frames or by frame count Out Sets the Out point for the clip in hours minutes seconds and frames or by frame count Duration Sets the Duration for the clip in hours minutes seconds and frames or by frame count Begin For non Main AV clips sets the start position of the clip in hours minutes seconds and frames or by frame count OK Accept the changes to the In Out Duration and Begin points and close the dialog Cancel Cancel changes and close the dialog CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit 7 59 Jump Jump Jump to TE B 00000058 Frame oa Jump to Jump to a specific timecode or frame number in the timeline OK Close the dialog and jump to the specified timecode or frame number Cancel Close the dialog and do nothing Default Edit Settings Default Settings Edit Setting LX Default Settings Temparary Drives Transition Type Dissolve 00 00 01 00 2d Sal xo Fade in color
52. 49 ee 1 Menu options File Menu Edit Effects Settings View Help Hew Chri h Open Ctrl F Add clip to bin window Ctrl 44 Load the playlist file Crl Shift P Save Ctrl 5 Save as Batch capturer Seamless capture Alt B Create amp V file fram timeilne H Create ref AY file from timeline Clear all temporary files Clear all unused temporary files 1 AmberSyneT estdvc dvc Recent file list Exit New Clears the current bin and timeline and creates a new project Open Opens an existing project file Add clip to bin window Opens the Add clip to bin window dialog to load clips into the DV bin Load the playlist file Opens an EZ Video playlist file and brings its clips into the DV bin and Timeline p3 Z3 Save Saves the project file Save as Saves the project file to a new file Batch capture Seamless capture Opens the Batch capture Seamless capture dialog See the EZ Video chapter for more information Create AVI from timeline Creates a new AVI file from the timeline If the timeline is over 2 gigabytes about 9 minutes only the first 2 gigabytes will be saved to the new AVI Consider creating a Reference AVI instead Create ref AVI from timeline Creates a reference AVI file from the timeline The reference AVI can be of unlimited length however it is only a pointer to the clips and rendered files Please refer to the section on Reference AVIs and the 2
53. 4x124 Fill square fills the font shadow Projection m 180 3 0 ES T H a r ox pon i New adds a new title line s o S Dia x 10 w 10 Copy copies the title line l l Screen M Guide Line irene Del deletes current line TitleBack Black ARBORES Color Motion location with a solid rectangle Font of color Font face Size Atman 0 E Allian Italic I Filter amp Edge determine the lek Cotes C T Bold thickness of the emboss Fil squale IK Emboss Type Light determines where the Inside Filter 1 D4 light source is located for ar highlight 3 PERS e SourceH ShadowH Tilt Dist Shadow p determines height relationship Type source H between the light source and C whie D Up Down moves the selected Center v ST _ text line up or down in layers Preview Center tH Up Down Cancel The title attributes tab allows you to change various set tings of the title text You can specify the font add emboss Colors determines the color of the font 1 is a solid color 2 is a gradient between 1 and 2 3 is a combination of 1 2 and 3 4 is a combination of 1 2 3 and 4 To change the box color click on one of the boxes Note Fonts Edges and Shadows can all be set in the same way using solid colors gradients and transparency Guideline display s a safe titling area to make sure your titles display within the video picture Title Back displays a white
54. 703 O0 00 02 11 capture avi COEZDW 2 OO 07 11 09 noO07 13 00 O0 00 01 22 capturez avi COEZDW 3 00 07 16 2224 00072221 00 00 05 265 capture3 avi COEZDW Total Time 00 00 10 01 Total Size 364MB 38 207 488 bytes Capture Cancel Batch capture Seamless capture window Make sure the Capture Method is set to Batch for batch capture Batch capture involves marking segments of video creat ing a capture list and capturing all the clips in the batch Batch capturing clips 1 Set a filename for the clip you want to capture If you have a dedicated video drive make sure you are cap turing to it Setings In 0007 1524 Offset bse gt Qu unor2z21 ottsetta ose Set AVI filename AvIEle cEzDvwaptuetevi Drive fe CHAPTER 4 EZ Video 4 7 2 Use the Deck controller to position the tape at the start of where you want to capture Position the tape at the start of where you want to capture by using the Deck controller BACK 3 Click the Mark In button The In point will be entered automatically PLAY BACK c sec hark Qut 4 Advance the tape to the end of where you want to cap ture Position the tape at the end of where you want to capture by using the Deck controller BACK 5 Click the Mark Out button The Out point will be entered automatically PLAY BACK O9plA Z3 I o sec Mark In o sec hark Qut Browse
55. Attributes Color and Motion tabs These features are described in more detail in the EZ Edit chapter Ese EAM MEE TIME ee ee 1oe oud 1sJ14 3 22 First Project CHAPTER 3 Quick Start Your First Editing Project 6 Click OK to accept the title and close the titling inter face The title appears on the Title track 5 sec 00 00 00 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 10 00 P UNT EL da lj P Main AV Title Adding a title 7 Before you can see the title in the video you need to render it Right click the title and choose Render from the menu Edit title Title matian Copy title Delete title RES Save to file Load from file 8 The title will change color from red to blue to signify that it has been rendered You can now play the timeline and see the title in the video 5 sec 00 00 00 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 10 00 Film Main AV Insert AV Title CHAPTER 3 Quick Start Your First Editing Project 3 23 The title we created was just a simple title that dissolves in and out The Motion tab of the Title dialog has options you can change to have titles slide wipe and do various other things O O OO Outputting your Production to Tape The final step in editing your video is to output your com pleted production back to tape Output to tape can be done in EZ Edit and EZ Video For this tutorial we will output directly from EZ Edit as this is the most convenient way to do it
56. Brevi Center H Up Down Cancel Creating scrolling titles It s easy to create titles that scroll across the screen 1 Create a new title 2 Enter enough lines in the title so it takes more space than the screen Increase the font size if necessary 3 Click the Center V and Center H to center the title vertically and horizontally 8 Bs XU SEn S Center V Center H Cancel 4 Switch to the Motion tab ee area Motions Slide Left A Time 00 00 00 00 E Sri Hold 00 00 00 1 g E Jut motion Slide in aut right to left and dissolve inzaut inside screen area 5 Enter 00 01 00 00 in the In Motion Time box This will set the In motion to 1 minute 6 Enter 00 00 00 00 in the Hold box This will set the Hold time to 0 since we don t want the title to stop CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit 7 35 7 Enter 00 01 00 00 in the Out Motion Time box This will set the Out motion to the same time as the In motion This is important otherwise the In and Out scroll speeds will be different 8 Choose Slide Up as both the In Motion and the Out Motion 9 Click OK to accept and close the title 10 Render the title 11 Play the section of the timeline with the title You will see it scroll upward across the screen You can have a title scroll down left or right by changing the In and Out motions from Slide Up to Slide Left Slide Right or Slide Down Note
57. Controlling the timeline Adjusting the time scale Often times you may want to view a zoomed in or zoomed out view of the timeline for fine adjustments or locating an interesting section The Timescale slider controls how the timeline is dis played Slide it to the left to go down to a 1 frame view or slide it to the right to go to a Fit view The timeline can be viewed in 1 frame 10 frame 1 second 2 second 5 sec p3 Z3 7 10 EZ Edit CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit ond 10 second 15 second 30 second 1 minute and Fit scale Timescale slider Scrubbing You can scrub through the timeline by clicking and drag ging the mouse in the time display area Click and drag the mouse across the time display Dno 00 04 28 Dno 00 07 12 00 00 09 26 E If you have an Intellimouse or compatible you can also use the scroll wheel to move frame by frame through the timeline Roll the wheel down to step forward and roll the wheel upward to step backward You can also use the Next frame and Previous frame but tons on the AVI controller to move from frame to frame CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit 7 11 Shuttling You can use the Shuttle bar on the AVI controller to shuttle through video Click the slider and drag it to quickly move through the video rl in out awi STOF DID 0 1 3 07 00000297 Total Time O000 86 OO000416 48kHz 16bit E Click and drag the slider to shuttle quickly through video To shuttle through vi
58. Determines whether Video B comes in horizontally or verti cally Border color Determines the color of the border if any Border size Determines the width of the border if any Solid border Enables the border Reverse Swaps Video A and Video B CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit 7 79 Image Displays a video frame for Video A and Video B instead of the A and B images Slide Cancel A Divide Y Divide Direction MERE ajajaja Reverse C Image aT PE Slide has Video B slide in over Video A X Divide Number of horizontal repetitions that occur in the transition Y Divide Number of vertical repetitions that occur in the transition Style Determines how Video B comes in p3 Z3 Direction Determines which side or corner Video B comes in from Reverse Swaps Video A and Video B Image Displays a video frame for Video A and Video B instead of the A and B images 7 80 EZ Edit CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit Slide Under Scan Cancel Reverse Image Border Direction Hrs is Solid Borde uj aj Round Shape aaa Border color Border size Slide Under Scan slides Video B in over Video A with an optional border Border color Determines the color of the border if any Border size Determines the width of the border if any Solid border Enables the border Round Shape Applies rounded corners to the border Direction Determines which side or corner Video B comes in from Reverse Swap
59. Duration 00 00 01 eee v Fade in audio on B p Fade in aut In 00 00 01 200 E a Iw Fade in audio Dut 00 00 01 00 E an Iw Fade out audio a gt Still image Duration no00 01 00 2d Fade out color Title In foo oo 01 00 2d Hold poom 00 2d pa Z3 Out 00 00 01 00 E Dk Cancel Transition Type Displays the default transition type Settings button Brings up the Transition dialog to select the default transition Duration Sets the duration of the default transition in hours minutes 7 60 EZ Edit CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit seconds and frames Fade out audio on A checkbox When checked audio on the first clip will automatically be set to fade out during the transition When unchecked audio levels on the first clip will not be changed Fade in audio on B checkbox When checked audio on the second clip will automatically be set to fade in during the transition When unchecked audio levels on the second clip will not be changed Fade in out In Sets the default duration for fade in in hours minutes sec onds and frames Fade in color Click to set the default Fade in color Fade in audio checkbox When checked audio is automatically set to fade in when a fade in is added Out Sets the default duration for fade out in hours minutes sec onds and frames Fade out color Click to set the default Fade out color Fade out audio checkbox When checked audio is automatically set to fade out
60. EZDV card camera or deck Yn IROL gt gt 4 pin to 4 pin i LINK cable If you are connecting a DV camera make sure it is in VTR mode and not Camera mode Installation Quic CHAPTER 3 Start Your First Edi CHAPTER 3 Quick Start Your First Editing Project a q mule Basic steps in video production To help you learn the EZDV software quickly this chapter will take you through the steps necessary to do a simple editing project For more detailed explanations of the pro grams and procedures in this chapter please refer to the individual chapters on EZ Video EZ Navi EZ Audio and EZ Edit Watch for the info check symbol throughout the chapter It will tell you where to look for further information on the steps described For this quick start tutorial you will need the following items 1 DV or Digital 8 camera or deck connected to EZDV and in VTR mode 2 A DV or Digital 8 tape whichever is appropriate to your device with some video footage on it a few minutes at least The video editing process involves three steps Acquisi tion Editing and Output st ooo Acquisition The first step in starting an editing project is to gather video and audio material to edit This is the acquisition stage where raw footage is viewed and usage pieces of video clips are identified and transferred captured to the com puter s hard disk 3 1 joel oJg 1sJt4 First P
61. HAPTER 7 EZ Edit 7 51 Paste transition Pastes the transition on the clipboard to the timeline Paste title Pastes the title on the clipboard to the timeline Search Jump Opens the Jump dialog to jump to a particular time or frame Jump to previous scene Searches for and moves the timeline cursor to the previous scene if any Jump to next scene Searches for and moves the timeline cursor to the next scene if any Jump to previous index Moves the timeline cursor to the previous index point if any Jump to next index Moves the timeline cursor to the next index point if any Set In PointSets the timeline cursor position as the In point for the current clip Set Out Point Sets the timeline cursor position as the Out point for the cur rent clip Trim clip Opens the Trim clip dialog to manually trim a clip by frame or timecode Add color clip to bin window Opens the Color clip dialog to add a color clip to the bin win dow Auto arrange clips Arranges the clips in the DV bin on to the Main AV track p3 Z3 Auto arrange clips in reverse order Arranges the clips in the DV bin on to the Main AV track in reverse order Add clips on Main AV to bin window Adds the clips on the Main AV track to the DV bin Clear bin window Clears the DV bin of clips The timeline will not be changed Clear timeline Clears the timeline The DV bin will not be changed 7 52 CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit Effects menu Settings View Help
62. Interface The EZ Audio application allows you control your DV or Digital 8 camera or deck and can capture audio from your DV device It provides playback and capture of DV audio m E capture 00 way EzAudio if x N File Edit SIT View Help 5 gt 1 OS u jaj J mi RIR a O 6 eee E ST 4 mjse m mem njuje T mm Ready EZ Audio 5 2 EZ Audio CHAPTER 5 EZ Audio The EZ Audio window consists of eight main sections 1 Toolbar includes shortcut buttons for commonly used menu items 2 Level meters displays the incoming or outgoing audio level 3 File Information displays information about the loaded WAV file 4 WAV controller contains buttons to control playback of the loaded WAV file a button to start capture from the connected DV device a button for SyncCapture from the connected DV device buttons for trimming and a slider to scrub through the audio 5 Deck controller contains a shuttle slider and controls for playback of the connected DV device There are also SyncRecord and Record buttons to start recording on the connected DV device 6 Deck information area displays information about the status of the DV device 7 Status bar lists information about the DV device and also displays the function of the button the mouse cur sor is over SSS Supported Audio Sampling Rates When capturing DV audio in EZAudio the audio is cap tu
63. OO07 0423 OO0F 07 03 00 00 0411 capturel avi COEZDW CAEZDW 1 2 Do gz 11 08 norO7 13 00 OO 00 01 22 capture2 avi 3 CAEZDW OO0F 1624 00072221 O00CO00 05 28 capture3 avi Total Time 00 00 10 01 Total Size 35 4MB 38 207 488 bytes Capture Cancel Capture Method BatchUse Batch capture mode Seamless Use Seamless capture mode Settings In Timecode at which the clip should begin Out Timecode at which the clip should end AVI File Filename for the captured clip Mark In button Set the current tape location as the in point for the clip Mark Out button Sets the current tape position as the out point of the clip CHAPTER 4 EZ Video 4 41 Browse button Opens a window to set the clip s filename Update button Updates the selected list entry with the specified In point d Out point and AVI filename Add button Add the current settings as a new clip at the end of the cap ture list Insert buttonAdd the current settings as a new clip before the selected clip in the capture list or to the end of the capture list if no there is no selection Go Up buttonMoves the selected clip one position upward in the capture list Go Down button Moves the selected clip one position downward in the capture list Delete buttonDeletes the selected list entry from the capture list Delete All button Deletes all clips from the capture list Save buttonSaves the capture list Load buttonLoads a captu
64. Position the tape at the specified timecode or frame number Cancel Cancel and close the Jump dialog Comments Comment area omen Comment area Enter and edit comments here OK button Accept the changes to the comment and close the Com ments dialog Cancel Cancel the changes to the comment and close the Com ments dialog CHAPTER 6 EZ Navi 6 21 Index search Index Search Settings Search precision C Fast search Low accuracy C Standard C Interval search Slow search interval search C Slow search scene search Interval setting 3 Minutes Scene search sensitivity High canca Search precision Fast search Low accuracy Performs a fast speed index search While it goes through the tape quickly it is not very accurate and can often miss scene changes m Standard N Performs a standard speed search at normal playback speed lt Slow search High accuracy Performs a slow speed index search While it takes more time this method is very accurate Interval search Performs an interval search Essentially this cuts the video into equal pieces based on the interval setting Slow search interval search Performs a slow search combined with interval search Slow search scene search Performs a slow search combined with a image based scene detection search This is the slowest method but will yield the most clips Set the scene search sensitivity in the S
65. TER 4 EZ Video file It is useful to save capture lists for common times and clip lengths Save capture schedule RAEI Dave in E Ezdy F2 ce Effect Save as type Batch List File cbl Cancel 8 You can load a list of clips from a capture list file by clicking the Load button Locate the capture list file you want to load and click Open The list will appear in the capture list Em Save H toed SSS cx meer Look in CX Ezdv Effect File name capture cb Files of type Batch List File cbl rnl Cancel To capture AVI files as reference AVIs check the Capture as reference AVI option in the Settings menu Any AVIs captured while Capture as reference AVI is checked will be captured as Reference AVIs CHAPTER 4 EZ Video 4 15 Reference AVI files and the 2 gigabyte AVI filesize limit Standard AVI files have a size limitation of 2 gigabytes This corresponds to slightly over 9 minutes depending on audio sampling rate of video captured using EZDV EZDV overcomes this limitation with Reference AVI tech nology Reference AVI files are small AVI files that point to other files that contain the actual video data When capturing a Reference AVI file the system makes as many 4 gigabyte data files as necessary then creates a single AVI file that references those data files Reference AVI files maintain absolute paths to thei
66. VI file from timeline will create a reference AMI file that contains only pointers to the files that contain the audio and video data from the timeline This AVI file relies on the clip files and rendered temporary files of the project It cannot be moved to another machine without duplicating the same drive and directory structure on the other machine However reference AVI files take up very little space and can be of unlimited length Creating refer ence AVIs of projects is useful when you need to join or combine projects 7 42 CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit To create a reference AVI from the timeline choose Create ref AVI file from timeline in the File menu 8 Untitled EzE dit Edit Effects Settings View Help Hew Ltrl M Open Ctrl F Add clip to bin window Ctrl 44 Load the playlist file Crl Shift P Save Ctrl 5 Save as Batch capturer Seamless capture Alt B Clear all temporary files Clear all unused temporary files 1 AmberSyneT estdvc dvc Exit The Create reference AVI file from timeline dialog will appear Save n E SCSI Disk D EN J Recycler oH captureb avi Temp ti captures avi sar capturet avi EE capture avi E captures avi Ei captures avi E captured avi O LLI N File name DemcR ef Save as type awl File avi Cancel Give the file a name and click the Save button Reference AVI files and the 2 gigabyte AVI filesize limit otandard AVI files ha
67. You can accomplish the same effect as the steps above by setting the In motion time to 2 minutes setting the Hold and Out motion times to 0 and moving the title so it is located completely above the screen instead of clicking Center V and Center H in step 3 Alternatively you could set only the Out motion time and position the title below the screen Using a Title as a Logo tag You can use a semi transparent title as a logo tag in the video 1 Create a new title 2 Position it somewhere on the screen 3 Set an Inside emboss to make the title a bit more defined p3 Z3 Italic Allian Bold Left Center C Right Bcc Tune Source H Shades H 7 36 EZ Edit CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit 4 Change the body Transparency setting in the Color tab to 20 This will make the title mostly transparent Body Colors 3 EX MN coc 37 Edge Hard Soft Direction Transparency j mil E GELE _ 5 Click OK to accept the title 6 Render the title 7 Play the timeline to view the logo tag you made Using a Fill Square to colorize video You can use a large semi transparent fill square to colorize all or part of the video frame 1 Create a new title 2 Enter some text and make it large enough to occupy a good portion of the screen 3 Check the Fill square checkbox Size Italic r f Ern Center Fight Fill square Type Light ni Fite f xf Edge 2 E y 2 4 Set the Transparency set
68. You can change a capture list entry s In and Out points by selecting it changing the In and Out points and clicking the Update button ges CURE Click the Update EH TET button to change an entry s In and Out Mark Qut points Browse ete All Savery Load v 3 To change the position of a capture list entry select it and click the Go Up or Go Down buttons Sometimes it is helpful to re arrange clips if you have marked them in a different sequence than in which they occur on the tape ee cow sopown baee ponen Save H Load v i OOOF 0F 035 O00 11 capture avi COEZDW i 0007 1300 00 00 01 22 capture avi COEZDW 0002421 OOS 28 capture3 avi COEZDW 4 To delete a clip from the list select it and click the Delete button eee eee See 1 Delete All Save H Load o AVI File 0211 captured avi COEZDW 5 To delete all entries from the list click the Delete All button O9PI A Z3 j Delete Delete All Save H LoadY T m AVI File 0211 captured avi COEZDW 6 You can save the list of clips to a capture list file by clicking the Save button A dialog will appear to let you name the file It is useful to save capture lists for 4 10 EZ Video CHAPTER 4 EZ Video projects in the event you need to recapture clips from the master tape in the future Falder Save capture schedule Save ini Cx Ezdv
69. a d a dace aU Era ce aD ieu 4 28 File and Deck Information Ll 4 29 AVI Controller llle 4 30 Audio level meters 0 000 cee eee 4 31 Deck Controller 0 0 0 aaa 4 32 PAY WISE mI ME T UICE 4 33 Salus AN uus atado ete seta deere mn ar dl ai dE t Ran RR a o 4 34 Menu OPTIONS va ucc crean s ex EOS XO 4 35 File Menu lleeeeee rh 4 35 EGICINIGPIU 275 ap a na a5 ae ace o o it de ee T T Cw 4 36 Settings Menu xa xod duerme dade 4 37 VIEW MenU 2 3 accio x ae Y CER Co de Oe C aca 4 39 ASID MENU sare aee pP 4 39 DIGIOOS sexs tate bes hae Ne io oo do da oh donde eae QN 4 40 Batch seamless capture Batch mode 4 40 Batch Capture completion lus 4 42 x TABLE OF CONTENTS Batch Seamless capture Seamless mode 4 43 Seamless Capture completion 4 45 Save as Still image 0 000 cee eee 4 45 Limit Capture Time 2 0 0 0 0 ee 4 47 Still capture settings 0 0 0 0 c eee eee 4 48 EZDV properties Sync Rec 00005 4 49 EZDV properties Detailed Settings 4 50 POO Ut cscs Anat arent to odo E ata ota idet d und 4 51 CHAPTER 5 EZ Audio Introducing EZ Audio 0 002 5 1 EZ Audio Interface llle 5 1 Supported Audio Sampling Rates 5 2 Caprino AUGIO 2 22 22 55 dete OSEE ER EARS 5 2 Manual Capt re 4225 3 5 3 4 9 0 x rar eco pub
70. ad of from the entire tape To have EZ Navi scan your tape from a particular point instead of beginning of the tape 1 Position the tape at the point where you want to start indexing using the Deck controller 2 Hold down the Shift key and click the Search Start but ton EZ Navi start scanning the tape Clips will appear in the scene list as EZ Navi identifies them Inde Ail Gor mmi Position the tape where you want to start indexing GG Calouros Hold down the Shift key and click the Search Start button CHAPTER 6 EZ Navi Important note about Timecode If your tape has discontinuous timecode or timecode that repeats the same value you may have problems using EZ Navi EZ Navi may not be able to pre roll the deck if it rewinds beyond the zero point and into previous timecode Thus it is very important to keep timecode continuous on your tape It is a common practice to black or stripe new tapes by recording black over the entire tape in one pass to establish continuous timecode Timecode is normally reset when the tape is removed from the camera If you have to remove and reinsert a tape with out timecode while recording after reinserting the tape rewind it to a point where there is timecode and continue recording from that point Also it is good practice to record 10 20 seconds of black leader at the beginning of each tape 6 5 IAEN Z3 EZ Navi CHAPTER 6 EZ Navi
71. ames in Time Display checkbox NTSC only When checked 29 97 fps drop frame timecode is used When unchecked 30 fps non drop frame timecode is used CHAPTER 5 EZ Audio 5 19 This option affects all timecode entry and calculations Except in special cases this option should be checked Field during pause FRAME When AVI playback is paused the frame both fields is shown There may be some jitter apparent in the display when FRAME is selected for pause This does not affect DV output ODD When AVI playback is paused only the odd field is shown Use this option to eliminate jitter in the display on paused playback This does not affect DV output EVEN When AVI playback is paused only the even field is shown Use this option to eliminate jitter in the display on paused playback This does not affect DV output YUV and RGB Conversions Expand RGB range to 150 checkbox When checked the luminance and chrominance ranges are increased during conversion to RGB When unchecked the standard DV Blue Book conversion method which limits the RGB range is used This option has no effect on programs which edit in YUV col orspace such as EZ Edit However for programs which use RGB colorspace setting this option may help increase the video quality of AVIs created in those programs Return to default button Returns the settings for this tab to the defaults OK button Apply the current Sync Rec and Detailed Settings settings and close
72. and chrominance ranges are increased during conversion to RGB When unchecked the standard DV Blue Book conversion method which limits the RGB range is used This option has no effect on programs which edit in YUV col orspace such as EZ Edit However for programs which use RGB colorspace setting this option may help increase the video quality of AVIs created in those programs Return to default button Returns the settings for this tab to the defaults OK button Apply the current Sync Rec and Detailed Settings settings and close the window Cancel button Cancel the current changes to the Sync Rec and Detailing Settings settings and close the window AVI Properties File Information comdex lot avi Properties File Name comdex lot avi Location D demo stulfsdy videos Size 55 4MB 58 048 568 bytes Created Sunday January 25 1838 06 47 16 Modifyed Sunday January 25 1338 06 47 32 Audio 32kHz 16bit Play Time O0 00 15 17 00000467 frame in 00 00 00 00 00000000 frame nut O0 00 15 76 00000466 frame duration 00 00 15 17 00000467 frame Position 00 00 00 00 00000000 frame File Name Name of the file CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit Location Drive and directory where the file is stored Size File s size in MB and bytes Created File s creation date Modified File s modification date Audio Audio sampling rate and number of bits Play Time File s play time In File s In point Ou
73. ap m 5 ser 00 00 00 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 10 00 Film Main AV Transition Overlap 3 n order to view the transition we need to render it Right click the transition and choose Render Settings Copy transition Delete transition 4 EZ Edit will render the transition and it will change color from red to blue indicating that it has been ren dered First Project Rendered transition 5 The timeline cursor will be placed at the beginning of the transition Hit the Spacebar on the keyboard or click the Play button on the AVI controller to play the time CHAPTER 3 Quick Start Your First Editing Project 3 17 line Hit the space bar or press the Play button You can see that the transition between the clips plays Also notice that the audio from the first clip fades out while the audio from the second clip fades in EZ Edit did this automatically when it added the transition between the clips Adding an Insert cut away The Insert AV track allows you to cut away to a separate piece of video then cut back 1 Drag DemoCapture2 AVI from the DV Bin to the Insert AV track under the first clip on the Main AV track n Essi deu ed gena 4 z 1 Lp T r r ar ll o UAE T d j aa eer EET umi n i FF y 1 T ml t F rs vd LI t 7 I EE p 4 A 1oe oJg 1sJtJ 2 Play the timeline
74. ayl ist controller The clip will appear in the video window EZ Video 2 Move to the point where you want the playback to start and click the In button on the AVI controller or choose Set In Point from the Edit menu DOCO COOQOA z E Co J capture _avi Ez ideo e Settings View Help k Set n Paint Ctrl l Set Out Point Ctrl Update the in out points Separate Ctrl D CHAPTER 4 EZ Video 4 23 3 Move to the point where you want the playback to end and click the Out button on the AVI controller or choose Set Out Point from the Edit menu Ro aT gt Mell alm MAE n Gut i Capture avi E2 ideo E Settings View Help ki Set n Paint Ctrl l Set Out Point Ctrl Update the in out points Separate Ctrl D 4 To preview the trimmed area make sure Play the trimmed area is set in the Settings menu and click the Play button on the AVI controller to view the trimmed section 5 Once you have the In and Out points where you want them click the Update In Out points button on the AVI controller or choose Update in out points from the Edit menu The In and Out points of the clip in the Play list will update RiImI Nes pI Rp Set n Paint Ctrl l 4 Set Dut Point Ctrl O lt Separate Ctrl D o Save as still image Ctrl 5 o O Separating a clip splits the clip into two pieces and allows you to insert pieces of video between the parts To separate a clip 1 Double click the cl
75. back of video on the computer screen camera deck control capture and out put capabilities The EZ Video window consists of eight main sections 1 Toolbar includes shortcut buttons for commonly used menu items 2 Video area shows the video coming from or going out to your DV or Digital 8 device Playback of DV AVI files also appears here 3 File and Deck information area displays information about the currently loaded AVI file and the status of the DV device 4 AMI controller contains buttons to control playback of the loaded AVI file a button to start capture from the connected DV device buttons for trimming and a slider to scrub through the video O9PI A Z3 4 2 EZ Video CHAPTER 4 EZ Video mem 2gig avi EzVideo File Edit Settings View Help o 6 7 PE E D eat B O ee US Fak FA Dea 00 00 Dl gt 00 00 23 13 p gt 00 00 23 14 Clip0001 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 08 00 00 087 09 EXE capture2 M 00 00 00 00 00 00 07 03 PP 00 00 07 04 Audio Level di in 00200200500 time 7 E a DIIIIIIIIIIIIOROROO CALLODNINIII out 00 09 26 17 EZ Video 8 5 Audio level meters displays the audio level during playback and capture of video Available in Full size preview only Deck controller contains a shuttle slider and controls for playback of the connected DV device There are also SyncRecord and Record buttons to start recording on the connected DV de
76. cene search sensitivity box Interval setting Interval search and Slow search interval search only Sets the time interval for scenes to be generated with Interval search and Slow search interval search 6 22 EZ Navi CHAPTER 6 EZ Navi Scene search sensitivity Slow search scene search only Sets the sensitivity for scene search The higher the sensitivity the greater the number of potential scenes detected OK button Accept the changes to the Index Search Settings and close the Index Search Settings dialog Cancel Cancel the changes to the Index Search Settings and close the Index Search Settings dialog Deck control OY deck pre roll E Sec Cancel DV deck pre roll Specifies the number of seconds to roll the DV deck before indexing starts OK button Accept the changes to the Deck control settings and close the Deck control settings dialog Cancel Cancel the changes to the Deck control settings and close the Deck control settings dialog CHAPTER 6 EZ Navi 6 23 EZDV properties Sync Rec EZDV Properties x Sync Rec Detailed Settings Offset Time Set the offset time from AI file playback to DY deck recording Start Point File playback will start 5 frames late Set the offset time from A amp W file playback stop ta DY deck recording stop End Port j 5 Deck recording will stop 5 frames early Record Position an T ape Adjust the position
77. change the PCI Latency Timer setting in the Advanced Chipset or PCI PNP settings 2 5 uonejeisu 2 6 Installation CHAPTER 2 Installation Hard Disk Performance Displays performance measurements of your hard disk drive and rates it for use with EZDV Select the drive you want to test from the Drive drop down Click the HDD Test button to execute the hard drive test Make sure no other programs are running while the test is being performed as this may affect the results The measured read and write performance of your hard drive is listed in KB Sec and by a colored bar The bar is split into three colors Red The data transfer rate is below 4 5MB Sec This drive is not suitable for capture Yellow The data transfer rate is between 4 5MB Sec to 7MB Sec This drive has moderate performance and should be fine for capture Green The data transfer rate is above 7MB Sec This is a high performance drive and should be fine for cap ture If your hard drive is not suitable for capture you should get a faster hard drive dedicated for video storage or you can possibly increase drive performance by using multiple drives in a RAID striped configuration Special note for IDE hard drive users When using IDE video and system hard drives we strongly recommend that your video drive s be on a separate IDE channel from your system drive IDE does not allow for overlapped I O so if two hard drives are on the same IDE cha
78. ckups Please do not overclock your machine if you are going to use EZDV in it CHAPTER 8 Troubleshooting 8 3 ee 1 9 Installation issues EZDV is not detected by EZDVTest or behaves erratically First of all make sure EZDV is installed correctly Check that the EZDV PCI card is seated in the PCI slot Try switching slots or reseating the card Many motherboards have the AGP slot sharing resources with the PCI slot next to it This can cause problems Check for IRQ conflicts with other devices in the system EZDV should have its own IRQ preferably 9 or higher Also check the PCI Latency timer in your BIOS settings The latency timer should be set to 64 or higher however not all motherboards allow you to change the timer Please consult with your motherboard manufacturer for more details If Power Management especially ACPI is enabled please turn it off EZDV does not support ACPI power saving cannot see video playing in the video win dows of the EZDV applications Check that your VGA card is capable of DirectDraw over lay You can use the EZDV Test utility to check this If your VGA card does not support DirectDraw overlay you will not be able to see video playing on the computer You should still be able to see video playing through your DV or Digital 8 device if it has a screen or viewfinder bunoousejqnoJ Some VGA cards do not support DirectDraw overlay at all refresh rates color depths
79. color Recenter Border size Circle makes Video B appear as a growing circle that fills over Video A X Divide Number of horizontal repetitions that occur in the transition Y Divide Number of vertical repetitions that occur in the transition m Style Determines how and where the blocks appear in the video N frame ITI Q Center point a Drag the center point to move the center point of the circle or use the X and Y percentages to move it Click the Recenter button to re center the center point Border color Determines the color of the border if any Border size Determines the width of the border if any Solid border Enables the border Soft Border Softens the border with a slight feathering Reverse Swaps Video A and Video B 7 16 EZ Edit CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit Image Displays a video frame for Video A and Video B instead of the A and B images Clock Cancel Reverse Image Center point Recenter Clock wipes Video B over Video A in a sweeping motion X Divide Number of horizontal repetitions that occur in the transition Y Divide Number of vertical repetitions that occur in the transition Style Determines how the wedges are filled from the center out or by sweeping across Center point Drag the center point to move the center point of the circle or use the X and Y percentages to move it Click the Recenter button to re center the center point Border color Determines the col
80. ctions and replace the computer cover 2 9 uonejeisu 2 10 Installation CHAPTER 2 Installation Before installing EZDV software Please make sure your system is working properly and free of viruses Windows 98 Driver Installation The first time you start Windows after installing the EZDV board the Add New Hardware dialog will appear Insert the EZDV software CD ROM in your CD ROM drive and point the Add New Hardware wizard to look in D Win9x where D is the letter of your CD ROM drive Follow the on screen instructions to install the EZDV drivers After the EZDV drivers are installed restart your system and follow the steps under Applications Installation later in this chapter to install the EZDV applications Windows 2000 Driver Installation The first time you start Windows after installing the EZDV board the Add New Hardware dialog will appear Insert the EZDV software CD ROM in your CD ROM drive and point the Add New Hardware wizard to look in D Win2k where D is the letter of your CD ROM drive Follow the on screen instructions to install the EZDV drivers After the EZDV drivers are installed restart your system and follow the steps under Applications Installation later in this chapter to install the EZDV applications Windows NT 4 0 Driver Installation There is no driver installation necessary for Windows NT 4 0 Please install the EZDV applications by following the steps under Applications Installat
81. d frame Return to default button Returns the settings for this tab to the defaults CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit 7 63 OK button Apply the current Sync Rec and Detailed Settings settings and close the window Cancel button Cancel the current changes to the Sync Rec and Detailing Settings settings and close the window EZDV properties Detailed Settings EAZDV Properties Sync Rec Detailed Settings YUY and RGB Conversions Expand RGB range to 150 Return ta default p3 Z3 Video Count Dropped Frames in Time Display checkbox NTSC only When checked 29 97 fps drop frame timecode is used When unchecked 30 fps non drop frame timecode is used This option affects all timecode entry and calculations Except in special cases this option should be checked Field during pause FRAME When AVI playback is paused the frame both fields is shown There may be some jitter apparent in the display when FRAME is selected for pause This does not affect DV output ODD When AVI playback is paused only the odd field is shown Use this option to eliminate jitter in the display on paused playback This does not affect DV output EVEN 7 64 EZ Edi CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit When AVI playback is paused only the even field is shown Use this option to eliminate jitter in the display on paused playback This does not affect DV output YUV and RGB Conversions Expand RGB range to 150 checkbox When checked the luminance
82. d menu items 2 Video area shows the video coming from your DV or Digital 8 device 3 Deck information area displays information about the status of the DV device 4 Deck controller contains a shuttle slider and controls for playback of the connected DV device 5 Scene list contains a list of clips that EZ Navi found on your tape EZ Navi CHAPTER 6 EZ Navi Demo rnl EzNavi File Edit Setting View Help Bea AAA a b No Contents RecTime Comment n du In 00 00 35 09 4 R okt 00 03 35 08 1999 01 30 Air show Piros Air 08 40 24 field 01 20 00 imi AE 00 02 59 28 2 a 1n100 03 35 08 P 1999 01 30 Out k0 08 35 10 nire 05 03 00 02 In 00 05 35 11 402 85 13 Out 00 12 5 14 1999 1 2 10 05 11 57 boris m 00203509 Em n UUT 2 355 00001059 out 00 03 35 08 EE out on1636165 2000 01 06 t RA 12 42 19 00 03 00 02 1n 00 15 35 17 10 18 35 2000 01 19 BI Out 00 18 35 138 10 32 21 00 03 00 02 In 00 18 35 18 0 94 26 2000 01 20 Out 00 21 35 20 10 40 21 00 03 00 04 In 0 24 26 24 EZ Navi 6 Status bar lists information about the DV device play list and also displays the function of the button the mouse cursor is over Choosing a Scan Method There are six methods of scanning the tape for scenes Which method you choose will largely depend on how your CHAPTER 6 EZ Navi 6 3
83. d in motion Ene Go out start end goes to the end start of the title In motion Start aut mation Go nut start Loop play End out motion Go out end Cancel CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit 7 31 Working with title layers A single title can have multiple layers of text Each layer can have text of different attributes However all layers share the same Motion settings File Edit Effects Settings View Help Ci tal gu El Lees zer ea n x 2 e ajola m u a J i RI Title X Y 068 058 wxH 088x062 x Attributes Color Motion Eont face Size me e zia Allign LN o me Let C Center C Right 7 Fil square Emboss aas Light Inside Filter fi v Guide Line a i mage A TitleBack Black Copy Center V C White Da ij Center H up Down Cancel Layered title example pa Z3 The title shown above was created by doing the following steps 1 Create a new title 2 Enter the text Foo in the title box 3 Move the title box to the upper left area of the screen 4 Add a drop shadow and emboss 7 32 EZ Edit CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit 5 Click the New button to create a new title layer m ZEN ZEE A TitleBack Black A Center V C White Preview L enter tH Up Down 5 ere W Guide Line OU 6 A new box appears Enter Bar in the box 7 Change the font to a different font
84. dard DV Blue Book conversion method which limits the RGB range is used This option has no effect on programs which edit in YUV col orspace such as EZ Edit However for programs which use RGB colorspace setting this option may help increase the video quality of AVIs created in those programs Return to default button Returns the settings for this tab to the defaults OK button Apply the current Sync Rec and Detailed Settings settings and close the window Cancel button Cancel the current changes to the Sync Rec and Detailing Settings settings and close the window About Ervideo version 1 00 p Copyright C 2000 Canopus Co Ltd All rights reserved Free Memory 261552 KB O9PI A Z3 Free Disk Space 1858328 KB Drive DJ Free Capture Time 60 08 51 25 00015939 frame Free MemoryDisplays the amount of free memory in the system Free Disk Space Displays the amount of free disk space on the temporary drive Free Capture Time Displays the amount of video that can be stored on the drive listed for Free Disk Space in hours minutes seconds and frames and in frame count 4 52 CHAPTER 4 EZ Video EZ Video CHAPTER 5 EZ Audio 5 1 CHAPTER 5 EZ Audio Introducing EZ Audio This chapter will introduce you to EZ Audio the audio cap ture component of the EZDV software The features of EZ Audio will be described to familiarize you with its functions BEEN EZ Audio
85. deo using an Intellimouse or compati ble click the wheel to go into Shuttle mode Roll the wheel down to shuttle forward Roll the wheel up to shuttle in reverse The shuttle speeds are 1 4 speed 1 2 speed 1x speed 2x speed 4x speed 8x speed 10x speed 20x speed and 40x speed Playing You can play the timeline by hitting the Spacebar or using the controls on the AVI controller Lr teli jafo o mili in ow AVI controller Working with Clips in the DV Bin p3 Z3 Arranging clips To move a clip in the DV Bin click on it and drag it over the clip you want to move it before then release the mouse button 7 12 EZ Edit CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit Trimming clips A clip in the bin is just a reference to a start and end point in an AVI or WAV file Thus multiple clips in the bin can point to different sections of the same AVI or WAV file You can trim a clip in the bin by double clicking the clip or right clicking it and choosing Open EZ Video or Open EZ Audio to open the clip in EZ Video or EZ Audio for trim ming Removing clips To remove a clip from the DV Bin right click on it and choose Remove clip Open EzVidaea Create Awl File Create ref AV file Arrange clip Arrange clip in rev order Delete file Property Deleting clips from the hard drive You can delete a clip from the hard drive by right clicking on it and choosing Delete file Open EzVidea Remove Clip Cr
86. dit with the new In and Out points E amp s Deck controller u J w RiR Deck Controller Stop Stop playback or recording on the DV deck m Play Starts playback on the DV deck Y EA 3 Pause Pauses playback on the DV deck o il o Rewind When the DV deck is stopped it will rewind the 44 tape When the DV deck is playing it will go into reverse scan mode Previous frame 4 Moves the DV deck one frame backward Next frame Moves the DV deck one frame forward Forward When the DV deck is stopped it will fast forward b the tape When the DV deck is playing it will go into forward scan mode E G EZ Audio CHAPTER 5 EZ Audio Record Starts recording on the DV Deck R SyncRecord Starts SyncRecording on the DV Deck Deck information 1 2 3 Deck information The information in the Deck Information area is as follows 1 Deck audio sampling rate and recording mode SP LP 2 Current time position and frame number of the deck 3 Current deck status Stop Play etc Status Bar The Status Bar lists the AVI and DV deck status on it When the Play list is open it also shows information about the current Play list CHAPTER 5 EZ Audio 5 13 BEEN O3O O1 l Menu options File menu Edit Settings View Help Hew Ctrl M Open File Ctrl F Fropeties 1 E capture 00 way 2 E capturez00 way SCAWINATS Ading46 way Recent file list
87. e Play list The Play list is located on the right side of the EZ Video window el ES a ala E xA 00 00 223213 13 14 D0 00 00 00 00 00 080g 00 00 08 09 259 n0 00 00 0n EM O00 00 07 03 p 00 00 07 04 C Untitled 14 3 EZ Video The Play list CHAPTER 4 EZ Video 4 19 If the Play list is not visible click the Play list button or choose Play list from the View menu Click the Play list button to show the Play list EE Or choose Play list from the View menu HETE Help w Tool Bar w Status Bar w Plau list You can use the play list to arrange a number of clips and play them together back to back Adding Inserting and Deleting clips in the Play list To add the current clip you are viewing to the Play list click the Add button on the Play list control The current clip will be added to the end of the Play list ZN insert Add Delete Trimming List Play You can also add clips directly to the Play list by clicking the Add file button on the Play list side of the toolbar or by choosing Add file to playlist from the Edit menu Click the Add file button e Or choose Add file to play list from the Edit menu O9PI A Z3 Delete Del ee Cut Circ LIO Lopy ee Jump to n Paste Ctrl Create Awl filelk Create ref Awl file z Add file to play list Delete file 4 20 EZ Video CHAPTER 4 EZ Video A window will appear so you can find
88. e will use SyncCapture which allows you to capture audio from a specific point on the tape Follow the steps below to SyncCapture some audio 1 Position the deck at the start of the segment you want to record by using the Deck controller Choose a seg ment after the video that you captured in the previous step Position the tape at the start of where you want to capture by using the Deck controller u jaj J wr RiR First Project CHAPTER 3 Quick Start Your First Editing Project 2 Click the SyncCapture button on the WAV controller scl wl ie nup ppt in fout REC PAUSE will flash in the WAV info display Click the Play button on the WAV controller to start SyncCapture R se 144 411 11 pot im four If you do not have Set new filenames automatically checked and have not already set a filename a dialog will appear to ask you for the filename to use for the captured video If this window appears give the clip a name and save it on your video drive File settings Py x Savein ig SCSI Video E amp e Ejea DVD Dont Touch This 5 capture2 D way J EZDY Screenshots Recycler Z Scene Z Temp 38 capture OO waw Save as type wan Files wav Cancel Open as read only For this tutorial name the file D DemoMusic WAV substitute D with the letter of your video drive if you have one 3 The DV deck will start playing and the computer will
89. eate Awl file Create ref AM file Arrange clip Arrange clip in rev order Delete file Property Be very careful when using this option as the file cannot be undeleted CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit 7 13 BEEN 9 Working with Video Clips in the Timeline Arranging clips To move a clip on the timeline click on it and drag it to a new position You can also cut and paste clips using the Cut Copy and Paste buttons on the toolbar anre BE sjBa m 2E Seles x Cut Copy and Paste buttons Trimming clips A video clip in the timeline is just a reference to a start and end point in an AVI file Thus multiple clips in the timeline can point to different sections of the same AVI file You can trim a clip on the timeline in one of four ways 1 Drag the end of the clip using the mouse 2 Right click on the clip and choose Trim clip to bring up the trimming dialog Create ref AWI File z Set in point Set nut point Open EzVidea Property p3 Z3 3 Double click the clip or right click it and choose Open EZ Video to open the clip in EZ Video for trimming 4 Move the timeline cursor to the desired in or out point and click the In or Out button on the AVI controller m le I m dil Hb gt s Any of the methods will work it s just a matter of individual preference and situation If you know the timecode you want to trim at the trimming dialog is the most e
90. eline cursor at the point you want to separate the 7 18 CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit clip then right clicking on the clip and choosing Separate from the pop up menu Delete Ex Audio Separate Add to Bin Window Set In Paint Set Out Point Trim clip Open EzAudia Property Removing clips To remove a clip from the timeline right click on it and choose Delete Ex Audio Delete Ex Audio Separate Add to Bin Window Set In Paint Set Out Point Trim clip Open EzAudia Property Adjusting Audio levels The line in the middle of the clip represents its volume level To adjust the audio levels of your clips click on the EZ Edit CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit 7 19 line to add a node then drag the node up or down to adjust the level You can also adjust the levels of all the level points in a clip by holding down the Shift key placing the mouse cursor over the audio line and dragging up or down You can adjust the levels of all the clips in the Ex Audio track by holding down the Shift and Control keys placing the mouse cursor over the audio line and dragging up or down ee Using the Insert AV track pa Z3 The Insert AV track allows you to cut away to a separate piece of video then cut back Place a clip on the Insert AV track to insert it over the Main AV video Both audio tracks Main AV and Insert AV remain audible unless you mute one 7 20 CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit To position an Insert AV clip by
91. es Ree eor DE EE pet ederet 7 17 REMOVING CIIDS 23x hae a rU RE Ub obe has 7 18 Adjusting Audio levels 00 000 7 18 Using the Insert AV track 00000 7 19 Using the Ex Audio tracks 00000 0 ee 7 20 Using 4 channel audio 0 00 eee eee 7 21 Adding Graphics and Backgrounds 7 22 Adding a color clip 0 00 llle 7 22 Adding a stillimage leeren 7 23 Working with color clips and still images 7 23 Adding Transitions 0 000 eee eee eee 7 24 FOGING VCS 2 adt seni im POR PpUEPSGEES 7 27 Entering Title Text 0 0 ccc ee eee 7 28 Positioning THIS iu et ae MES RARE SE ee 7 28 Title Attributes llle 7 28 THE GOlOl 4c ned die E kath Dex dated cs 7 29 TUE MOO ra t tes Erding et t o e eeepc 7 29 Working with title layers 0 0 0 0 eee eee 7 31 Creating scrolling titles 2 00 eee eee 7 34 Using a Title as a Logo tag 0000 e eee 7 35 Using a Fill Square to colorize video 7 36 Saving and Loading Title data 7 37 Batch and Seamless Capture 5 7 37 Remote Capture 0 0 ce ees 7 38 Outputting your Production to Tape 7 38 ov TABLE OF CONTENTS Miseni oro er mm 7 38 Manual RECO s auci UR oet dat bue ea 7 39 Creating AVI files from the timeline 7 40 Reference AVI files and the 2 gigabyte AVI f
92. es de 5 3 OVECG d DILIFO s x 3 rec B ack uber SER dene Rea rage 5 4 Adjusting Audio Levels while Recording 5 4 QuiDput tO Tape us n reitera Rd Ru me ar ate RU s 5 5 Important Note on Audio Recording 5 6 SVHneBOCOEG a sic oo fn ota ee ES dent pe ntc t a e 5 6 Manual record 2 0 00 ees 5 7 Adjusting Audio Levels during Output 5 7 Interface In depth 0 0 5 9 Toolbar uua teks oxi SERERE da nee UP Ed Pe 5 9 Level Meteis 3 42 m Too her eres eee hd LS paeem d 5 9 File InfortrialloDk 6ucen o eta a Aig Bos ee hace Bue 5 10 WAV GONO us sat d ev on ao Bote was 5 10 Deck controller llle 5 11 Deck Informalloti s s 205 dioe d had ion bc eed 5 12 Status Bal o iui SARI o aet B Xe SEE ete ets 5 12 Men ODIONS recede faded nor M dee droht deed 5 13 ulum m 5 13 Gil MGM Us 24 NUS COP RUEDPEERT TRIER 5 13 TABLE OF CONTENTS m Settings Menu 0 eee ee 5 13 View MCAU eos sca Ea ones ou bed een E draft 5 14 HOID TROP tice brace d ciis dto be RR rA Red diia ade pt deis 5 15 DAGOS eea M cT T 5 16 File Properties 0 00 ccc eee ees 5 16 Limit Capture Time 2 2 0 0 eee 5 16 EZDV properties Sync Rec 0005 5 17 EZDV properties Detailed Settings 5 18 ADOT dista aL en od e Nee wed o beh nk ox 5 20 CHAPTER 6 EZ Navi Introducing EZ Navi 0 2 000 eee eee 6 1 EZ Navi Interface 0
93. f the current AVI file Top frame Moves the playback point to the beginning of the AVI file Previous clip Moves the playback point to the previous In or Out point or to the start of the AVI file if there is no previous In or Out point Previous frame Moves the playback point one frame backward Next frame Moves the playback point one frame forward Next clip Moves the playback point to the next In or Out point or to the end of the AVI file if there is no next In or Out point Bottom frame Moves the playback point to the end of the AVI file Set in point Sets the In point for trimming the current clip Set out point Sets the Out point for trimming the current clip CHAPTER 4 EZ Video Update in out points em Updates the clip in the Play list or EZ Edit with the new In and Out points Cj 0 80 0 Scrub Bar Slide to scrub through the AVI file The area in blue represents the subclip defined by the In and Out points Audio level meters The audio level meters display the audio level during play back and capture of video They are only visible when in full size preview mode Audio Level Meters i f H N amp y O9plA Z3 4 32 CHAPTER 4 EZ Video Deck Controller The Deck controller lets you control the connected DV deck through the i LINK interface 1 5 6 2 7 3 8 4 9 1 Shuttle controller The shuttle controller lets you play the tape forward o
94. fficient If you need to be precise and view the entire AVI file opening the clip in EZ Video is the most effective If you just need to shorten or lengthen the clip slightly dragging the clip ends is the fastest 7 14 EZ Edit CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit Separating clips You can separate a video clip into two clips by positioning the timeline cursor at the point you want to separate the clip then clicking the Separate button on the toolbar or by right clicking on the clip and choosing Separate from the pop up menu Click the Separate button on the toolbar c al ip ps ep x feof soles rx zs mmi Or choose Separate from the right click menu Time scale Flay Transition B Fade in H Fade out Edit title E Paste title B Top frame Previous clip Next clip End frame Delete Cut Copy Paste Add to bin window Create Awl file Q Create ref AY fileli CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit Removing clips To remove a clip from the timeline right click on it and choose Delete Time scale Flay Transition B Fade in H Fade aut Edit title E Paste title B Top frame Previaus clip Next clip End frame Cut Copy Paste Separate Add to bin window Create Awl file Q Create ref AM File z Set in point Set nut point Trim clip Open EzVidea Property Adjusting Audio levels The line in the middle of the clip represents its volume level To adjust the audio levels
95. footage was shot as well as how much time you have to let EZ Navi run Index Search Settings Search precision C Fast search Low accuracy C Standard C Interval search Slow search interval search C Slow search scene search Interval setting 3 Minutes Scene search sensitivity High cmn In most cases Standard or Slow search mode will be suffi cient For more a detailed explanation of each mode please see the Dialogs section later in this chapter 0 ooo Scanning for Scenes IAEN Z3 Since multiple takes or tapings can be on the same tape a useful step in video production is to identify different scenes on a tape and create a list of those scenes EZ Navi can do this for you automatically and generate a scene list for you You can also edit the generated list and manually add scenes to it Indexing an entire tape To have EZ Navi scan your tape and generate a scene list automatically follow these simple steps 1 Insert a tape with footage into your DV camera or deck EZ Navi CHAPTER 6 EZ Navi 2 Click the Search Start button in the Index Search area of the Deck controller EZ Navi will rewind the tape and start scanning it Clips will appear in the scene list as EZ Navi identifies them oo Click the Search Start button Indexing from a particular point Sometimes it is useful to generate a scene list starting from a particular point on the tape inste
96. ge Full screen Filter the entire image Use this when there is a high amount of motion occurring in the image File Specifies the file name for the captured image Images can be saved in one of the following formats Windows bitmap BMP DIB JPEG JPG JPEG Tagged Image File Format TIF TIFF Adobe Photoshop 3 0 PSD Truevision TARGA TGA TARGA Browse button Opens a window to set the still image s filename Open this dialog box when capturing checkbox When checked this dialog will appear when Save as still image is selected or the Save as still image button is pressed When unchecked this dialog will not appear and the current Save as still image settings will be used to save the image when Save as still image is selected or the Save as still image button CHAPTER 4 EZ Video 4 47 is pressed If you turn the dialog off and want to re enable it you can re enable it in the Still image capture settings Set new file names automatically checkbox When checked the still image filename will incremented automatically after each save When unchecked the still image filename is unchanged after each save Use this option in conjunction with Open this dialog box when capturing to speed capture of multiple still images Confirm when overwriting a file When checked EZ Video will ask for confirmation if a file is to be overwritten When unchecked EZ Video will not ask for confirmation before overwriting a fi
97. gs pull down menu ge View Help w Repeat playback x lol E ow Correct square pixel Ctrl ze Record to track 3 4 from Ex Audio 2 32kHz re Playback audio sampling rate law dBkHz 16bit wv Ripple editing A A 44 1 kHz 16bit Default edit settings 32kHz 16bit dz kHz 12bit H 3 When you are in Remote mode the camera record but ton starts and stops the computer capture sequence The complete capture goes to one file 4 When finished capturing click the Stop button on the AVI controller Ca relie ai gt m in out Capture audio from track 3 and 4 Capture without audio track Capture to hard disk when recording to D Y camera Capture as reference AV file Remote capture Time scale EZD Properties Hemote capture option Outputting your Production to Tape SyncRecord The following steps will output your timeline to tape using SyncRecord CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit 1 39 1 Verify that all transitions and titles have been rendered There should be no red blocks on the timeline If one or more items are not rendered you can click the Render all effects on time line button in the toolbar to render them all Click the Render all effects button if it is not grayed out E wela zl E Eleg Insert a blank tape into your DV device Make sure it is not write protected 3 Click the SyncRecord button on the Deck controller slaj J RER EZ Edit will rewind t
98. he list shows the clips in the Play list Each clip lists its In point Out point and Duration of the marked area ie Ea In point l amp 00 00 23 13 Out point ph 00 00 23 14 Duration Se rapture2 Ss 00 00 00 00 00 00 07 03 hs 00 00 07 04 Status Bar Ready The Status Bar lists the AVI and DV deck status on it CHAPTER 4 EZ Video 4 35 ee Menu options File Menu Edit Settings View Help Hew Chri h Open Ctrl F Eile properties Batch capturer Seamless capture Alt B 1 EClipO003 avi 2 ENCIipOn a avi 3 E capture avi 4 E ACIipOD t avi B E captures avi Recent file list New play list CirbeAlt M Open play list Chri Alt 0 Save play list Chrl alt S Save play list as CitrbeAlE eA Exit amp lt FA New Specifies that a new file should be created the next time the capture button is pressed Open Opens an AVI file in the video window File Properties Opens the File Properties dialog Batch capture Seamless capture Opens the Batch capture Seamless capture dialog Recent file list Provides quick opening of recent files O9PI A Z3 New play list Clears the current play list and creates a new one Open play list Opens a saved play list file Save play list Saves the current play list Save play list as Saves the current play list as a new play list file Exit Quits the EZ Video application 4 36 EZ Video CHAPTER 4 EZ Video Edit Menu
99. he scene in the Scene list with the new In and Out points ein o d nee Click Ok to update the In Out points Note Clicking Ok with no scene selected will add a new scene with the specified In and Out points to the scene list CHAPTER 6 EZ Navi 6 9 Deleting scenes You can delete a scene you don t want by selecting it and choosing Delete from the Edit menu or by right clicking the scene and choosing Delete from the pop up menu aR Setting View Help Z Cut Undo Ctrl Copy Cut Ctrle Paste Copy Ctrl C n Paste Ctrl Delete Add Ctrl 4 Delete all Delete Del P Delete al AlteDel U Comments Clrl M 7 Trumani Choose Delete from Or Delete from the right clicl the Edit menu pop up menu You can delete the entire scene list by choosing Delete all from the Edit menu or by right clicking in the Scene list and choosing Delete all from the pop up menu Ds Setting View Help c M Cut Undo Chit Copy Cut Ctrbes Paste Copy Ctrl C Add Paste Ctrl ITI Delete Add Ctrl Delete all N Delete Del Z C Is Delete al Al Del 1 Rn did Q a v Thumbnail lt Comments Ctrl h Choose Delete all from Or Delete all from the the Edit menu right click pop up menu Adding Comments to scenes EZ Navi also lets you add comments to each scene on the scene list These comments appear next to the clip and thumbnail when the scene list is printed 6 10 EZ Navi CHAPTER 6 EZ Navi To add
100. he tape then record the timeline to the tape Manual Record The following steps will output your timeline to tape using Record 1 Verify that all transitions and titles have been rendered There should be no red blocks on the timeline If one or more items are not rendered you can click the Render all effects on time line button in the toolbar to render them all p3 Z3 Click the Render all effects button if it is not grayed out 5 ze ez EA eleg Insert a blank tape into your DV device Make sure it is not write protected 3 Click the Play button on the AVI controller to start play back of the timeline X ie i gt mm 7 40 EZ Edit CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit 4 Click the SyncRecord button on the Deck controller fw RD EZ Edit will rewind the tape then record the timeline to the tape 5 When you are done click the Stop button on the Deck controller to stop recording Cmn fa j rj Creating AVI files from the timeline Most times you would output a completed project directly from the timeline using SyncRecord or Manual Record However there may be instances when you need to save the timeline as an AVI For example you may want to com bine two projects together or use the edited video in another program There are two options for creating an AVI from the timeline Create AVI file from timeline and Create ref AVI file from timeline Which option you use largely de
101. he tape in the DV deck 8 Stop Stops the tape in the DV deck 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 CHAPTER 6 EZ Navi 6 15 Search Start Rewind the DV deck and start scanning the tape for scenes Hold down Shift when clicking the button to start scanning from the current position Jump to previous index Rewinds the DV deck to the previous index point Jump to timecode location Opens the Jump dialog to move the tape to a particular timecode or frame location Jump to next index Advances the DV deck to the next index point Set Contents Sets the current preview image to be the thumbnail for the selected scene Set In point Sets the current frame as the In point for the scene Set Out point Sets the current frame as the Out point for the scene Update In Out points Updates the selected scene with the specified In and Out points If there is no scene selected a new scene with the specified In and Out points will be added to the Scene list IAEN Z3 6 16 EZ Navi CHAPTER 6 EZ Navi Scene List The Scene list displays scenes detected on the tape Jol ES Ezi Contents TimeCode HecTime Comment a In 00 00 35 049 f l eee A 1999701 320 Air show Piros Air Thr 08 40 24 field 01 20 00 0 02 58 2823 In 0 03 35 08 Qut 00 08 35 10 1889 01 30 03 14 12 OO 03 00 02 3 In 00 05 35 11 Out 00 09 et m2 DC In 00 08 35 13 La erc Es 199871310 Qut 00 12 35
102. ie ui eaten eae ae oma ht eed 8 3 cannot see video playing in the video windows of the EZDY applications c0c2usedeenw CER Sean 8 3 General usage ISSUES 0 ee ee 8 4 Does EZDV support 16 9 aspect ratio 8 4 get Disk speed is too slow during capture E TABLE OF CONTENTS Whats wrong llle 8 4 cannot capture more than 9 minutes of video ID to one Tile esa ied o UR S orn nerd 8 4 Why do get Disk Write Error the first time capture but it captures okay in subsequent captures 8 4 cannot output my production to tape 8 5 The stills in my timeline jitter or have incorrect colors 8 5 Still images in my production look slightly distorted on QUIED UID s oett fri t te o3 eed at eee Gece 8 5 What are the specifications for rendering to the Canopus DV CODEC from another application 8 6 What colorspace does EZ Edit edit in 8 6 Other questions 0 0c ce ee ees 8 6 Why does SoftXplode not work in Windows NT 8 6 Where can get more information 8 6 CHAPTER 1 Introduction CHAPTER 1 Thank you Thank you for purchasing EZDV the DV editing card for everyone Before installing the software we recommend you read this manual and acquaint yourself with the instal lation and use of the product If you have any questions please call fax mail or email us at Canopus Corporation 711 Charcot Ave
103. if a file is about to be overwritten Capture as reference AVI file When checked EZ Video will capture Reference AVI files See the section about Reference AVI files in this chapter for more information When un checked EZ Video will capture standard AVI files which are limited to 2 gigabytes a little over 9 minutes Playback audio sampling rate Controls the audio sampling rate used for playback This should be set to a particular value and not left at Original sampling rate Still capture settings Opens the Save as still image dialog to change the Save as still image settings EZDV properties Opens the EZDV properties dialog CHAPTER 4 EZ Video 4 39 View menu w Tool Bar w Status Bar w Plau list Tool Bar Toggles display of the Tool bar Status Bar Toggles display of the Status bar Play list Toggles display of the Play list Help menu JENNI Help About About Opens the About dialog to display software version informa tion O9plA Z3 4 40 EZ Video CHAPTER 4 EZ Video ee Dialogs Batch seamless capture Batch mode r Capture Method Batch C Seamless Dag 27 08 00013405 PLAY BACK 00 07 16 24 Offset M c sec Mark In 007221 Offset c sec Mark Out AMI Elle CuEZDY capture avi Browse Drive fe b Update ij Insert Gn Up Gn Down Delete Delete an Save tb LoadY AVI File
104. ilesize limit 7 42 Interface In depth 0 anaa ees 7 44 je Tc eee Sas ba Set 7 44 TAI II DI dee toss oe a he cdd me eed Sask bees 7 46 Deck controller 0 0 0 0 0 cece eee eee 7 46 AVICOQODIFOlST uiia Sane tna ese TE OPE ped 7 47 Slats BIP os aedi Gs beeen eater dane ack eee Rte d anes 7 48 MENU ODHIOFPS ocurrir oen O9 1t t o Rea 7 49 mmu METTRE ICTTCTTP 7 49 EGINEN mie a esc ar eke Bod a E a6 A T elgsate 7 50 Elecis MeCnUs tee vera ksoew else Mees eopsk Lees 7 52 Settings MENU 1 cee ee 7 53 VICW Men neiaie et ob eed ge ew tke tee 7 56 FIGID TG sra Sass aue tapara ad aes eee Ge ugs 7 57 DAOS oui ost eps es oe oe Blt Bee eae Benet aes 7 58 Batch capture Seamless capture 7 58 Mirco C PET ML 7 58 JUMO erae aane Seal Bowe nut oa een anak aes 7 59 Default Edit Settings Default Settings 7 59 EZDV properties Sync Rec 05 7 62 EZDV properties Detailed Settings 7 63 AVI Properties File Information 7 64 AVI Properties Edit Information 7 65 AVI Properties Rec Information 7 66 AVI Properties Reference AVI Information 7 67 WAV Properties File Information 7 68 WAV Properties Edit Information 7 69 le TM 4004 netan RG OA ee oe each ea Be 7 69 Transition Settings 0 0 00 cee ee ees 7 71 Bind Slide suena eps td ace hg
105. indow from the Edit menu Dem aer x Bs e ac Seles m x Add color clip to bin window button 2 The Color Clip dialog will appear Click on a color box to select a color For a solid color make sure the Colors box is set to 1 For a gradient set Colors to 2 or more and set the gradient direction using the Direction radio buttons 3 After you have defined your color clip click OK the color clip will be placed into the DV Bin At this point you can drag the color clip into the timeline CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit 7 23 Color Clip x Color combination Direction Colors i a Color boxes E T z Clip duration Duration 0 00 01 00 a ce Gradient direction Color clips and still images can w be placed in the Main AV or Insert AV tracks Insert AV Title pa Z3 Adding a still image To add a still image load it into the DV Bin just like a nor mal clip and drag it on to the Main AV or Insert AV track Working with color clips and still images Color clips and still images work the same was as video clips in the timeline The only exception is that you cannot open them in EZ Video 7 24 EZ Edit CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit BEEN 1 Adding Transitions Transitions can be added between clips on the Main AV line The first clip is often referred to as Video A and the second clip is often referred to as Video B There are two ways to add a transition 1 Click the Add
106. ing Project 3 The Batch capture Seamless capture window will appear Make sure the Capture Method is set to Batch for batch capture Capture Capture Method Batch C Seamless Make sure this is set to Batch nag 27 08 00013405 3 PLAY BACK onor1524 md Ofset asec Mark In onor2z21 2 offset y asec Mark Out AVIEIe cEzbvwapuetei Browse zj Update ij Insert Go Up Gn Down Delete Delete au Save tb LoadY E 1 OO07 0423 00 07 0703 00 00 0411 capture avi COEZDW 2 OO 07 11 09 OO 0F 13 00 O0 00 01 22 capturez avi COEZDW 3 DO 71624 00072221 00 00 05 265 capture3 avi COEZDW Total Time 00 00 10 01 Total Size 364MB 38 207 488 bytes Capture Cancel Batch capture Seamless capture window 4 Set a filename for the clip you want to capture For this tutorial we will create a file called D DemoCapture1 AVI substitute D with the letter of your video drive if you have one Setings In 00 07 14 5824 ES Offset c sec Qut 007221 ES Offset c Sec Set AVI filename to ave c zweateenss D DemoCapturel1 AVI ee Drive 1oe oJg 1sJtJ 3 4 First Project CHAPTER 3 Quick Start Your First Editing Project 5 Use the Deck controller to position the tape at the start of where you want to capture Position the tape at the start of where you want to capture by using the Deck contro
107. ion later in this chapter CHAPTER 2 Installation ee L Applications Installation To install the EZDV applications insert the EZDV CD ROM into your CD ROM drive open the App folder and run Setup exe by double clicking the icon The EZDV setup application will appear Follow the prompts to install EZ Edit EZ Audio EZ Video and EZ Navi e a o S Bundled Applications Installation SmartSound for Multimedia Insert the SmartSound CD ROM into your CD ROM drive and run Setup exe by double clicking the icon The Smart Sound for Multimedia installer will appear Follow the prompts to install SmartSound for Multimedia The Smart Sound for Multimedia manual is included on the CD as a PDF document SoftXplode The EZDV installation application will install SoftXplode under Windows 98 and Windows 2000 Please make sure you have DirectX 6 1 or higher installed on your system If you do not have DirectX 6 1 or higher you can find the DirectX installer on the EZDV software CD SoftXplode does not support Windows NT For Xplode effects in Windows NT you ned to purchase the Xplode hardware ee Connecting your DV camera or deck Connect your camera or deck to your EZDV using the pro vided 4 pin to 4 pin i LINK cable Plug one end of the cable uonejeisu 9 12 CHAPTER 2 Installation into your camera or deck s i LINK jack and plug the other end of the cable into EZDV s i LINK jack DV jack on your
108. ip in the Play list or select the clip in the Play list and click the Trimming button on the Playl ist controller The clip will appear in the video window 2 Move to the point where you want to separate the clip and click the Separate button in the toolbar or choose 4 24 EZ Video CHAPTER 4 EZ Video Separate from the Edit menu The two halves of the clip will both be added to the Play list Click the Separate button ar Or choose Separate from the Edit menu Set Out Point Ctrl Update the in out points Separate Ctrl D Save as still image Chrl 5 Delete Del Cut Circ Copy Ctrl C Paste Ctrl Create Awl filelk Create ref AWI File z Add file to play list Saving and Loading Play lists You can save and load Play lists for future use and also for import to EZ Edit To save your play list click the Save play list button in the toolbar or choose Save play list from the File menu Click the Save play list button l Or choose Save play list from the File menu B E capturez avi New play list Chrl alt h Open play list ChrbeAlEe Save play list ChrlsAlt S Save play list as CirbeAlE eA Exit Alt F4 CHAPTER 4 EZ Video 4 25 To load a saved play list click the Open play list button in the toolbar or choose Open play list from the File menu Click the Open play list button Or choose Open play list from the File menu 3 I pee E a pea ent MIL Batch captu
109. iting Project 6 Once you set the temporary drives EZ Edit will remem ber the setting until you uninstall or reinstall the soft ware Click the OK button to close the settings dialog p Up position TTE DEM Eus Cancel Loading clips to edit Now that your temporary drives are set we can proceed to load clips to edit 1 Double click the mouse in the DV Bin to bring up the Add clip to bin window dialog Double click in the DV Bin The Add Clip to Bin Window dialog will appear Add Clip to Bin Window asso delali EE D o SA Captures avi EE captureb avi o DemoCapturel avi EE capture avi Demolaptures avi J Recycler H capture3 avi zn captured avi 1oe oJg 1sJtJ DemoCapture avi DemoeCapturel avi l DemoCapture2 avi DemoCaptuel avi n 2 Locate the two video we captured i DemoCapture1 AVI and DemoCapture2 AVI 2 3 12 First Project CHAPTER 3 Quick Start Your First Editing Project 3 Select them and click the Open button They will appear in the DV Bin The color of clips in the bin represent their audio rates Blue 48 kHz 16 bit Green 44 1 kHz 16 bit Yellow 32 kHz 12 bit 4 There will be two clips listed in the DV Bin If your clips have 48 kHz audio the name will have a blue back ground if they have 44 1 kHz audio they will have a green backg
110. its start frame hold down the Control key while dragging the clip 1 00 05 00 00 00 10 00 7 WP Loi El Ji You can disable the Insert AV track keep Insert video from displaying by clicking on the Insert AV label next to the track When the label is white Insert AV is disabled When the label is black Insert AV is enabled Ingen AV Click the Insert AV label to hide or show the Insert AV track EZ Edit Note When Main AV clips are added or deleted the Insert AV clips may no longer be at the same position corre sponding to the Main AV clips To prevent this from hap pening make sure Ripple Editing is checked in the Setting menu Using the Ex Audio tracks The Ex Audio 1 and Ex Audio 2 tracks provide extra places to add additional audio such as music to your production To add audio to the Ex Audio tracks drag a WAV clip from the DV Bin to one of the Ex Audio tracks CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit To position an Ex Audio clip by its first frame hold down the Control key while dragging the clip To position an Ex Audio clip by scrubbing a specific video frame position the timeline cursor at the frame you want to scrub then hold down the Shift key while dragging the clip You can disable the Ex Audio 1 or Ex Audio 2 track keep Ex Audio from playing by clicking on the Ex Audio 1 or Ex Audio 2 label next to the track When the label is white the track is disabled When the labe
111. ives you can add them here and as each gets filled the next one will be used Edit Setting x Default Settings Temporary Drives Total time 00 087 3 11 D SEzdv Tmp DO 09 13 11 Free Up position Down position Delete 6 Once you set the temporary drives EZ Edit will remem ber the setting until you uninstall or reinstall the soft ware BEEN 1 i m h6j Loading clips to edit Before you can work with any audio video or bitmaps in EZ Edit you need to make them available You can make them available by loading them into the DV Bin Follow the steps below to load a clip into the DV Bin 1 Open the Add clip to bin window dialog by clicking the Add clip to bin window button on the toolbar by dou CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit 7 5 ble clicking a blank area in the DV Bin or by choosing Add clip to bin window from the File menu Click the Add clip to bin window button on the Toolbar A Or double click a blank area in the DV Bin Double click a blank area Or choose Add clip to bin window from the File menu 8 Untitled EzE dit Edit Effects Settings View Help Hew Chri h Open Ctrl F ITI Add clip to bin window Cia N Load the playlist file Ctrb S hift P m Save Ctrl 5 C Save as Batch capturer Seamless capture Alt B Create Awl file from tireilnie Create ref AY file from timeline Clear all temporary files Clear all unused tempora
112. l is black the track is enabled Ex Audiot Ex Audio Click the Ex Audio 1 or Ex Audio 2 label to mute or play the track Using 4 channel audio Some DV devices support 4 channel 32kHz 12 bit audio 7 21 pa Z3 1 22 EZ Edit CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit To capture the extra channels from tape make sure Cap ture audio from track 3 and 4 is checked in the Settings menu and use Batch or Seamless capture to capture the video For each AVI file captured there will be a corre sponding WAV file with the same name The AVI file will have the audio from channels 1 and 2 along with the video and the additional WAV file will have the audio from chan nels 3 and 4 To output the extra channels to tape put the WAV clip for channel 3 and 4 in the Ex Audio 2 line and make sure Record to track 3 4 from Ex Audio 2 32kHz is checked in the Settings menu Also make sure that the Playback audio sampling rate option is set to 32kHz 12 bit in the Settings menu BEEN 1 Adding Graphics and Backgrounds EZ Edit allows you to add colors clips solid colors and gra dients and bitmap graphic files These files can be placed into either the Main AV or Insert AV tracks and work almost identically to video clips In addition you can also make transitions into these files and title over the top of them Adding a color clip 1 Add a color clip click the Add color clip to bin window button on the Toolbar or choose Add color clip to bin w
113. le OK button Saves the still image and closes the Save as still image win dow Cancel buttonCancels the current Save as still image operation and closes the window Limit Capture Time Limit Capture Time Time Settings Time 00 01 00 07 z Time Frame 000000 2i l ons Limit Capture Time checkbox When checked enables automatic stop of manual capture after the specified time When unchecked manual capture will not automatically stop O9PI A Z3 Time Settings TimeLength of time that manual captures should automatically stop at in hours minutes seconds and frames FrameLength of time that manual captures should automatically stop at in number of frames OK button Accepts the changes to the Limit Capture Time settings and closes the window 4 48 EZ Video CHAPTER 4 EZ Video Cancel buttonCancels changes to the Limit Capture Time settings and closes the window Still capture settings i Save as still image Save as still image ET 2 ol fe 2 e E Motion only fe Fol Screen CAEZDY Clip0000 bmp E EE PAL NTSC OK button Sets these settings as default for Save as still image and closes the window Cancel buttonCancels changes to the Save as still image settings and closes the window Other settings are the same as for the Save as still image dialog CHAPTER 4 EZ Video 4 49 EZDV properties Sync Rec EZDV Properties x
114. list Places the selected clip from the Play list on the clipboard and removes it from the clip list CHAPTER 4 EZ Video 4 37 Copy Copies the selected clip from the Play list to the clipboard Paste Pastes the clip on the clipboard to the Play list Create AVI file Creates a new AVI file from the selected clip If the selected clip is larger than 2 gigabytes slightly over 9 minutes then you should create a ref AVI file instead or only the first 2 gigabytes of the clip will be put into the new AVI Create ref AVI file Creates a Reference AVI file from the selected clip Add file to play list Opens the Open File dialog to add a file to the Play list Delete file Deletes the selected clip file from the Play list and from hard drive Use with caution Clear the play list Clears the play list Settings Menu Pie View Help Repeat Playback Play the trimmed area wv Correct Square Pixel Ctrl Full size preview Crew Limit Capture Time w Set new file names automatically Ctrl G w Confirm when overnwriting a file Capture as reference AV file Playback audio sampling rate Original sampling rate Still capture settings w 48 kHz 16bit ns l e 16bit 32 kHz 16bit 32 kHz O9PI A Z3 EZD properties Repeat Playback When checked AVI playback will loop until stopped by the User When un checked AVI playback will stop at the end of the AMI or the end of the last clip in Lis
115. ller BACK 6 Click the Mark In button The In point will be entered automatically PLAY BACK c sec hark Qut 7 Advance the tape a few minutes Position the tape at the end of where you want to capture by using the Deck controller BACK 8 Click the Mark Out button The Out point will be entered automatically PLAY BACK c sec Mark In r r l c sec hark Qut Browse ue SyncCapture Audio in EZ Audio SyncCapture and Manual capture are documented in the EZ Audio chapter CHAPTER 3 Quick Start Your First Editing Project 3 5 9 Click the Add button to add the selected clip to the cap ture list The clip will appear in the list on the bottom of the Batch capture Seamless capture window Drive I IT Add button OO 0F 0423 00 07 07 03 00 00 02 2 OO 0F 11 09 O0 07 13 00 00 00 01 3 OOF 1624 OOF 2221 00 00 05 Capture list Total Time Ol 10 Repeat steps 5 9 for another clip EZ Video will auto matically increment the filename for you 11 Click the Capture button to begin capture EZ Video will capture the selected clips to your hard disk You should have two AVI files on your hard disk DemoCapture1 AVI and DemoCapture2 AVI Remember where you saved these files you ll need them for the edit ing part of the tutorial Now we ll use EZ Audio to capture some audio from our DV tape 1oe oud 1sJ14 W
116. me Go to the beginning of the timeline Previous clip Jump to the previous clip Scroll timeline left Scrolls the timeline to the left if v n Previous frame Moves the timeline cursor one frame back p3 Z3 Next frame Moves the timeline cursor one frame forward F Scroll timeline right Scrolls the timeline to the right Bottom frame Go to the end of the timeline iy Mark in Marks the current timeline cursor point as the In point for the clip 5 7 48 EZ Edit CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit Mark out Marks the current timeline cursor point as the out out point for the clip Ti Shuttle Bar The shuttle bar allows you to quickly move through the timeline Drag the slider to move through the timeline Status Bar The status bar lists pertinent information about the time line AVI STOP 00 00 13 07 00000397 Total Time 00 00 13 26 ODDDO416 48kHz 16bit 2 AVI DV indicator Status Position Total time Audio sampling rate AVI DV indicator Displays AVI if the position information is for the timeline or DV if the position information is for the deck Status Displays the status of the deck or timeline Position Displays the time position and frame position of the deck or timeline cursor Total time Displays the total time length of the timeline in hours min utes seconds frames and in number of frames Audio sampling rate Displays the sampling rate of the timeline CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit 7
117. mmi 2 Blind Slide divides Video B into multiple stripes and slides those stripes over Video A X Divide Number of horizontal repetitions that occur in the transition Y Divide Number of vertical repetitions that occur in the transition Stripe Number Number of stripes p3 Z3 Style Determines how the sections enter the video frame Reverse Swaps Video A and Video B Image Displays a video frame for Video A and Video B instead of the A and B images 1 12 EZ Edit CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit Blind Wipe Cancel A Divide Y Divide Reverse Style Stripe Number Image m a Blind Wipe divides Video B into multiple stripes and wipes Video A to show those stripes X Divide Number of horizontal repetitions that occur in the transition Y Divide Number of vertical repetitions that occur in the transition Stripe Number Number of stripes Style Determines how the sections enter the video frame Reverse Swaps Video A and Video B Image Displays a video frame for Video A and Video B instead of the A and B images CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit 1 73 Block Block i J Cancel A Divide Y Divide Reverse Image Block m m Ja Start Direction oga Block divides Video B into multiple blocks and pops the blocks over Video A X Divide Number of horizontal repetitions that occur in the transition Y Divide Number of vertical repetitions that occur in the transitio
118. n p3 Z3 X Block Number of blocks horizontal blocks Y Block Number of blocks vertical blocks Style Determines how the blocks appear in the video frame Start Direction Determines from where and which way the blocks appear Progress Mode Determines whether the block appearance goes linearly skips forward then back or is staggered Reverse Swaps Video A and Video B Image Displays a video frame for Video A and Video B instead of the A and B images 7 74 EZ Edit CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit Box Cancel A Divide Y Divide Border color Border size Box makes Video B appear as a group of growing boxes that fill over Video A X Divide Number of horizontal repetitions that occur in the transition Y Divide Number of vertical repetitions that occur in the transition Style Determines how and where the blocks appear in the video frame Border color Determines the color of the border if any Border size Determines the width of the border if any Solid border Enables the border Soft Border Softens the border with a slight feathering Round Shape Applies rounded corners to the border Reverse Swaps Video A and Video B Image Displays a video frame for Video A and Video B instead of the A and B images CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit 1 15 Circle Cancel di A Divide Y Divide Reverse Image Border aL Center Ao GILL d Solid Bran Y 50 0 Soft Border Center point Border
119. n E SCSI Disko D EN T just edit avi File name Capture ay Save as type awl Files avi Cancel Make sure that you capture to your video hard drive if you have one When you want to stop capturing click the Stop button on the AVI controller Click the Stop button when you are done Haf 44 T 40 T He Tel Im BE in Tout CHAPTER 4 EZ Video 4 5 Batch Capture Batch capture allows you to mark and capture only the segments of video that you want To bring up the Batch Capture window click the Batch capture Seamless capture button or choose Batch cap ture Seamless capture from the File menu Click the Batch capture Seamless capture button B Or choose Batch Capture Seamless capture from the File menu Em Untitled EzVideo Edi Settings View Help Hew Chri h Open Ctrl F Eile properties Batch capturer Seamless capture Alt B I IPUULs ast 2 E ClipQ002 avi O9PI A Z3 EZ Video CHAPTER 4 EZ Video The Batch capture Seamless capture window will appear Capture Capture Method Batch C Seamless Make sure this is set to Batch 00 07 27 109 00013405 3 PLAY BACK 0007 1624 Otsein osc Mark In onor2z21 oftset y asec Mark Out AVIEle cEzbvwapuetei Browse Update ij Insert Gn Up Gn Down Delete Delete au Save tb Loadcy L3 1 OO07 0423 00 07 0
120. nd Edition Windows NT 4 0 with Service Pack 4 or later and Windows 2000 CHAPTER 2 Installation Computer Displays the type and speed of your CPU s as well as the amount of memory available to Windows this number may be less than the amount of memory you have installed If there is less than 60 MB available to Windows you may encounter problems using EZDV Close other open applications or add more memory to your system DirectDraw Overlay Refers to your graphics card s ability to display a video window on the computer monitor lf DirectDraw Overlay comes up No try changing dis play resolution 1024x768 or higher refresh rate 60Hz or higher and or color depth 16 bit or higher Also make sure you are using the latest driv ers for your graphics card If you cannot find a mode where DirectDraw Overlay is Supported you will have to replace your graphics card with a graphics card that supports DirectDraw Overlay such as the Canopus Xplode card Chip Set Displays the detected motherboard chip set If your motherboard chip set cannot be detected you may run into problems PCI Latency Timer Displays the current PCI Latency Timer setting The PCI Latency Timer determines how long a PCI card can hold the CPU s attention before attention is passed to another card The PCI Latency should be set to 60 or higher If it is lower than 64 you may encounter problems Most BIOS configuration utilities allow you to
121. nel 32 kHz audio 44 1 kHz 16bit Specifies that the timeline should be played with 44 1 kHz 16 bit audio Any audio that is not 44 1 kHz 16 bit will be upsampled or downsampled as necessary 32 kHz 16bit Specifies that the timeline should be played with 32 kHz 16 bit audio Any audio that is not 32 kHz 16 bit will be upsampled or downsampled as necessary 32 kHz 12bit Specifies that the timeline should be played with 32 kHz 12 bit audio Any audio that is not 32 kHz 12 bit will be downsampled as necessary Ripple editing When checked Insert AV clips titles and Ex Audio clips will move with the corresponding Main AV clip location when a Main AV clip is added or deleted from the Main AV track Ripple editing keeps Insert AV clips titles and Ex Audio clips synced to the proper posi tions When unchecked if a Main AV clip is added or removed only clips in the Main AV track will shift It is generally good to keep this option checked Default edit settings Opens the Default edit settings dialog to set or change edit defaults EZ Edit Capture audio from track 3 and 4 When checked audio from channel 3 and 4 on the tape 4 channel 32 kHz 12 bit audio will be captured to a separate WAV file simultaneously with the AVI capture in EZ Edit The separate WAV file can be synced to the corresponding AVI clip to get all four chan nels of audio When unchecked audio from channel 3 and 4 will not be cap tured Capture wi
122. nnel only one can be accessed at any given time Keeping your video drives on separate channels will give you optimal performance CHAPTER 2 Installation Special note for Windows NT users using IDE hard drives Windows NT by default does not enable DMA transfers for IDE drives connected to the primary and secondary IDE controller Thus IDE performance under Windows NT is often much slower than in other Windows versions To enable DMA transfers for IDE drives under Windows NT obtain the DMACHECK utility from Microsoft s support site and use it to enable DMA transfers Note that if you have a separate IDE controller card its drivers may already enable DMA transfers EZDV Displays whether the EZDV board is detected and if so the video standard NTSC or PAL of the detected board Option The Show Information file at startup box if checked will display the Readme for EZDVTest when EZDV Test is started 2 7 uonejeisu 2 8 Installation CHAPTER 2 Installation ee Hardware Installation i gt Remove computer cover This section contains instructions on how to install the EZDV hardware Please follow the instructions below while installing the EZDV PCI card The tools needed for installation 1 A Phillips head screwdriver star 2 Your PC s User s Manual Caution Static electricity can damage electronic compo nents Take care not to touch connectors or cards directly
123. o capable drive or they may not render correctly Before starting to edit you need to make sure the tempo rary drives are set to your video hard disks To set the Temporary drives follow these steps 1 Open EZ Edit 2 Choose Default edit settings from the Settings menu Sie View Help w Repeat playback t2 a E v Corect square pixel Ctrl ze Record to track 3 4 from Ex Audio 2 32kHz re law iokHz 16bit 44 1 kHz 16bit 32kHz 16bit a2kHz 12bit Capture audio fram track 3 and 4 Capture without audio track Capture to hard disk when recording to DY camera Capture as reference AV file Time scale EZD Properties Choose Default edit settings from the Settings menu CHAPTER 3 Quick Start Your First Editing Project 3 In the Default settings dialog select the Temporary Drives tab Edit Setting Default Settings Temporary Drives Tatal time 00 087 3 11 D Ezdv Tmp 00 09 13 11 Free Drive a Up position Down position Delete Dk Cancel Temporary Drives setting 4 Select your video drive from the Drive drop down 5 Click the Add button The drive you specified will appear in the list If you have multiple video drives you can add them here and as each gets filled the next one will be used p Up position Down position Delete 3 9 1oe oJg SJl4 First Project CHAPTER 3 Quick Start Your First Ed
124. of your clips click on the p3 Z3 7 16 EZ Edit CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit line to add a node then drag the node up or down to adjust the level 00 00 05 00 00 00 05 00 You can also adjust the levels of all the level points in a clip by holding down the Shift key placing the mouse cursor over the audio line and dragging up or down CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit 7 17 You can adjust the levels of all the clips in the Main AV track by holding down the Shift and Control keys placing the mouse cursor over the audio line and dragging up or down To delete an audio node right click on it and choose Delete level point I Delete level point Delete all levelpoints Set all levelpoints to x Working with Audio clips in the Timeline Arranging clips To move a clip on the timeline click on it and drag it to a new position You can also cut and paste clips using the Cut Copy and Paste buttons on the toolbar aep maan ele ut Copy and Paste buttons Trimming clips An audio clip in the timeline is just a reference to a start and end point in a WAV file Thus multiple clips in the time line can point to different sections of the same WAV file p3 Z3 You can trim an audio clip in the timeline by double clicking the clip or right clicking it and choosing Open EZ Audio to open the clip in EZ Audio for trimming Separating clips You can separate an audio clip into two clips by positioning the tim
125. opy Ctrl C Paste Ctrl Add Ctrl Delete Del Delete all Alt Del Comments Ctrl h Undo Undo the last action performed Cut Cuts the selected scene from the Scene list and puts it on the clipboard Copy Copies the selected scene to the clipboard Paste Pastes the scene on the clipboard to the scene list Add Adds a new scene with the specified In and Out points to the scene list Delete Deletes the selected scene from the scene list Delete all Deletes all scenes from the scene list Comments Opens the comments dialog to edit the comments for the selected scene Setting menu EZ Navi ETE View Help Index search Deck control E DY properties Index search Opens the Index search dialog to set the scanning method Deck control Opens the Deck control dialog to set deck options EZDV properties Opens the EZDV properties dialog CHAPTER 6 EZ Navi 6 19 View menu MEUM Help w Tool bar w Statue bar w Thumbnail Toolbar Toggles display of the Tool bar Status bar Toggles display of the Status bar Thumbnail Toggles display of Content thumbnails in the scene list Help menu Em About About Opens the About dialog to display software version informa tion IAEN Z3 6 20 EZ Navi CHAPTER 6 EZ Navi ee 1 1 Dialogs Jump Jump 00 01 29 005 eal 00002673 z Jump to ir ir Frame Cancel Jump to Set the timecode or frame number to jump to OK button
126. or of the border if any Border size Determines the width of the border if any Sector Number Determines the number of wedges in the transition Reverse Swaps Video A and Video B Image Displays a video frame for Video A and Video B instead of the A and B images CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit 1 11 Dissolve Dissolve A l Dissolve fades Video A out while simultaneously fading Video B in Image Displays a video frame for Video A and Video B instead of the A and B images Push Cancel A Divide p3 Z3 Y Divide Reverse Style Stripe Number Image E mi m Push is similar to Blind Slide except the Video A stripes get pushed by the Video B stripes Blind Slide divides Video B into multiple stripes and slides those stripes over Video A X Divide Number of horizontal repetitions that occur in the transition Y Divide Number of vertical repetitions that occur in the transition 7 78 EZ Edit CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit Stripe Number Number of stripes Style Determines how the sections enter the video frame Reverse Swaps Video A and Video B Image Displays a video frame for Video A and Video B instead of the A and B images Push Stretch Under Scan Cancel Reverse Image Direction m oe SalidfBaordei Border color Border size Push Stretch has Video B squash Video A Style Determines how Video B comes in from the side or the mid dle Direction
127. ording is done the DV deck will go into Record Pause Note Because DV decks and cameras are mechanical devices the actual start of recording may not coincide with the exact time when the Record button is pressed or the Record command is sent If you find that the beginning or end of the recording is starting or stopping too early or too late you can make adjustments in the Sync Rec section of the EZDV Properties The necessary settings vary for each DV device CHAPTER 4 EZ Video Manual record Manual recording will record whatever you play out to DV tape 1 Play an AVI clip R C MACAO in foul 2 Click the Record button on the DV Deck controller The DV deck will start recording 3 Click the Stop button on the DV Deck controller when you are done recording 4 27 O9plA Z3 4 28 EZ Video CHAPTER 4 EZ Video Interface In depth Toolbar The toolbar contains buttons for many commonly used menu items DesemB e Main toolbar The functions of the main toolbar buttons are as follows New Specifies that a new file should be created the next time the capture button is pressed Open Opens an existing AVI file Separate Separates the video clip at the current position and adds the pieces to the play list Save as still image Save the current video frame as a still image Batch capture Seamless capture Opens the Batch Seamless capture dialog for batch or seamless capture of video
128. ording level adjustment slider Rec Level 100 a Reset Rec Level button CHAPTER 5 EZ Audio 5 5 You can also use the Rec Level setting dialog to enter a specific percentage instead of using the slider Right click in the Level Meter area and choose Rec Level setting from the pop up menu Rec Level 100 ky Flay Rec Level setting Propeties Set the desired recording level in the Rec Level Setting dialog Rec Level Setting The goal in adjusting recording levels is to keep the peaks below O or the audio will clip The yellow region is gener ally a safe area to keep the levels in OS eee Output to Tape EZ Audio can also output your DV compatible WAVs back to your DV or Digital 8 camera or deck There are two methods to output back to tape SyncRecord and manual record oipny 73 5 6 EZ Audio CHAPTER 5 EZ Audio Important Note on Audio Recording OO O0 00 15 EZ Audio video output Recording back to tape from EZ Audio is not an audio insert When you record audio to tape both the audio and a blue video screen with the audio timecode will be output to tape the previous audio and video if any will be over written If you want to add or replace the audio of a video segment you need to capture the video segment in EZ Video and add or replace the audio in EZ Edit SyncRecord SyncRecord will output the current clip or clip list if List Play is enabled to DV
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130. p capture avi Ez ideo File Settings View Help Ti Search Jump Ctrl Set n Paint Ctrl l Set Out Point Ctrl Update the in out points Separate Ctrl D Save as still image Chrl 5 Jump to previous scene z Shift Home Delete Del Jump to next scene Shift E nd Cut Cres V Jump to previous index z amp lt Home Lopy us Jump to next index Alt E nd Paste Ctrl E Create Awl File Create ref Awl File z Add file to play list Delete file Clear the play list Alt Del Set In PointSets the In point for the current clip Set Out Point Sets the Out point for the current clip Update the in out points list Separate Updates the In and Out points of the selected clip in the clip Separates the clip at the current position Save as still image Opens the Save as still image dialog to save the current frame as a still image Search Jump Opens the Jump dialog to jump to a particular time or frame Jump to previous scene Searches for and moves the playback position to the previous scene if any Jump to next scene Searches for and moves the playback position to the next scene if any Jump to previous index any Moves the playback position to the previous index point if Jump to next index Delete Cut Moves the playback position to the next index point if any Deletes the selected clip from the Play
131. paused frame position Steps m ja jo No adjustments Return ta default oipny 73 Offset Time Start Point Sets the number of frames early or late that AVI file playback should occur when doing a SyncRecord The default is for the AVI file to start playing 5 frames after the DV deck has been set to start recording This assumes that it takes 5 frames of time for the DV deck to actually engage the recording head and start recording End Point Sets the number of frames early or late that the DV deck 5 18 EZ Audio CHAPTER 5 EZ Audio should stop recording The default is for the DV deck to get the Stop command 5 frames before the end of the AVI file This assumes that it takes 5 frames of time for the DV deck to actually disengage the recording head and stop recording Record Position on Tape Steps Sets the default recording position when SyncRecording from a paused frame The default is for recording to start at the paused frame Return to default button Returns the settings for this tab to the defaults OK button Apply the current Sync Rec and Detailed Settings settings and close the window Cancel button Cancel the current changes to the Sync Rec and Detailing Settings settings and close the window EZDV properties Detailed Settings EAZDV Properties Sync Rec Detailed Settings YUY and AGB Conversions Expand RGB range to 150 Return ta default Video Count Dropped Fr
132. pends on the length of your timeline and what you plan to do with the outputted AVI file Create AVI file from timeline will create a new AVI file that contains all the audio and video data from the timeline This AVI file can be moved to another machine and used If your timeline is longer than 2 gigabytes about 9 minutes only the first 2 gigabytes of the timeline will be output If your timeline is longer than 2 gigabytes about 9 minutes you will need to create a reference AVI instead CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit 7 41 To create a AVI from the timeline choose Create AVI file from timeline in the File menu 8 Untitled EzE dit Edit Effects Settings View Help Hew Ctrl M Open Ctrl F Add clip to bin window Chrl 44 Load the playlist file Ctrb S hift P Save Ctrl 5 Save as Batch capturer Seamless capture Alt B Create Awl file fram timelne G Create ref AMT file from timeline z Clear all temporary files Clear all unused temporary files 1 AmberSyneT estdvc dvc Exit The Create AVI file from timeline dialog will appear Create AVI file from timeline Fs Save in E SCSI DiskD D amp ce J Recycler a captures avi Temp ti capture amp avi E capture avi EE capture avi E capture avi Ed captures avi Ed captured avi ITI N File name Timeline ITI Save as type awl File avi Cancel Give the file a name and click the Save button Create ref A
133. pens EZ Video Open EZ Audio Opens EZ Audio Batch capture Seamless capture Opens the Batch Seamless capture dialog Close all edit windows Closes any EZ Video or EZ Audio instances that were launched from EZ Edit Cut Cuts the selected clip from the timeline and moves it to the clipboard X m AS amp u i e o Tj l ac dL HH EH s m pe pe pe ju lm E EIE ED Ie CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit 7 45 Copy Copies the selected clip in the timeline to the clipboard Paste Pastes the clip on the clipboard into the time line Separate Separates the clip at the timeline cursor Toolbar right side Add transitionAdds the default transition to the separation nearest to the timeline cursor Add fade in Adds a fade in from black to the separation nearest to the timeline cursor Add fade out Adds a fade out to black to the separation nearest to the timeline cursor Add title Edit title Opens the title GUI to add or edit a title at the timeline cursor position Render all effects on time line Renders all the transitions and titles on the time m line N m Undo Undo the last action Q p Redo Redo the action that was undone 1 2 Preview size Sets the preview window to 1 2 size Full Preview size Sets the preview window to full size Restore previous preview size Restores the preview window to the previous size 7 46 CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit Timeline See the Timeline section earlier in
134. pproved by the party responsible for compliance could void the users authority to operate the equipment Notice 2 Shielded interface cables and AC power cord if any must be used in order to comply with the emission limits zanopus Corporation Tested to Comply C with FCC Standards For Home or Office Use E Specifications Board Spec Connector Data format Video Size Audio Format Board length Power IEEE 1394 i LINK 4pin x 1 Blue Book compliant DV Codec 5 1 DV compression 720x480 NTSC version 720x576 PAL version 4 channel 32kHz 12bit stereo 2 channel 32 44 1 48kHz 16bit stereo 135mm x 107mm 5V 0 5A TABLE OF CONTENTS ow Notice to Reader 00 0 es i EZDV Limited Warranty 0 000 ce eee eens li FOC NOUO a 5 2 oi E ae ORE UE e eet eda a iii Declaration of Conformity 000 0c eae IV FCC B Radio Frequency Interference Statement V opecificatlons visage e rx RO eae ees vi a oo 1 CHAPTER 1 Introduction WAIN dos nm 1 1 About this manual 0 000000 cee eee eee 1 1 Manual conventions 0 00000 ee eee eee 1 3 Tado TU OI PKS ss edie cde doo eee ach D ERU utto et ne 1 4 o O 1 CHAPTER 2 Installation Before Installation llle 2 1 EZDV System Requirements 0005 2 2 Before installing EZDV hardware 2 9 Test Your Hardware with EZDV Test
135. r backward at varying speeds There are five stops on either side of the middle Drag the yellow slider to the left to play backward drag it to the right to play forward The playback speeds will depend on your DV deck but the stops are generally 1 10 speed 1 5 speed 1x 2x and 20x Previous frame Moves the DV deck one frame back 3 Rewind Pressed when the DV deck is stopped it will rewind the tape Pressed when the DV deck is playing it will go into reverse scan mode 4 SyncRecord Use SyncRecord to record video back to tape Please see the section on SyncRecord in this chapter for information on how to use SyncRecord 5 Pause Pauses the DV deck 6 Next frame Moves the DV deck one frame forward 7 Forward Pressed when the DV deck is stopped it will fast forward the tape Pressed when the DV deck is playing it will go into forward scan mode EZ Video CHAPTER 4 EZ Video 4 33 8 Play Plays the tape in the DV deck 9 Record Starts recording on the DV deck 10 Stop Stops the tape in the DV deck Play list The Play list allows you to arrange trim and rearrange clips in a list that can be played in order from start to end _BP eS XAR ECC A capture 17 4 p 00 00 M 2e P 00 00 Ph 00 00 00 00 aoo 00 00 08 08 00 00 0809 00 00 00 00 o PpIA Z3 Untitled Sree Play list 4 34 EZ Video CHAPTER 4 EZ Video You can use the Play list for simple assemble editing T
136. r data files This means that it remembers the entire drive and directory path to the data files Do not move the data files of a Reference AVI If the data files are moved the Refer ence AVI will not play back properly O9PIA Z3 If you try to capture a single AVI file that is larger than 2 gigabytes about 9 minutes you must use capture as Ref erence AVI Alternatively you can capture multiple 2 gigabyte or smaller clips using Batch capture or Seamless capture It is also possible to make Reference AVI files from another AVI file In this case the new AVI file will point to the origi nal AVI file or the original Reference AVI data file s if the original AVI file is a Reference AVI file itself Also in this case if the original referenced AVI file is moved the Ref erence AVI file that points to it will not play back properly EZ Video CHAPTER 4 EZ Video O O O Working with Captured Clips Loading clips To load a clip into the video window click the Open file button or choose Open file from the File menu Click the Open file button on the toolbar p Or choose Open from the File menu me Untitled Ez ideo Edit Settings View Help New Chri h Open Ctrl F Ale properties Batch capturer Seamless capture Alt B 1 EACIipOnu3 avi 2 ENCIpOn a avi 3 E capture avi 4 E ACIipOD t avi B E captures avi New play list Chri alt h Open play list Crede Save play list Circles Save pla
137. ram checks PCI BIOS version motherboard chipset hard disk speed and graphics card capabilities By running this small application you can make sure your computer meets the requirements of EZDV Run EZDV Test before installing the EZDV board Running EZDVTest 1 Close all applications and utilities 2 Insert the EZDV Software CD ROM into your CD ROM drive 3 Open Windows Explorer and navigate to the EZDVTest folder 4 Double click EZDV Test exe 5 The EZDVTest Readme file will appear along with the EZDVTest window 2 3 uonejeisu 2 4 Installation CHAPTER 2 Installation EZDV Test Machine Infa Windows NT Version 4 0 Windows Build 1381 Service Pack 4 Computer Dual Pentium ll 443MHz 255MBytes DirectDraw Overlay Yes Chip Set Intel 524435 PCl Latency Timer 96 Hard Disk Performance Drive D HDD Test Read 5577KB 5 ji B Write B270K B S M EZD EFDV IMNTSC is detected Option e Show Information file at startup EZDVTest System Profile Machine Info Displays information about your computer system It Shows the version of Windows you are running as well as the type and speed of your CPU s The items listed in Machine Info and their descriptions fol low Pay special attention to DirectDraw Overlay Chip Set and PCI Latency Timer Windows version Displays the version of Windows that is currently run ning EZDV supports Windows 98 Windows 98 Seco
138. re list Capture buttonStarts the batch capture operation Cancel buttonClears the capture list and closes the Batch capture Seam less capture window Batch Capture progress Batch Capture x O9PI A Z3 172 Dr capture1 avi Frame 0000 0409 00 00 12 27 QO000069 00000387 4 Total 00 00 0209 an 0 15 286 QO000069 00000476 3 Status REC Deck 00 01 24 077 i 00002525 PLAY BACK xxxxx Displays the current clip being captured the total number of clips to be captured and the current clip s filename Ex 1 2 D capture1 avi specifies that clip 1 of 2 clips is currently being cap tured and it is writing to D capture1 avi 4 42 EZ Video CHAPTER 4 EZ Video Frame Displays the current frame out of the total frames for the cur rent clip in hours minutes seconds frames and frame count Total Displays the current frame out of the total frames for the entire capture in hours minutes seconds frames and frame count Status Displays the current AVI operation Deck Displays the current tape position in hours minutes seconds frames and frame count and the deck s current operation Skip button Ends the current clip and proceeds to the next clip in the cap ture list Stop button Stops the batch capture at the current point saving all clips that have been captured Cancel buttonStops the batch capture and discards all clips that have been captured Batch Capture completion EzViden x
139. red at the same sampling rate the DV device captured it at Valid sampling rates for DV audio are 32 KHz 12 bit stereo 44 1 KHz 16 bit stereo and 48 KHz 16 bit stereo EZAudio supports only standard DV sampling rates for both capture and playback BEEN Capturing Audio It is often useful to be able to capture just the audio from a video for voice over and other purposes EZAudio lets you capture just the audio portion of the DV data into a WAV file There are two footage ways you can capture audio with EZ Audio Manual capture and SyncCapture CHAPTER 5 EZ Audio Manual Capture Capturing audio to your computer can be as simple as clicking Play on the Deck controller and clicking Capture on the WAV controller Click the Play button to start the deck playing eu fen Fw Then click the Capture button Rie m mafa in eut If you do not have Set new filenames automatically checked and have not already set a filename a dialog will appear to ask you for the filename to use for the captured audio If this window appears give the clip a name and save it on your drive File settings RAEI Save n ee 2C5I Video E EN DVD Don t Touch This capture2 D wav EZDY Screenshots Recycler Z Scene m Temp 38 capture 00 waw File name capture wav Save Save as type wan Files wav Cancel Open as read only While it is not nece
140. rer Seamless capture Alt B 1 EACIipOnu3 avi 2 EACIipOn a avi 3 E Scapture avi 4 E SCIIpODGt avi B E captures avi New play list Ctrbe lteM Open play list Chri Alt 0 Save play list Chrl Alt S Save play list as CirbeAlE eA Exit Alt F4 It is useful to save play lists as you can also load them into EZ Edit Playing the Play list To play all the clips in the Play list in sequence click the List Play button on the Play list control All the clips in the Play list will be played one after the other without seams in between Add Delete Trimming J List Play O9PI A Z3 When List Play is enabled the List Play button is high lighted Trimming 4 26 EZ Video CHAPTER 4 EZ Video ee 1 QOO Output to Tape EZ Video can also output your DV AVIs back to your DV or Digital 8 camera or deck There are two methods to output back to tape SyncRecord and manual record SyncRecord SyncRecord will output the current clip or clip list if List Play is enabled to DV tape 1 Make sure a DV tape is in the deck and the tape is not write protected 2 Position the tape at the point where you want to start recording using the Deck controller 3 Click the SyncRecord button on the Deck controller The deck will go into Record Pause then after a few seconds the current clip or clip list depending on whether List Play mode is enabled or not will be recorded to tape 4 When rec
141. roject CHAPTER 3 Quick Start Your First Editing Project EZDV can be used with DV and Digital 8 digital video sources You can identify and capture video clips by using EZ Navi or by using EZ Video and EZ Edit The various acquisition methods are further explained in the individual chapters for each application For this tutorial we will use EZ Video Batch capture to cap ture a few clips and EZ Audio to capture some audio clips If your DV or Digital 8 tape is not in your camera or deck please insert it now Batch capture footage in EZ Video We will use batch capture in EZ Video to capture a video clip Follow the following steps to batch capture video in EZ Batch Seaml dM VideO atch Seamless and Manua capture are documented in the 1 Open EZ Video EZ Video chapter 2 Click the Batch capture Seamless capture button on Yeu Gan aleeuseeZ Nave the EZ Video toolbar or choose Batch capture Seam automatically identify clips and less capture from the File menu create a capture list for batch capture in EZ Video Please M the EZ Nauband EZ Video Click the Batch capture Seamless capture button chapters for more information Or choose Batch Capture Seamless capture from the File menu pm Untitled EzVideo Edit Settings View Help Hew Chri h Open Ctrl F Bile properties Batch capture Seamless capture Alt B TES CIpUDUS avi 2 E ChpO002 avi CHAPTER 3 Quick Start Your First Edit
142. round and if they have 32 kHz audio they will have a yellow background 5 Load the DemoMusic WAV file created that we cap tured earlier using the same steps above 6 Now you should have three clips in the DV Bin Adding clips to the timeline In order to edit our video we need to put our clips on the timeline The color of clips in the timeline represent their audio rates Blue 48 kHz 16 bit Green 44 1 kHz 16 bit Yellow 32 kHz 12 bit Purple still image no audio 1 CHAPTER 3 Quick Start Your First Editing Project Drag DemoCapture1 AVI from the DV Bin on to the Main AV track taja aja m a Film Drag DemoCapture1 AVI from the DV Bin to the Main AV track We now have a clip on the Main AV track 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 F 5 wo F a A Ws JE TWA m z Main AV _ 7 Insert AW DemoCapture1 AVI clip 2 Before we proceed we should adjust the time scale of the timeline so we can see more of our project Click on the right side of the Timescale slider to change the 3 13 1oe oJg 1sJtJ 3 14 First Project CHAPTER 3 Quick Start Your First Editing Project timeline units Keep clicking on it until your clip does not take up the entire Main AV track or it is set to Fit Click the right side until the clip no longer takes up the Perrrerre entire track or it is set to Fit 00 00 0
143. ry files 1 AmberSyneT estdyc dvc Exit 7 6 CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit 2 The Add clip to bin window dialog will appear Select one or more files to load and click the Open button Add Clip to Bin Window Look in E SCSI Disko D EN Eu n captures avi d i captures avi DemoCaptured awi san capture avi c EB JDemoCapture awi ZH captured avi SoA captured avi File name E emoCaptures avi D emoCapturel avi Files of type Clip Files avis wav bmp dib jpa ped Y Cancel 3 The clip s you selected will appear in the DV Bin Supported clip types EZ Edit supports the following types of files as clips 1 AVI files compressed with Canopus DV CODEC frame size 720x480 NTSC EZDV 2 AVI files compressed with Canopus DV CODEC frame size 720x576 PAL EZDV WAV files at 32 kHz 16 bit stereo WAV files at 44 1 kHz 16 bit stereo WAV files at 48 kHz 16 bit stereo BMP BMP DIB still images JPEG JPG JPEG still images Tagged Image File format TIF TIFF still images Adobe Photoshop PSD PSD still images 10 TARGA TGA TARGA still images 11 PhotoCD PCD still images 12 FlashPix FPX still images 13 Title Data File TDF EZ Edit title data files EZ Edit OMONDOOAW If you want to use files of other types in your project you will need to convert them to one of the above types using a third party program EZ Edit will not accept other
144. s Video A and Video B Image Displays a video frame for Video A and Video B instead of the A and B images CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit 7 81 Stretch Stretch Cancel nii A Divide Y Divide Tal W Direction o o o D mo Je aio Reverse Image otretch takes Video B and stretches it over Video A X Divide Number of horizontal repetitions that occur in the transition Y Divide Number of vertical repetitions that occur in the transition Direction Determines which side or corner Video B comes in from Reverse Swaps Video A and Video B Image Displays a video frame for Video A and Video B instead of the A and B images p3 Z3 7 82 CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit Stretch Under Scan Stretch Under Scan Cancel Reverse Image Direction EI mig gala Solid Borde Border color Border size Stretch Under Scan stretches Video B over Video A with an optional border Border color Determines the color of the border if any Border size Determines the width of the border if any EZ Edit Solid border Enables the border Direction Determines which side or corner Video B comes in from Reverse Swaps Video A and Video B Image Displays a video frame for Video A and Video B instead of the A and B images CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit 7 83 Stripe Reveal Cancel A Divide Y Divide Reverse Image i Border ae solid Byrder Direction v is l T
145. s incremented by 1 and a new file is automati cally created for the capture Set the default name and location in the Open file dialog When un checked each time the Capture button is pressed it will either ask for a new filename if New was pressed or overwrite the existing file if a file was loaded Confirm when overwriting a file When checked EZ Audio will ask for confirmation before overwriting an existing file When un checked EZ Audio will not ask for confirmation if a file is about to be overwritten EZDV properties Opens the EZDV properties dialog View menu EZ Audio w Toolbar w Deck Controller wv Control Bar w Status Bar Tool Bar Toggles display of the Tool bar Deck Controller Toggles display of the Deck Controller Control Bar Toggles display of the WAV Controller Status Bar Toggles display of the Status bar CHAPTER 5 EZ Audio Help menu About n About Opens the About dialog to display software version informa tion 0 15 oipny ZA EZ Audio CHAPTER 5 EZ Audio ee h111 Dialogs File Properties File Mame capture 00 way Location ES Size 2 0MB 2 146 208 bytes Created Monday February 21 2000 20 21 26 Modified Monday February 21 2000 20 26 47 Audio 48kHz 16Bit Play Time 00 00 17 05 00000335 frame in 00 00 03 20 00000110 frame nut 00 00 08 20 00000260 frame duration O0 00 05 07 00000151 frame Position
146. s of separate AVI files Seamless capture is useful when you need to take AVI files to other programs and to split a captured segment across drives or directo ries To bring up the Seamless Capture window click the Batch capture Seamless capture button or choose Batch cap ture Seamless capture from the File menu O9PI A Z3 Click the Batch capture Seamless capture button B Or choose Batch Capture Seamless capture from the File menu mm Untitled Ez ideo Edit Settings View Help Hew Chri h Open Ctrl F Bile properties Batch capturer Seamless capture Alt B TE SCIpUUL SS avi 2 E ClipQ002 avi EZ Video CHAPTER 4 EZ Video The Batch capture Seamless capture window will appear Capture Capture Method C Batch i Seamless Make sure this is set to Seamless 00 20 36 16 00037096 PLAY BACK fooonon00 2 offset ose Mark In foo o2 00 00 Oftsetca osse f hark Out AVI Flle Dicapturet ai Browse p rl Update O0 03 00 00 O0 09 00 01 captured avi i 00 09 00 0000 00 09 00 01 capture2 avi 3 O0 02 00 00 00 02 00 01 capture3 avi Dr Total Time O0 20 00 03 Total Size 4 2GB 4 552 982 528 bytes Capture Cancel Batch capture Seamless capture window 1 Set a filename for the clip you want to capture If you have a dedicated video drive make sure you are cap turing to it setings n oo on oo 00 oftseteny asec gt
147. s option should be checked Field during pause FRAME When AVI playback is paused the frame both fields is shown There may be some jitter apparent in the display when FRAME is selected for pause This does not affect DV output ODD When AVI playback is paused only the odd field is shown Use this option to eliminate jitter in the display on paused playback This does not affect DV output EVEN When AVI playback is paused only the even field is shown Use this option to eliminate jitter in the display on paused playback This does not affect DV output YUV and RGB Conversions Expand RGB range to 150 checkbox CHAPTER 6 EZ Navi 6 25 When checked the luminance and chrominance ranges are increased during conversion to RGB When unchecked the standard DV Blue Book conversion method which limits the RGB range is used This option has no effect on programs which edit in YUV col orspace such as EZ Edit However for programs which use RGB colorspace setting this option may help increase the video quality of AVIs created in those programs Return to default button Returns the settings for this tab to the defaults OK button Apply the current Sync Rec and Detailed Settings settings and close the window Cancel button Cancel the current changes to the Sync Rec and Detailing Settings settings and close the window About EzMavi Version 1 00 Copyright C 2000 Canopus Co Ltd All rights reserved OK button Clo
148. se the About dialog IAEN Z3 6 26 CHAPTER 6 EZ Navi EZ Navi CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit CHAPTER 7 mule EZ Edit Introducing EZ Video This chapter will introduce you to EZ Edit the editing com ponent of the EZDV software The features of EZ Edit will be described to familiarize you with its functions ee 1 1 DD EZ Edit Interface The EZ Edit application allows you to edit and output your captured video It provides playback of video on the com puter screen titling transitions camera deck control and output capabilities The EZ Edit window consists of eight main sections Js 2 Toolbar includes shortcut buttons for commonly used menu items Video area shows the video coming from or going out to your DV or Digital 8 device Playback of the timeline also appears here Timeline displays video clips transitions audio clips and titles used in the production Deck controller contains a shuttle slider and controls for playback of the connected DV device There are also SyncRecord and Record buttons to start recording on the connected DV device DV Bin contains video audio and bitmap clips to use in the production AVI controller contains buttons to control playback of the loaded AVI file a button to start capture from the 7 1 HPA Z3 7 2 EZ Edit CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit EH DemoProject dvc EzEdit 1 e Edit qm Settings View Help 4 is
149. sel ln B9 eleja d xaar Cd m u e J Rie Insert AV Title N Ex Audio1 x Audio2 mb I I m i in out SS nn SS SS Read AVI STOP 00 00 13 07 00000397 Total Time 00 00 13 26 00000416 48kHz TED T 6 EZ Edit connected DV device buttons for trimming and a slider to scrub through the video 7 Status bar lists information about the DV device time line and also displays the function of the button the mouse cursor is over O OO OO Setting the Temporary drives The temporary drives are where rendered processed effects are stored It is important that rendered effects are stored on a video capable drive or they may not render correctly Before starting to edit you need to make sure the tempo rary drives are set to your video hard disks To set the Temporary drives follow these steps 1 Open EZ Edit 2 Choose Default edit settings from the Settings menu C EzEdit uu Settings Playback audio sampling rate A Choose Default edit settings from the Settings menu 3 In the Default settings dialog select the Temporary Drives tab Edit Setting D Ezdw_T mp B pa Z3 Temporary Drives setting 4 Select your video drive from the Drive drop down 7 4 EZ Edit CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit 5 Click the Add button The drive you specified will appear in the list If you have multiple video dr
150. ssary to save audio on your video drive it is often convenient to keep all the files for a production together When you want to stop capturing click the Stop button on the WAV controller Click the Stop button when you are done R sc ie en up pni in eut 5 3 oipny 73 5 4 EZ Audio CHAPTER 5 EZ Audio SyncCapture SyncCapture allows you to start audio capture at a specific point on the tape To start sync capture 1 Position the deck at the start of the segment you want to record by using the Deck controller Position the tape at the start of where you want to capture by using the Deck controller gt uj aj J wio RiR 2 Click the SyncCapture button on the WAV controller scl gt ie nup ppt in fout 3 REC PAUSE will flash in the WAV info display Click the Play button on the WAV controller to start SyncCapture R se 144 411 11 pot im four 4 The DV deck will start playing and the computer will start capturing When you re done capturing click the Stop button on the WAV controller to stop capture R se 144 411 11 pot in four Adjusting Audio Levels while Recording The Rec level slider allows you to boost or lower the audio level during capture The adjusted audio level is displayed on the level meters This allows you to adjust for audio that is too loud or too soft To reset the recording level back to 100 click the Reset Rec Level button Rec
151. t Play Time 00 00 08 03 00000243 frame in 00 00 02 05 00000065 frame out O0 00 04 12 OO0001 32 frame duration 00 00 02 08 00000068 frame Position O0 00 04 02 OO000122 frame File Name Name of the file Location Drive and directory where the file is stored Size File s size in MB and bytes Created File s creation date Modified File s modification date N Audio Audio sampling rate and number of bits Play Time File s play time In File s In point Out File s Out point Duration File s duration CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit 7 69 WAV Properties Edit Information capture2 way Properties Play Time Play time of the timeline In Timeline In point for this clip Out Timeline Out point for this clip Position Position of the timeline cursor About Version Information Free MemoryDisplays the amount of free memory in the system pa Z3 7 70 CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit Free Disk Space Displays the amount of free disk space on the temporary drive Free Capture Displays the amount of video that can be stored on the drive listed for Free Disk Space in hours minutes seconds and frames and in frame count EZ Edit CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit 1 71 Transition Settings Blind Slide OK Cancel pu A Divide Y Divide Reverse Style Stripe Number wae E
152. t Center Right Fil square Tl o ource Oo m Screen New mp Image IAN Tile Ba m d Copy zj C White Del IE Fit 00 00 02 14 00 00 04 28 00 00 09 26 00 00 12 10 pore ma a gl Preview Center H Up Down M m B ee A Cancel gt PUE T Ready AVI STOP 00 00 08 14 00000254 Total Time 00 00 13 26 00000416 48kHz16bit 7 Titling interface 3 Type some text It will appear on the screen 3 20 CHAPTER 3 Quick Start Your First Editing Project 4 Press the Preview button to see what the title will look like over video Title 27 108 299 w xH 504zx124 Font Font face Size Atman 4 ES Italic Al liqn Bold Left Center C Right B Emboss Type Inside Filter 1 Shadow Type Source H Projection fiso E Hp om W Guide Line Title Back mage t Black C white Center v Center v Cancel 5 To position the title on the screen click off of the title to stop entering text then click and drag it to the desired First Project CHAPTER 3 Quick Start Your First Editing Project 3 21 position Click and drag to position the title PEH DemoProject c we EzEdit N File Edit Effects Settings View Help y ES Fit 00 00 02 14 00 00 04 25 00 00 07 12 00 00 09 26 00 00 12 10 You can set many aspects of the title such as shadow edge color and motion in the
153. t File s Out point Duration File s duration AVI Properties Edit Information capture avi Properties Play Time 00 00 13 13 00000403 frame in 00 00 00 00 00000000 frame nut O0 00 13 12 00000402 frame duration O0 00 13 13 00000403 frame Position O0 00 00 02 OODODOD frame Play Time Play time of the timeline In Timeline In point for this clip Out Timeline Out point for this clip Position Position of the timeline cursor 7 65 p3 Z3 7 66 CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit AVI Properties Rec Information capture avi Properties Date Date the clip was recorded Time Time the clip was recorded In In point of the clip on tape Out Out point of the clip on tape Position Position of the clip on tape Source Source type EZ Edit CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit 7 67 AVI Properties Reference AVI Information capture3_ REFO avi Properties Reference File The file s this reference AVI refers to Location The location of the referenced file s Position Position of this clip in the reference file s pa Z3 7 68 CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit WAV Properties File Information File Mame capture way Location Es Size 1 0MB 1 037 880 bytes Created Wednesday February 23 2000 01 49 0 Modifyed Wednesday February 23 2000 01 43 1 Audio 32kHz2 16bi
154. t Play mode Play the trimmed area When checked only video from the In point to the Out point of the clip will be played When un checked the entire AVI file will play regardless of the marked In and Out points Correct Square Pixel When checked the on screen display will be corrected to dis 4 38 EZ Video CHAPTER 4 EZ Video play the DV video as it would look on a television or video monitor When un checked the on screen DV video will be slightly dif ferent from the image viewed on a television or video monitor It is best to leave this option checked Full size preview When checked the full size interface with audio meters is used When un checked the compact interface without audio meters is used Limit Capture Time Opens the Limit Capture Time dialog which lets you restrict captures to a certain time or number of frames Set new file names automatically When checked each time the Capture button is pressed a the current filename is incremented by 1 and a new file is automati cally created for the capture Set the default name and location in the Open file dialog When un checked each time the Capture button is pressed it will either ask for a new filename if New was pressed or overwrite the existing file if a file was loaded Confirm when overwriting a file When checked EZ Video will ask for confirmation before overwriting an existing file When un checked EZ Video will not ask for confirmation
155. t footage If you somehow have AVIs compressed with the Canopus DV CODEC footage on your computer from another machine with a Canopus DV card then you could edit the footage Still EZDV is designed for users who have a DV or Digital 8 source have a DVCAM camera or deck Can l use it with EZDV No EZDV does not support DVCAM It supports DV only 8 1 6unoousej qnoJ 8 2 Troubleshooting CHAPTER 8 Troubleshooting have a DVCPRO camera or deck Can l use it with EZDV No EZDV does not support DVCPRO It supports DV only Can I capture analog footage with EZDV No EZDV does not have any analog capture capabilities However if your DV camera or deck can record analog footage to DV tape you can then use that DV tape with EZDV Can EZDV output analog audio or video No EZDV does not have any analog audio or video output capabilities If you need analog output connect your DV camera or deck to EZDV and use the analog output on your camera or deck I have a NTSC or PAL EZDV card Can I use a PAL or NTSC camera or footage with it No The NTSC version of EZDV supports only NTSC foot age and devices while the PAL version of EZDV supports only PAL footage and devices My computer is overclocked Can I use EZDV in it Canopus does not support overclocked machines Over clocking often puts the PCI bus out of specification and this can cause numerous problems from intermittent connec tion loss to lo
156. tape 1 Make sure a DV tape is in the deck and the tape is not write protected 2 Position the tape at the point where you want to start recording using the Deck controller Position the tape where you want to start recording n ej jJ wh RX 3 Click the SyncRecord button on the Deck controller ny sja J wij ie The deck will go into Record Pause then after a few seconds the current WAV will be recorded to tape 4 When recording is done the DV deck will go into Record Pause CHAPTER 5 EZ Audio 5 7 Note Because DV decks and cameras are mechanical devices the actual start of recording may not coincide with the exact time when the Record button is pressed or the Record command is sent If you find that the beginning or end of the recording is starting or stopping too early or too late you can make adjustments in the Sync Rec section of the EZDV Properties The necessary settings vary for each DV device Manual record Manual recording will record whatever you play out to DV tape 1 Play a WAV file R se 44 411 11 pot in four 2 Click the Record button on the Deck controller The DV deck will start recording 3 Click the Stop button on the DV Deck controller when you are done recording Clu ujaj j wi Rie Adjusting Audio Levels during Output oipny 73 The Rec level slider allows you to boost or lower the audio level during output The adjusted audio level is displayed
157. the files you want After you select your files they will appear in the Play list Look in ag SCSI DiskD D amp l es a just edit avi Files of type awl Files avi Cancel To insert the current clip you are viewing into the Play list before another clip select a clip in the Play list by clicking on it then click the Insert button on the Play list control The current clip you are viewing will be inserted into the Play list above the highlighted clip BE P I 00 00 23 13 pp 00 00 23 14 Click on a clip to select it Be capture B o0 00 00 00 EBEN 00 00 07 03 pp uo0 nn0 07 04 Then click Insert Untitled i 3 To Delete a clip from the Play list click on the clip in the Play list to select it then click the Delete button in the Play CHAPTER 4 EZ Video 4 21 list control or choose Delete from the Edit menu The selected clip will be removed from the Play list Click Delete in the Play list control t E insert Add Delete Or choose Delete from the Edit menu Update the in out points Separate Ctrl D Save as still image Ctrl 5 JEAIC Delete Del Cut Ctrl Cann el Rearranging clips in the Play list To rearrange the order of clips in the Play list select a clip and use the Go Up and Go Down buttons in the Play list control to change its position You can rearrange drag clips by dragging them with the mouse Click to move the clip down t is Insert
158. the limits for the class B digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radi ate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful inter ference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interfer ence to radio or television reception which can be deter mined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try and correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help This equipment has been certified to comply with the limits for a class B computing device pursuant to FCC Rules In order to maintain compliance with FCC regulations shielded cables must be used with this equipment Opera tion with non approved equipment or unshielded cables is likely to result in interference to radio and TV reception The user is cautioned that changes and modifications made to the equipment without the approval of manufac
159. thout audio track When checked DV audio will not be copied to the AVI audio track When unchecked DV audio is copied to the AVI audio track for compatibility CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit 1 55 Check this option only if you need to capture a clip with mixed sampling rates and are getting Invalid DV data errors Capture to hard disk when recording to DV camera When checked recording to the hard disk will start and stop with recording on the camera When unchecked recording to the hard disk occurs indepen dently from the record status of the camera Capture as reference AVI file When checked EZ Edit will capture Reference AVI files which can be of unlimited length See the section about Reference AVI files in the EZ Video chapter for more information When un checked EZ Edit will capture standard AVI files which are limited to 2 gigabytes a little over 9 minutes Time scale 1 Frame Sets the timeline scale to 1 frame 10 Frames Sets the timeline scale to 10 frames 1 Second Sets the timeline scale to 1 second 2 Seconds Sets the timeline scale to 2 seconds 5 Seconds Sets the timeline scale to 5 seconds 10 Seconds Sets the timeline scale to 10 seconds 15 Seconds Sets the timeline scale to 15 seconds 30 Seconds Sets the timeline scale to 30 seconds 1 Minute Sets the timeline scale to 1 minute Fit Sets the timeline scale to whatever value is necessary for the entire timeline to be visible on the screen p3
160. ting in the Color tab to 30 Body Colors EX BI ca Edge Hard Soft Direction Transparency D zu _ GE NEM e ses CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit 1 37 5 Click the Preview button to preview the colorization effect m ZEN ZEMU 6S MW Guide Line Tite Back Black Center V C white Del Center H Up Down Cancel Saving and Loading Title data You can save a title to a Title Data File TDF for use in other EZ Edit projects Right click the title and choose Save to file from the menu Edit title Title motion Render Copy title Delete title ll Save to file Load from file To load a Title Data File TDF into the title track right click on the title track and choose Load from file Edit title Title motion Render p3 Z3 Copy title Delete title Save to file Load fram file You can also add title data files to the DV Bin as clips BEEN 3 3 Batch and Seamless Capture Please refer to the EZ Video chapter for an explanation of Batch and Seamless capture 7 38 EZ Edit CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit ee Remote Capture In addition to batch and seamless capture EZ Edit sup ports a feature called remote capture In Remote capture mode 1 Open Raptor Edit and manually put your camera into camera or photo mode 2 Select Capture to hard disk when recording to DV camera from the Settin
161. tops the seamless capture at the current point saving all clips that have been captured Cancel buttonStops the seamless capture and discards all clips that have been captured Seamless Capture completion EzViden x Total Time 00 00 11 09 Frame 339 captured Total Time Displays the total time captured in hours minutes sec onds frames and frame count OK button Closes the completion window Save as still image Size Capture Field Fittering Size Capture Field Filtering 720 x 480 L C Frame No filtering C 720 x 5785 L Frame Wo fitering 640 x 480 Q Odd Field Motion only 720 x 540 Q Odd Field Motion only C Even Field C Full screen C Even Field Fullscreen BMP File AEZDV Ciip0000 bmp Browse v Open this dialog box when capturing Setnew file names automatically v Confirm when overwriting a file NTSC BMP File Browse IV Open this dialog box when capturing Set new file names automatically O9plA Z3 tnr TEES Cancel v Confirm when overwriting a file Cancel PAL Size 720x480 NTSC 720x576 PAL Save bitmap using DV aspect ratio resolution When dis played on a computer screen it will appear slightly distorted but will appear correct on output from a DV device when used in a DV project Use this setting when you intend to use the image in a DV production and
162. types of files CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit 7 7 The Timeline The EZ Edit timeline has 5 tracks Film and Main AV Insert AV Title Ex Audio 1 and Ex Audio 2 Main AV clip 00 00 07 12 00 00 09 26 Overlapped clips with transition Transition Insert AV clip Title Ex Audio clip Ex Audioi Ex Audio The Film track displays thumbnail views of the video on the Main AV and Insert AV tracks This track can be turned off if you want pa Z3 The Main AV track is the main video track You can drag video clips to this track and they will appear one after another You can add effects or transitions between clips on this track The Insert AV track is used for placing segments of video over the Main AV video Video clips placed here will appear in place of the corresponding video on the Main AV track The Title track is used for placing titles over video The Ex Audio 1 and Ex Audio 2 tracks are used to add extra audio such as music to your production 7 8 EZ Edit CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit Add clips to the timeline To add a clip from the DV Bin to the timeline click on it and drag it to the timeline It will be added or inserted where you drop it EzEdit tings View Help Bl Hae ze exis m x m u a J RIX Drag clip to timeline haledrdiepobeteebsbebalcdhelsle xi Bb Bilas e w i i in out eT AVI STOP 00 00 1
163. uble volume Reset Rec Level button Resets the Recording Level to 100 5 10 CHAPTER 5 EZ Audio File Information The file information area displays information about the loaded WAV file 4 File Information The information in the File and Deck Information area is as follows 1 Filename of the loaded WAV file 2 Current time position and Total time of the WAV 3 Audio sampling rate of the WAV 4 Current clip status Stop Play etc WAV Controller The WAV controller provides playback and trimming con trols for WAV files that you load into EZ Audio Bibs Ps PRU Lee WAV Controller EZ Audio Capture Starts capture of DV audio data from the DV camera or deck to the computer hard disk SyncCapture Starts sync capture of DV audio data from the DV camera or deck to the computer hard disk Stop Stop playback or capture of the current WAV file Play Starts playback of the WAV file Also starts recording in SyncCapture Top frame Moves the playback point to the beginning of the WAV file v 8 CHAPTER 5 EZ Audio 5 11 Previous frame dll Moves the playback point one frame backward Next frame Moves the playback point one frame forward Bottom frame Moves the playback point to the end of the WAV file Set in point Sets the In point for trimming the current clip Set out point Sets the Out point for trimming the current clip Update In Out points Updates the audio clip in EZ E
164. utton Moves the selected clip one position downward in the capture list Delete buttonDeletes the selected list entry from the capture list Delete All button Deletes all clips from the capture list Save buttonSaves the capture list Load buttonLoads a capture list Capture buttonStarts the seamless capture operation Cancel buttonClears the capture list and closes the Batch capture Seam less capture window Seamless Capture progress Seamless Capture Ed 173 Dr capture1 avi Frame 00 00 03 035 00 01 00 03 00000053 nont sot 3 Total On anms n rn os no ds GO000093 00005405 3 Status REC Deck O0 00 13 20 00000410 3 PLAY BACK xxxxx Displays the current clip being captured the total number of clips to be captured and the current clip s filename Ex 1 2 D capture1 avi specifies that clip 1 of 2 clips is currently being cap tured and it is writing to D capture1 avi Frame Displays the current frame out of the total frames for the cur rent clip in timecode and frame count Total Displays the current frame out of the total frames for the entire capture in timecode and frame count Status Displays the current AVI operation Deck Displays the current tape position in timecode and frames and the deck s current operation Skip button Ends the current clip and proceeds to the next clip in the cap ture list CHAPTER 4 EZ Video 4 45 Pause buttonPauses the capture Stop button S
165. ve a size limitation of 2 gigabytes This corresponds to slightly over 9 minutes depending on audio sampling rate of video captured using EZDV EZDV overcomes this limitation with Reference AVI tech nology Reference AVI files are small AVI files that point to other files that contain the actual video data E CI um m CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit 7 43 When creating a Reference AVI file the system makes a single AVI file that references the finished project data files Reference AVI files maintain absolute paths to their data files This means that it remembers the entire drive and directory path to the data files Do not move the data files of a Reference AVI If the data files are moved the Refer ence AVI will not play back properly If you try to output a timeline that is larger than 2 gigabytes about 9 minutes you must output a Reference AVI file HPA Z3 7 44 CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit Interface In depth Toolbar The toolbar contains buttons for many commonly used menu items Dos e cela Bl 8s e a Toolbar left side The functions of the toolbar buttons are as follows New Clears the current bin and timeline and creates a new project Open Opens an existing project file Save Saves the project file Add clip to bin window Opens the Add clip to bin window dialog Add color clip to bin window Opens the Color clip dialog to add a color clip to the DV Bin Open EZ Video O
166. vice Play list contains a list of clips AVI files that you can have EZ Video play in sequence using List Play mode You can use the Play list to do simple assemble editing to arrange your clips for import to EZ Edit Status bar lists information about the DV device play list and also displays the function of the button the mouse cursor is over CHAPTER 4 EZ Video ee Capturing Video Before you can edit your video you need to capture trans fer the video to your computer EZDV captures video in the Microsoft AVI format using the Canopus DV CODEC The compression rate is fixed so 4 GB of storage will hold about 18 minutes of video and 13 GB will hold about one hour of video You can capture video in one of three ways in EZ Video manual capture batch capture and seamless capture Manual Capture Capturing video to your computer can be as simple as clicking Play on the Deck controller and clicking Capture on the AVI controller Click the Play button to start the deck playing Then click the Capture button ODO 00009093 J If you do not have Set new filenames automatically checked and have not already set a filename a dialog will in Jout 4 3 O9PI A Z3 EZ Video CHAPTER 4 EZ Video appear to ask you for the filename to use for the captured video If this window appears give the clip a name and save it on your video drive AES c EB File settings Save
167. want the stills to appear as you captured them 640x480 NTSC 720x540 PAL Save bitmap using square pixel aspect ratio resolution When displayed on a computer screen it will appear normal but may appear slightly distorted if used for DV productions Use this setting when you intend to use the image in com 4 46 EZ Video CHAPTER 4 EZ Video puter applications such as presentations or web pages and want the stills to appear correct on the computer monitor Capture Field Note Television images are interlaced meaning that even and odd lines of a frame video are split into two fields Frame Use the entire frame both fields for the still image In stills with high motion there may be some jagged edges on moving objects because of the difference in position in the fields Use this for the best horizontal resolution on images that con tain little or no motion Odd Field Uses only the odd field for the still image The even lines will be duplicated or interpolated from the odd lines Use this for images that contain motion and do not look good when saved with Frame Even Field Uses only the even field for the still image The odd lines will be duplicated or interpolated from the even lines Use this for images that contain motion and do not look good when saved with Frame Filtering No filtering Do not filter the image Motion only Filter for average motion Use this when there is moderate motion occurring in the ima
168. when a fade in is added Still image Duration Sets the default duration for still images in hours minutes seconds and frames Title In Sets the default In Motion duration for titles in hours minutes seconds and frames Hold Sets the default Hold duration for titles in hours minutes sec onds and frames Out Sets the default Out Motion duration for titles in hours min utes seconds and frames OK Accept changes and close the dialog Cancel Cancel changes and close the dialog CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit Default Edit Settings Default Settings Edit Setting Default Settings Temporary Drives Total time 00 087 3 11 D Ezdv Tmp 00 09 13 11 Free Drive selector p Up position Down position Delete Dk Cancel Total time Displays the total storage time of all temporary drives in the list Drive selector Select a drive from the drop down to add it to the list Add button Click the Add button to add the selected drive to the tempo rary drives list Up position button Click a drive entry and click the Up position button to move it up in the list higher priority Down position button Click a drive entry and click the Down position button to move it down in the list lower priority Delete button Click a drive entry and click the Delete button to remove it from the temporary drives list OK Accept changes and close the dialog Cancel Cancel changes and close the
169. xel Ctrl Record to track 3 4 from Ex Audio 2 32kHz il pr Playback audio sampling rate law dBkHz 16bit wv Ripple editing Alt FR 441 kHz 16bit Default edit settings 32kHz 16bit d2 kHz 12bit Capture audio from track 3 and 4 Capture without audia track Capture to hard disk when recording ta DW camera Capture as reference Al file Time scale EZD Properties p3 Z3 Repeat playback When checked playback will repeat from the beginning of the timeline when it hits the end When unchecked playback will stop at the end of the time line Correct Square Pixel When checked the on screen display will be corrected to dis play the DV video as it would look on a television or video monitor When un checked the on screen DV video will be slightly dif ferent from the image viewed on a television or video monitor It is best to leave this option checked Record to track 3 4 from Ex Audio 2 32kHz When checked the audio on Ex Audio 2 will be recorded to channels 3 and 4 of the DV tape 4 channel 32kHz 12 bit audio mode 7 54 CHAPTER 7 EZ Edit When unchecked the audio on Ex Audio is mixed with the rest of the audio and output to channel 1 and 2 of the DV tape Playback audio sampling rate 48 kHz 16bit Specifies that the timeline should be played with 48 kHz 16 bit audio Any audio that is not 48 kHz 16 bit will be upsampled as necessary This is the best setting to use unless you are outputting 4 chan
170. y list as Chri alt A Exit Alt F4 Locate the file you want to load Keep in mind that only AVI files created with EZDV can be loaded File settings i Ix Save In E SCSI Disk D EN dee just edit avi Save as type awl Files avi Cancel File Hame capture ay The AVI file will load and appear in the video window CHAPTER 4 EZ Video Playing and Scrubbing Video You can play and scrub quickly move through video using the playback buttons and the scrub bar slider on the AVI controller Drag the slider to the left or right to scrub through the video in the AVI The blue shaded area represents the area between the In and Out point marked on the clip See the following section on using the Play list for more information on In and Out points of clips Playback controls RA mI P erige ite D gt Jao BR in Jout 1 Scrub bar slider To move frame by frame through video using an Intellim ouse or compatible pause playback and roll the wheel down to step forward and roll the wheel upward to step backward To shuttle through video using an Intellimouse or compati ble pause playback and click the wheel to go into Shuttle mode Roll the wheel down to shuttle forward Roll the wheel up to shuttle in reverse The shuttle speeds are 1 4 speed 1 2 speed 1x speed 2x speed 4x speed 8x speed 10x speed 20x speed and 40x speed O9PI A Z3 4 18 CHAPTER 4 EZ Video Using th

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