User manual CANOPUS PROCODER 3.0

[. . . ] ProCoder 3 Installation and User Guide ProCoder 3 Cautions (1) (2) (3) (4) Itisprohibitedtocopyapartorallofthisproductwithoutpriorpermission. Thecontentsorspecificationsofthisproductmaybechangedwithoutpriornotice. Wehavepreparedthecontentsofthisproducttothebestofourability;howeverifyouhaveany questionsaboutthecontents, orifthereareanyerrorsormissingitems, pleasecontactGrassValley. H oweverwedonottakeanyresponsibilityformalfunctionsarisingfromuse, irrespectiveofthepoints outlinedin(3). [. . . ] TheFadeIn/Outfilterisusedtoaddafadeinand/orfadeouttothe audio. ThisismostusefulinconjunctionwiththeVideoFadeIn/Out filter. TheLowpassfilterremoveshigh-frequencysignals, suchas electricalnoiseandhiss, fromtheaudio. TheNormalizefilterraisestheaudiotomaximizevolumewithout clipping. Adjustthevolumeofabatchofclipssotheyareallatthe samelevel. Thisisadual-passfilterandwillincreaseyoursource file'soverallconversiontime. TheVolumefilterletsyouadjusttheoverallvolumeoftheaudio. CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 7 ProCoder Reference Glossary Lowpass Normalize Index Volume 73 ProCoder 3 Adding a Filter ToaddafiltertotheFilterList: 1 SimplyclicktheAdd button. TheLoad Audio Filter Presetdialogboxappears anddisplaysalistoffilterstochoosefrom. Whenthefilterishighlighted, abrief descriptionofeachfilterislistedintheDescription boxbelowwhenthefilteris highlighted. 2 IntheLoad Audio Filter Preset dialogbox, chooseafilterbydouble-clickingonit. Thefilter'snameappearsintheFilterListandyoucanlistentoapreviewofhowit affectsyoursourcevideobyclickingPlay Result here. Removing a Filter ToremoveafilterfromtheAudioFilterlist: 1 2 Highlightthefilterfromthelist. ClicktheRemove buttontoremovethefilter. 74 Target Tab Loading and Saving filters 1 2 C ontents Tosaveacustomsettingforthecurrentlyselectedfilter, clicktheSave Preset button. Adialogappearsaskingyoutonameandenterashortdescriptionofyourpreset. CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 5 CHAPTER 6 I n tr o d u c tio n I n s t a ll a t i o n ProCoder 3 W iz a rd Using ProCoder Helpful Hints ProCoder Reference 3 4 5 Custompresetsarestoredalongwiththedefaultpresetsandcanbecategorized intofoldersandsubfolders. Toaddacustomizedfilterpreset, simplyclickAdd andloaditthesamewayyou wouldloadadefaultpreset. Toremoveacustomizedfilterpreset, simplyclickAdd toopentheLoad Audio Filter Preset dialog, clickthefilterpresetyouwanttoremove, thenclicktheDelete Preset button. CHAPTER 7 Glossary Index 75 ProCoder 3 Settings Thissectiondisplaysthesettingsfortheparticularfilteryouareusing. Usethesliders toadjustthedegreeofmodificationsforeachfilter. Preview ThePreviewsectionletsyoupreviewyouraudio­withorwithoutfiltering. 76 Convert Tab 4 Convert Tab C ontents TheConverttabisverystraightforward. Whenyouclickit, theConvert windowappears. YoucanwatchyourfilesencodeintheConvertwindow'spreviewsection. CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4 I n tr o d u c tio n I n s t a ll a t i o n ProCoder 3 W iz a rd Using ProCoder Tobeginconvertingfiles, clicktheConvert button. Theconversionprocessbegins, and youcankeeptrackofhoweachfilewilllookinthepreviewwindow. Ifyouareconverting abatchoffiles, theOutput List letsyouknowwhichfileshavebeenencoded. Thefileat thebottomofthelististhefilethatiscurrentlybeingencoded. Byclickingonafileinthe Output List, youcanprevieweachtargetasit'sbeingencodedinrealtime. Thisishandy forcheckingthepicturequalityofyourconvertedfileswhiletheyarebeingencoded. When ProCoderfinishesencodingallthefiles, you'llhearProCoder'sexuberant"Done"sound. YoucanstopencodingatanytimebypressingtheStop button. Youcanplaythepartially encodedfileuptothepointatwhichencodingwasstopped. Ifyouwanttore-encodethe file, presstheConvert buttonandProCoderwillstartencodingfromthebeginningofthe file. CHAPTER 5 CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 7 Helpful Hints ProCoder Reference Glossary Index Whenencodingiseitherstoppedorcompleted, theremaybesomedelaybefore ProCoderisavailabletothesystem. Thisisnormal, sopleasedonotterminatethe applicationduringthistime. 77 ProCoder 3 Playing converted files Ifyouwanttoplayafileafterit'sencoded, clickthefileyouwanttoviewintheOutput List ontherightsideofthewindowandthenclickthePlay button. Theappropriateplayer forthefileyouselectappearsandplaysthefile. Ifyouwanttoopenthedestinationfolder, clicktheOpen Folder button. Youcanonlyopenfilesthatarefinishedencoding, soyou shouldwaituntilProCoderstartsencodingthenextfileinthebatchandthentryingtoopen thepreviousfile. 7 Presets and Profiles 5 Presets and Profiles C ontents Procodermakesiteasytosaveandmanagecustomizedpresetsandprofiles. CHAPTER 1 I n tr o d u c tio n Loading and Saving Custom Settings Tosaveacustomsettingforthecurrentlyselectedfilter, clicktheSave Preset button. A dialogappearsaskingyoutonameandenterashortdescriptionofyourpreset. Toloadacustomsettingforthecurrentlyselectedfilter, clicktheLoad Preset button. The Settings dialogappears. ClicktheCustom tabandselectthepresetyouwanttoload. Toremoveacustomfiltersetting, simplyselectthefilteryouwanttoremoveandclickthe Remove button. CHAPTER CHAPTER 3 I n s t a ll a t i o n ProCoder 3 W iz a rd Loading and Saving T arget profiles TosaveacustomsettingforthecurrentlistofTargets, clicktheSave Profile button. A dialogappearsaskingyoutonameandenterashortdescriptionofyourpreset. ToloadacustomTargetsetting, clicktheAdd Target button. TheAdd Target dialog appears. ClicktheCustom tabandselectthepresetyouwanttoload. Using ProCoder Helpful Hints ProCoder Reference Glossary Index 7 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 5 CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 7 ProCoder 3 6 Queue Manager Inadditiontoitsnormalconversionprocesses, ProCoderalsoprovidesjobqueuing capabilities. InsteadofwaitingfortheProCoderapplicationtofinishaconversion, youcan queuejobstotheProCoderQueue Manager whichtakesoverandperformsconversionof queuedjobsmuchliketheprintspoolerhandlesprintingjobs. Inthismanner, theProCoder applicationservesasajobset-uptoolandtheusercanqueuemultiplejobswithdifferent prioritiesandreturnlaterwhentheyarecomplete. To queue a job: 1 Toqueueajob, setuptheconversionintheProCoderapplicationasyounormally would, butinsteadofclickingtheConverttabandstartingconversion, clickthe QueuebuttonbelowtheConverttab. TheJob Queueing windowappears. 2 IntheJob Name field, enteranameforthejob. Thejob'snamewillappearinthe Queue Manager. 0 Queue Manager 3 4 EnteradescriptionofthejobintheJob Description field. Thejob'sdescriptionwill alsoappearintheQueueManager. ChooseaJob Priority fromthedrop-downbox. Thehigherthejobpriorityis, the soonertheQueueManagerwillstartthejob. Higher-priorityjobsarestartedbefore lower-priorityjobs. Thehighestpriorityis9whichmeansthejobwillbestarted assoonasanycurrentlyjobsarecomplete, unlesstherearemorepriority9jobs alreadywaiting. CheckOneJobforeachTarget, toaddajobtotheJobManagerforeachtarget registered. SelecttheappropriateactiontotakeanoutputfilealreadyexistsfromtheTarget File Name drop-down. Rename if exists Overwrite if exists Renametheoutputfileifafileofthesamenamealreadyexists Overwritetheoutputfileifafileofthesamenamealreadyexists C ontents CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER I n tr o d u c tio n I n s t a ll a t i o n 5 6 7 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 5 ProCoder 3 W iz a rd Using ProCoder Helpful Hints 8 ClicktheQueue buttontoaddthejobtothequeue. TheLaunch Queue Manager buttonlaunchestheProCoderQueueManagersoyoucanviewthestatusofthe conversionqueue. CHAPTER 6 ProCoder Reference Cancelling and managing jobs Glossary CHAPTER 7 JobmanagementishandledbytheProCoderQueue Manager. Therearethreewaysthat youcanaccesstheProCoderJobQueueManager: ClickingtheManage buttonontheleftsideoftheProCoderapplication. LaunchingtheJobQueueManagerseparatelybychoosingStart Menu > All Programs > ProCoder 3 > Job Queue Manager. SeeManaging Jobs inthenextsectionformoreinformationonusingtheQueueManager. Index 1 ProCoder 3 Managing Jobs TheProCoderQueueManagerisusedtomonitortheprogressofconversionjobsthe systemisprocessing. YoucanlaunchtheJobQueueManagerbyclickingtheManagebuttonintheProCoder applicationorbylaunchingtheProCoderJobQueueManagerbychoosingbychoosing Start Menu >All Programs > ProCoder 3 > Job Queue Manager. Anyjobsthatarependingorinprogressaredisplayedinthelist, alongwithinformation aboutthejobandanysub-sections. Viewing Jobs ThejobinformationislistedintheQueue Managerasfollows: Name Description Priority ThenameofthejobasspecifiedbytheProCoderapplication ThedescriptionofthejobasspecifiedbytheProCoderapplication Priorityofthejobfrom1-9, 9beinghighest. Queuedjobswith higherpriorityvalueswillbeprocessedbeforejobswithlower priorityvalues. Anywarningsorerrorsinajobappearhere. User Progress Progress Bar Time Machine Warning/Error Queue Manager Managing Jobs Jobscanbecontrolledbythecontextualmenushownbyright-clickingonthem. Changing job priority Youcanchangethepriorityofajobthathasnotstartedbyrightclickingthejobandchoosing Change Priority toselectanew priority. Jobswithhigherprioritiesareprocessedbeforejobswith lowerpriorities. [. . . ] Valuesinthisrangearerampedfromtheoriginalvaluetowardwhite. CHAPTER 7 Glossary Black Threshold Adjusttheslidertodeterminetheminimumvalueconsideredtobewhite. Index Black Transition Range Adjusttheslidertodeterminetherangeofvaluesthataretransitionedtoblack. Valuesinthisrangearerampedfromtheoriginalvaluetowardblack. Notes Onlyblackand/orwhitelevelsareadjusted. Thisfilterdoesnotapplyaglobal luminancechange. 11 ProCoder 3 Blur Filter Description TheBlurFilterisusedtoreducedetail. Thisfilterappliesasimpleblur. Blurringcan helpcompressionbyreducingvideocomplexity. Options Settings Radius Setstheradiusoftheblur. Highervaluesresultinmoreblurring. Notes Nonotes. Broadcast Color Safe Filter Description TheColorSafeFilterrestrictsthecolorrangeofvideotobroadcast-safecolors. Thisis importanttoensureproperplaybackwhenproducingvideoforbroadcast. Options Settings Video Standard Selectthebroadcaststandardtorestrictthecolorrangeto. NTSCandPALstandards havedifferentsafecolorranges. Correction Method Selectthecorrectionmethodtouseout-of-rangecolors. Reduce Luminance Reduce Saturation Reducetheluminanceofout-of-rangecolorstomakethemsafe. Thisoptionisbestforcomputer-generatedandanimationsources. 1 Video Filters Circular Blur Filter C ontents Description TheCircularBlurFilterisusedtoreducedetail. Thisfilterappliesacircularblur. Blurringcanhelpcompressionbyreducingvideocomplexity. CHAPTER 1 I n tr o d u c tio n Options Settings CHAPTER I n s t a ll a t i o n Radius Usetheslidertosettheradiusoftheblur. Highervaluesresultinmoreblurring. Notes Nonotes. CHAPTER 3 ProCoder 3 W iz a rd Color Correction Filter Using ProCoder CHAPTER 4 Description TheColorCorrectionFiltercanadjustthebrightness, contrast, hueandsaturationof thevideo. CHAPTER 5 Helpful Hints Options Settings CHAPTER 6 ProCoder Reference Brightness Usetheslidertoadjustthebrightness. CHAPTER 7 Contrast Usetheslidertoadjustthecontrast. Glossary Hue Usetheslidertoadjustthehue. Index Saturation Usetheslidertoadjustthesaturation. Notes Nonotes. 13 ProCoder 3 Fade In/Out Filter Description TheFadeIn/OutFiltercanbeusedtoreducevisiblecompressionartifactsatthestart orendofthevideo. Options Settings Fade In Select Enablethisoptiontoapplyafadeintothevideo. Fade In duration (sec) Selectthenumberofsecondsthatthefadeinlasts. Fade Out Select Enablethisoptiontoapplyafadeouttothevideo. Fade Out duration (sec) Selectthenumberofsecondsthatthefadeoutlasts. Notes Nonotes. Gamma Correction Filter Description TheGammaCorrectionfilteradjustsvideofordifferencesbetweencomputergamma levels. Options Settings Gamma Usetheslidertoselectthegammalevelappropriateforyourcontent. Notes Nonotes. 14 Video Filters Gaussian Blur Filter C ontents Description TheGaussianBlurFilterisusedtoreducedetail. ThisfilterappliesaGaussianblur. [. . . ]