Grass Valley Aurora Edit LD v.6.3 - Manual (Page 3)

September 14, 2007 Aurora Edit LD User Guide 3
Contents
Safety Summaries .............................................................................................. 7
Preface .................................................................................................................. 13
Grass Valley Product Support ................................................................................. 13
Chapter 1 Introducing Aurora Edit LD
Logging In ............................................................................................................... 16
Tour of the Aurora Edit LD Window ........................................................................ 16
Find/Bin Tabs ..................................................................................................... 17
Main Toolbar ...................................................................................................... 17
Storyboard ......................................................................................................... 17
Timeline ............................................................................................................. 18
Tools .................................................................................................................. 19
Tour of the Aurora Edit LD Keyboard ..................................................................... 22
Chapter 2 Configuring Aurora Edit LD
Adding Sources ...................................................................................................... 24
Setting Options ....................................................................................................... 26
Setting General Options .................................................................................... 27
Configuring Video Settings ................................................................................ 28
Setting Up Send Locations ................................................................................ 29
Setting Handles ................................................................................................. 30
Setting Timeline Options .................................................................................... 30
Setting Aurora Playout Options ......................................................................... 31
Setting ConformManager Properties ...................................................................... 32
Chapter 3 Managing Media
Organizing Media in Your Bin ................................................................................. 34
Searching for Clips ................................................................................................. 34
Using Search Filters ............................................................................................... 35
Saving Filters ..................................................................................................... 36
Modifying Active Filters ...................................................................................... 37
Loading a Filter .................................................................................................. 37
Deleting Filters ................................................................................................... 38
Using Metadata ...................................................................................................... 39
Adding General Information ............................................................................... 39
Adding Keywords ............................................................................................... 40
Using Custom Fields .......................................................................................... 41
Viewing Related Information .............................................................................. 41
Modifying Groups ............................................................................................... 42
Chapter 4 Editing in the Timeline
Overview ................................................................................................................. 44
Changing the Timeline View ................................................................................... 45
Creating a New Sequence ...................................................................................... 46
Changing Sequence Properties .............................................................................. 47
Selecting and Deselecting Tracks .......................................................................... 47
Marking In and Out Points ...................................................................................... 48
Setting Up a Split Edit ............................................................................................. 48
Routing Audio Tracks ............................................................................................. 49
Creating Clips ......................................................................................................... 49
Playing Your Sequence .......................................................................................... 50