MacroSystem Smart Edit 8 Release Notes - Manual

Smart Edit 8 Release Notes
Please Read Before Using Smart Edit 8.0
CB Paint users, please be aware that using CB Paint with SE 8.0 doesn’t allow the sequences to render to the scene
bin once you close the program.
In some cases, with a new full installation of Smart Edit 8 we have seen the monitor out-put change over to VGA
mode from a normal video (analog) monitor mode. In this case, a VGA monitor may need to be connected so that the
Screen setting can be selected back to video mode.
Using the new Effect Stack option with some effects from the Filter Pack software may result in a corrupt scene.
DVD Arabesk 4 on Smart Edit 8 won’t allow for several lines (Alt + Return) of menu texts.
There is no live monitor sound in Audio/Record Edit menu when the input is set for DV.
However, you will hear the audio fine when playing or editing the sample.
The masks of Video SpiceRack cannot be presently viewed in the Image Pool of Smart Edit 8 with some systems.
When using the Audio envelope feature, there will not be a playback from an area near highlighted keypoints.
You can only play from the beginning a created envelope sample.
When working with Countdown, the option for the Shadow Blur in “Style” is not working.
When using the single analog monitor mode display, the new clipboard menu fills up so much of the screen that
you can’t click on the “OK” button to close it. (All needed modes are inside the Clipboard now. Once you import a
scene to the scene bin, clicking OK is no longer needed. Just right click out of the clipboard after you check mark
and import your selected scenes.)
In HDV projects DVD’s created from HDV edited Material exhibits a line of distortion at the bottom of the screen in
underscan. (This distortion is not seen in HDV tape export)
Photo Mode in the Record menu does not function in an HDV project
During Single VGA monitor mode, there is no video signal visible when using analog input for video recordings.
Single VGA mode still has audio sync drift on the playback of scenes. (If you experience this issue and do not have
another monitor option - we recommend selecting the 800x600 60Hz setting where the audio sync drift is not an
issue)
Using a dual monitor setup (VGA/ 4:3 Video) may have the response of leaving the scene you last selected from the scene
bin in the video monitor display as opposed to loading your default selected image.
Time code display appears to stutter during playback. (When playing a clip back in the Edit Menu with the time
code setting turned on, the counter may appear to skip. Time code is not available during Trimming or Splitting.)
If Smart Edit 8 is done as a full install and Photo Studio 2 (PS2) is activated afterwards, we have seen a couple of
cases where pictures in PS2 appear distorted. If this is the case, then simply re-update the Smart Edit 8 software
and it should clear the problem.
When importing via CD with the new Font Import option, make sure that files from the PC ( font .”ttf” files or
graphic “.png” files), then these files are burned to the CD in the UDF file system format.
The new Time Line display can be only be when using a single or dual VGA mode of 1024x768 or higher. You will
not be able to us it in a video mode.
When using the new Countdown options, you will need to lower the “Alpha” slider in the “Background” button in
order to blend or see any images chosen in the “Background-Scene” button.
Smart Edit 8 requires your Casablanca system to have at least 256 MB of RAM.
With Smart Edit 8 on a Claro system, a single video mode may improperly show scenes in the scene bin in pink and
green colors. The problem does not occur in the VGA mode.