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Unit V - Video Creation and Editing (CCS371)

Video Creation and Editing (Anna University)

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Starting Projects and Working with Project Window - Using Basic Tools and Logging - Preparing to
Record and Recording - Importing Files - Organizing with Bins - Viewing and Making Footage - Using
Timeline and Working in Trim Mode - Working with Audio - Output Options.

Starting Projects and Working with Project Window :

Each time you start the Avid Xpress DV application, the Select User and Project dialog box appears.

To establish your identity as a user with the system and to select or create a project to open, use the following
procedures:
• Identifying a User
• Selecting a Project
• Opening a Project
• Closing a Project
You can also create additional folders within which to store projects, or you can quit the application from the Select
User and Project dialog box.
CREATING AND IDENTIFYING A USER
Identifying a User :
To identify a user for the project, do one of the following:
Create and identify a new user.
Select a user from a list of existing users. This user name represents the user profile, which includes the settings associated
with the user.
Creating a New User
To create a new user profile:
1. Click New User in the Select User and Project dialog box.
2. Type the name of the new user, and press Enter.
3. Click OK.
The Select User and Project dialog box reappears with your user name highlighted in the list of users.

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Selecting an Existing User:
To select from the list of existing users:
 Click the user name to highlight it in the Users scroll list on the left side of the Select User and Project dialog box.
Folders containing collections of users appear in the list with asterisks preceding them.
To select a user in a folder:
1. Double-click the folder to open it and display the user names.
2. Click a user name to select it.
Selecting a Project:
To select a project, do one of the following:
 Open an existing project.
 Create and open a new project.
You can also place projects in folders and nest the folders within other folders.
Selecting an Existing Project:
Existing projects appear in the Projects scroll list in the Select User and Project dialog box.

To select an existing project, do one of the following in the Select

User and Project dialog box:
 Click an existing project name to highlight it.
 Press the first letter of the project name on the keyboard to highlight it.
To open a project nested in a folder:
 Double-click the folder name to open it and display the contents in the Projects scroll list.
 Click the project name to highlight it.
To locate a project in another folder:
 Click the Projects pop-up menu, and choose a drive from the Volumes submenu.
 Double-click a folder name to open it. Continue opening folders until the Projects scroll list displays the project
folder you want.
 Click the project name to highlight it.
CREATING A NEW PROJECT
To create a new project:

 Click New Project in the Select User and Project dialog box. The New Project dialog box appears.

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 Type the name of your new project in the highlighted text box.
 Choose either NTSC or PAL from the Format pop-up menu.
 Click OK.
The system creates the new project files and folder, and returns you to the Select User and Project dialog box. The project
name is Highlighted in the Projects scroll list. You can create folders in the Select User and Project dialog box for storing
related products. Before you can nest a folder, you must first create a folder.
To create a folder:
 Click New Folder in the Select User and Project dialog box. The New Folder dialog box appears.
 Type a name for the folder, and press Enter or click OK. The folder name appears in the Projects scroll list with an
asterisk preceding it.
 Double-click the folder name to open the folder.

Any new projects you create now are displayed and stored in this folder. Any existing projects you move into this folder
from your desktop are displayed in this folder.
OPENING A PROJECT
To open a project, do one of the following:
 Click OK in the the Select User and Project dialog box.
 Double-click the highlighted project name in the Projects scroll list.
 Double-click the highlighted user name in the Users scroll list.

The Composer monitor and the bin open with the selected User settings loaded.
The title bar of the Project window contains the project name and user name you selected in the Select User and Project
dialog box.

CLOSING A PROJECT
When you close the current project, you return to the Select User and Project dialog box.
To close the current project, do one of the following:
 With the Project window active, choose Close from the File menu.
 Click the Close button in the Project window.
SAVING YOUR PROJECT INFORMATION ON A DRIVE OR FLOPPY DISK
To save your work on a drive or floppy disk:
 Mount the drive or insert a floppy disk as appropriate.
 From the Windows 2000 desktop, double-click My Computer.
 Double-click the icon for the targeted storage drive or floppy disk to open it. Double-click any additional folders to
target the appropriate storage location.
 Double-click the internal hard drive to open it.
 Drag a project folder, user folder, or settings file to the targeted storage location.

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 When the system finishes copying the files, unmount the drive or eject the floppy disk and store it where
appropriate.
ENDING AN EDIT SESSION
TO END AN EDIT SESSION:
 Quit the application.
 Turn off your equipment in the order described in this section.

WORKING WITH THE PROJECT WINDOW

Opening and Closing the Project Window:

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Use the Project window to:

• Create and open bins.
• View and modify settings.
• View information about the format of the project and the use of system memory.
USING THE BINS DISPLAY
Bins contain the master clips that are created when you record source material. (The master clips are linked to the
media files.) Bins also contain the sequences, subclips, group clips, and effect clips that you create during a project. From
the Project window, you can view a list of bins associated with the project, and open, close, and create bins. You can also
open bins created for another project.
VIEWING A LIST OF BINS
To view a list of bins associated with the project:
 Click the Bins button in the Project window

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The views for working with clips in a bin are Text view, Frame view, and Script view.

In Text view, clips are displayed in a database text format using columns and rows, with icons representing the various
objects. You can save various arrangements of columns, text, and objects as customized views.

Text View
In Frame view, each clip is represented by a single picture frame, with the name of the clip. You can play back the footage
in each frame and change the size of frames. You can also rearrange the frames in any order within the bin.

Frame View
In Script view, the features of Text view are combined with those of Frame view, with an added script box next
to each frame. The frames are displayed vertically on the left side of your screen with the script box next to
each. Use the script boxes to hold text for notes or a script. Clip data matching the column headings in Text view
appears above each script box.

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Displaying Bins
By default, your bins display all existing media objects except source clips and rendered effects. You can
display only those media objects that you need to organize your project.
To set the bin display:
1. Choose Set Bin Display from the Bin menu. The Set Bin Display dialog box appears.

2. Select the object types that you want to see: master clips, subclips, sequences, sources, effects, motion effects,
or rendered effects.
3. The option “Show clips created by user” is selected by default. Deselect this option only if you want to hide all
objects except
those created by the system.
4. Select the option “Show reference clips” to automatically display those objects that are referenced by
sequences in the bin, whether those clips were previously in the bin or not.
5. Click OK.
The bin displays objects according to your specifications.
Creating a New Bin
To create a new bin from the Project window:
1. Do one of the following:

 Choose New Bin from the File menu.

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 Click the New Bin button in the Project window.
Either one of these procedures opens a new (empty) bin that is given the name of the project as displayed in the
title bar of the Project window. The new bin appears in the Bins list of the Project window. A corresponding file
is placed in the project folder, and a backup copy is placed in the Attic folder.
The new bin appears in the Project window with a default name highlighted.
2. Type the name of the new bin, and press Enter.
To place a bin in a folder:

 Drag the bin to the folder icon.

Renaming a Bin
Each new bin that you create takes the name of the project that appears in the Project window, numbered
incrementally.
To change the name of a bin:

 Click the bin name in the Project window, and type a new name.
Opening and Closing a Bin
To open a bin directly:
1. Click the Bins button in the Project window.
2. Double-click the icon next to the bin name.
To open a bin from the File menu:
1. Choose Open Bin from the File menu.
The Open dialog box appears.

2. Select a bin. Navigate to the correct folder, if necessary.

3. Click the Open button.
OPENING SELECTED BINS
To open several bins at once from the Project window:
1. Click the name of one of the bins in the Bins list.
2. Ctrl + click each additional bin you want to open.
3. Choose Open Selected Bins from the File menu.

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To close a bin, do one of the following:
 Click the Close button.
 Choose Close Bin from the File menu.
Deleting a Bin or Folder
To delete a bin or folder within a project:
 1. Select the bin or the folder you want to delete in the Bins list.
 2. Press the Delete key.
A Trash icon appears in the Bins list in the Project window. It contains the deleted item. The deleted item is stored
in the Trash until you empty it.

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