Image Server 2000 Owner’s Manual
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EDITING A CLIP
Edit controls are activated with the
Edit
check box. Several buttons are available to define the
beginning and end of a region within a clip; associated time code displays are also present.
These non-destructive Mark In and Mark Out trim points can be set to define a portion of a clip to be
played. These “edit pointers” do not create a new clip from the original material; they act like virtual
trims, and material outside of the trim points is excluded, but can be retrieved by resetting the Mark
pointers. After setting the Mark In and Mark Out points, clips will play between these points. These
edit values are saved with the clip.
Edits may be saved to the current clip by de-selecting the
Edit
check box, or choosing
Save
from the
clip window
File
menu.
Save As
works to save the edit points to a new clip name, even if the edits
have not been saved in the current clip. This is a great help while conducting an Edit-while-
Recording.
Using Edit-while-Recording
Clips are most often edited after recording is complete, but it is sometimes desirable to create sub-
clips while the recording is still in progress. This is the preferred way to extract sports highlights, for
example.
First, wait at least ten seconds after the recording begins. Open the recording on either Channel 2 or
3 by selecting the clip name from the
FILE>OPEN
menu. (A recording must be 10 seconds long
before it will appear in the clip list.)
Use the transport controls to select and mark the In- and Out-Points, as desired.
Without
un-checking
Edit
, select
FILE>SAVE AS
, enter a new clip name, and click
Enter
. A new
clip is created that will play only between the In-Point and Out-Point. This clip can now be played
on the third channel, or assembled into a playlist.
Next, use the transport controls to locate another set of In- and Out-Points for a second segment, and
repeat the
Save As
command.
As noted above, it is usually easier to leave the edit channel in Edit mode when you plan to make
multiple “Saved As” clips. If you de-select
Edit
with unsaved changes, you will be given a choice to
save or discard the edit points. Remember that you will be saving the edits to the file that is currently
being recorded. Re-editing is required to see parts of it outside the region defined by
Mark In and Mark Out, even if the recording continues after the editing session.
Marking the IN point
Sets the current time code value into the Mark In point time display. The
Mark In
button can capture
a time code value from the clip when it is still, or on-the-fly.
Mark In Display
Displays the time code of the Mark In point. When no Mark In point has been set manually, this
displays the Start of Message (SOM) time code (usually 00:00:00:00). Trim points will be
automatically rounded down to the nearest GOP boundary when edits are saved.
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