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6 properties, 7 trimming clips and the scrub bar – NewTek TriCaster TC1 (2 RU) User Manual

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11.1.6

PROPERTIES

D

ISPLAY

N

AME

The

Properties panel

allows you to edit the

Display Name

of a file in the playlist.

The

Display Name

fields defaults to the

filename, but is a local

alias, or ‘nickname’.

Thus, editing the name does not change the
name of the file on your hard drive. Roll the
mouse over the icon

display name

to see the

true

filename and its path.

C

OMMENT

The

Comment

permits you to supply

metadata with the file.

Hint: Both the Display Name and Comment box content for the
selected clip are available as DataLink keys, which can in turn be
served to live title pages or supplied along with the file to the
Publish module.

11.1.7

TRIMMING CLIPS AND THE SCRUB BAR

Just beneath the

playlist

pane is a full-width

Scrub-Bar

(Figure 136). The width of the

scrub-bar

represents

the full run time of the current clip or other media file. Drag the knob to change time position.

FIGURE 136

In

and

Out Points

for newly added Media are automatically adjusted when necessary to accommodate motion

when transitions you add require it.

To reset the file to its full length, press the ‘g’ key.

To trim a clip manually, move the knob to the desired frame and press ‘i’ or ‘o’ on the keyboard (to

set the

In Point

or

Out Point

, respectively).

During playback, the

Scrub-Bar

knob traverses the span between the

In

and

Out Points

. The duration (taking

into account trimming operations) is displayed as a countdown in the upper of two timecode fields at left
(Figure 136). The lower time display shows embedded clip timecode.

FIGURE 135