User manual GRASS VALLEY EDIUS FOR AVID EDITORS APPLICATION NOTE

[. . . ] ApplicAtion note EDIUS for Avid Editors By Maxim Jago, 123 Training www. 123training. co. uk november 2010 Based on Grass ValleyTM EDIUS® 6 and Avid Media Composer 5 www. grassvalley. com Contents Introduction About This Overview Differences and Similarities Overview of the EDIUS Interface Asset Bin Source Browser player and Record Monitors timeline information palette effects palette eDiUS Button Menus timeline Modes 1 1 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 Importing Media Source Browser 6 6 Working with the Asset Bin Additional tools 7 8 Player and Recorder Preview Monitors preview Monitor overlays on-Screen Display 9 10 10 EDIUS for AvID EDItorS Core Editing Adding clips to a Sequence Removing clips from a Sequence Moving clips in a Sequence the proxy Workflow 11 11 11 11 11 Working with the Timeline timeline Modes track patching Sync locks track Headers About clip Segments 12 12 12 13 13 13 Trimming Titles Transitions Effects Adding effects color correction combining effects the layouter 14 14 15 16 16 16 16 17 Audio Adding Audio Filters 18 18 Output output to tape Batch export output to File output to DVD/Blue-ray Disc 19 19 19 19 20 Important Settings Summary Further Information 21 21 21 www. grassvalley. com iii EDIUS for AvID EDItorS Introduction Grass Valley's eDiUS is a powerful nonlinear editing system used by countless editors all over the world to produce broadcast television, film, multimedia, DVDs, and Blu-ray Discs. nonetheless, many experienced Avid editors hesitate to jump in and discover the fast, powerful, and easy-to-use editing tools which eDiUS offers. there are good reasons to stick with what you know: no time is required to learn the tools you already use and it takes effort to learn new technologies. the good news is that the core Media composer and eDiUS editing experiences are not just similar -- they are almost exactly the same! [. . . ] eDiUS allows you to combine all media types on special Video/Audio tracks. this makes it very clear which audio is associated with which video but can confuse new users who are not familiar with Video/Audio tracks. the Video, Audio, and Mixer parts of clips, all have different appearances. it allows rubber-banding of clip opacity (think of the Media composer Superimpose effect). the mixer is only visible when you click the expand triangle on the track header to show it. www. grassvalley. com 13 EDIUS for AvID EDItorS Trimming trimming with Media composer 5 is more similar to trimming with eDiUS than previous versions. to apply a complex multi-clip trim, hold down the ctRl key to apply multiple trim handles. to use the dedicated trimming window, with controls similar to the trimming mode in Media composer, double click on a clip handle. You can do this without first selecting a handle--just double click the clip handle you want to trim. the trimming mode window has standard controls as you would expect, including shortcuts for standard trim types like slip and slide. if in doubt, hover the mouse cursor over a button and the tooltip will tell you the trim type. the trimming mode window appears in place of the preview monitors. When in trimming mode, you will see two "X" close buttons on the window. the larger "X" at the bottom closes the trimming window and returns you to the preview monitors. You can also toggle in and out of trimming mode by pressing F6. Titles the eDiUS title tool is very similar to the Media composer title tool but it has a few more options. Both the Media composer title tool and eDiUS Quick titler use object selection in the same way. When you select an item you have created, the properties panel displays options for that object. Along the bottom of the title tool, there are several standard title styles. to create a new style, set up your text or graphic as you want it and right click inside the Style Bar to choose Save As new Style. if you select the background, or no object (no text or graphics), the properties panel will display the title properties. this allows you to set the title as a still, roll or crawl or add a background image. the eDiUS title tool operates in low resolution to maximize responsiveness. to see a finished quality version of your title, click the preview button at the top of the window or press F3. Unlike Media composer, where graphic media is treated like still video, with a finite duration, graphic media in eDiUS has a theoretically infinite duration. the default duration is set in the User settings but you can trim to any length you like. 14 www. grassvalley. com EDIUS for AvID EDItorS Transitions Drag-and-drop transition effects in eDiUS function exactly as they would in Media composer. [. . . ] eDiUS will not begin processing the Batch of encoding jobs until you manually tell it to. the Batch export window has buttons to add extra jobs, allowing you to quickly build a list of output versions. one major difference between eDiUS and Media composer is the lack of Sorenson Squeeze or any other third-party encoding application. this is because eDiUS already has advanced encoding features built in. www. grassvalley. com 19 EDIUS for AvID EDItorS Output (cont. ) output to DvD/Blue-ray Disc eDiUS has a comprehensive integrated DVD/Blue-ray Disc authoring application called Disc Burner, accessed by clicking on the export menu and choosing "Burn to Disc. . . [. . . ]