EVS IPDirector Version 6.0 - November 2012 Part 10 User's Manual - Manual (Page 7)

1. Introduction
1.1. Product Overview
Description
Director's Cut is an IP Director module allowing production operators to stream the
director’s cut and the ISOs clips from the EVS production servers to post-production NLE
systems, and to send associated metadata (all the cut points from the switcher input) as
an EDL, in native formats.
Director's Cut is dedicated to single live or near-live post-produced multi-camera
productions, like shows, entertainment, operas, music concerts, special events,
awards... It reduces production times, drastically reduces post-production time, and
allows editors to focus more on the artistic aspect.
Configuration of the Production
Before working on a production, a few parameters must be configured:
• Video input(s) (with associated audio inputs, if needed)
• Destinations target(s) (they may differ from a video input to another)
• A file format for the streamed clips
• The timecode of the production
• A metadata profile (if needed)
• A bin to store the media of the production (optional)
The configuration settings can be saved, so that they can be easily reused later.
See section "Configuring the Production" on page 5.
Scenes and Takes Edition in the Production
After the production has been configured, the operator will start and stop recording
takes. He might organize them into scenes, or set some as "bad" takes.
Whenever during the production recording (as soon as at least one take has been shot and
is complete, most often when the production is ended), the operator can send the EDL.
The EDL contains all the director's cut points. The different camera angles are grouped so
that they can be displayed in a multi-camera viewer. The audio channels are also
associated in the EDL.
A Transfer Monitoring window inside the module allows to follow up the current transfers.
A review channel can be picked out to replay the current production takes.
See section "Working with Takes" on page 18.
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