Casablanca Prestige Manual de usuario

Casablanca Prestige User manual

1011on the card. Always return the SmartCard to its protective sleeve after use.You must carry out the installation procedure if you do not see the Ma

1011Casablanca Prestige will now automatically re-start and you can continue. You should then see the following symbol:Note: Make sure to put the Smar

122.6 Initial operationAfter you have turned on the machine by pressing the switch on the front side, you are greeted with the message „Casablanca Pre

13Chapter 3: Basics3.1 Editing philosophyCasablanca Prestige operates in a non-linear fashion. This means that every recorded scene can be accessed in

14153.2 Using the TrackballA trackball is used to work within the screens. Click on buttons to perform functions and access functions by moving the on

1415ButtonsSuch buttons are simple gray elds containing a text caption that describes the function they per-form. They cause something to happen when

1617ted. This allows you to immediately delete the entire name. A new name can then be quickly entered. If you only want to change one letter within t

1617rewind and fast forward are achieved while the DV source is in stop mode, viewable slow rewind and slow forward in playback mode, and frame-by-fr

1819when one of the buttons "In", "Out", "Split Posi-tion", "/>", or ">/" is clicked and the t

1819The image pool is used at many points in the program, e.g. when titling, in DVD Arabesk, or in the New Scene submenu of the Edit screen.If you sel

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21Chapter 4: TutorialsWe recommend working through the ve tutorials in the order given here. This offers you an intro-duction to video editing follow

2223Step 3: SettingsBefore you begin editing, you should make your own personal settings.System settingsClick on the "System Settings" butto

2223In the background you will see your video. An operating panel in the foreground displays (after the recording is stopped) the name of the scene, t

2425Click on the play symbol next to the "Rename" button to begin playing the video. Playback can be halted at any time with the stop button

2425points that make the scene start and stop when you choose.Clicking on "Trim" calls up the corresponding Trim screen. In the background y

2627(1) Click with the left button on the arrow button "|<" beneath the storyboard. The rst scene of the project is now the active scene

2627storyboard is outlined in red after a click on "Add". This means that the effect has to be created before it can be viewed. However, you

2829ball button.Step 6: Audio mixingYou now can begin audio mixing. Call up the "Audio Record, Edit" screen. Here you will add commentary an

28293 before discussing the many special functions of this screen.Now exit the recording menu and switch to the "Audio Mix" screen.Audio mix

Table of contentsChapter 1: Introduction... 5

3031mentary audio track so that it is highlighted in blue. Scroll the volume slider to the right so that the displayed dB value to the right is increa

3031The same situation occurs for lectures, interviews, speeches at wedding celebrations, etc.The exercises in this chapter assume that you are somewh

3233Play the storyboard from the rst scene. You will see the background scene, then a hard cut to the insert scene, and then the background scene aga

3233you have learned the possibilities that the Insert function offers you. For example, you can show different camera shots of a wedding ceremony wit

3435on either the musical-note symbol or directly on the track itself. Now click on "Add", select the mu-sic piece from the audio sample lis

3435rection to the other tracks. They will then return to their original volume levels.Use these controls until you have found your ideal audio mix.If

3637 Now you are in the actual text-entry menu. The rst frame of the scene appears in the upper-left quarter of the screen. This scre

3637you can now enter text to the new text box.The button "Page Options" call up a menu in which you can specify "Move box", "

3839case you must reactivate the stored text from the text panel. Click on "Archive" and then on "Load" and select the text "

3839Then exit the text-entry menu by clicking on "OK". You are returned to the titling screen.There you will see that there are further effe

Note:To avoid making mistakes during operation, we recommend that you carefully follow the instructions provided in this manual. We would also like to

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41Chapter 5: ReferenceThis part of the manual serves as a reference to the individual menus of Casablanca Prestige. Look here for information on indiv

42435.2 Project settingsIn this menu you make the settings for your current or next project. This affects, for example, the project name, image size,

4243more data may result when several tracks are used. (6) Clicking on "Delete" starts a new project after a request for conrmation. All da

44455.4 RecordingThis screen is used to record your video footage from your camera or deck onto the Casablanca Prestige .(1) The red circle is used to

4445the Main menu screens.5.5 EditingThis screen is used for most of your editing work, and for sequencing of trimmed scenes. This is the most importa

4647(8) The Playback button is to the left of the sto-ryboard slider. This button is used to playback the scene displayed in the center of the scene b

4647storyboard. An "Insert" scene can also deleted, and this uncovers the background. If you have already created audio and the scene to be

4849this menu are accepted and you are returned to the "New scene" window. With "Cancel" you exit the "Single image" men

4849have a new number if the scene or scene name is already present in the scene bin.If you click (in the clipboard) on the function "Remove scen

5Chapter 1: Introduction1.1 Congratulations!Congratulations on the purchase of your new Casablanca Prestige! We thank you for the con-dence and trust

5051was created from. In this way you can use the au-dio of one scene for other scenes. If you click on the "Preview" button a white, crosse

5051intentionally deleted in the Edit menu.After clicking on "Use" or "Drop" you continue to work with the rest of the roll. Anoth

52535.6 FinishIn the Finish menu a completely nished project is recorded out to a DV or video recorder, or burned onto a DVD. You can nish creating

5253(9) In the upper line you see the project name that is later also used in the DVD menu. If you are not satised with the name, exit the DVD Arabes

5455click "Add Project".A click on this button causes the conversion pro-cedure to be carried out. The project is converted and stored on th

5455space must be deleted beforehand.Copying takes into account all menus, chapter information, etc. These setting don't have to be repeated.If y

5657can, for example, dene colors and effect direc-tions, and other parameters specic to the indivi-dual effects.(4) You use the "Add" but

5657without saving any changes.The arrow button serves to move the menu bar to the upper screen edge.(9) If the inserted effect shows a symbol outline

5859on. The speaker actually stands in front of a blue wall and is projected onto the weather map.The background scene can be any motif. The fo-regrou

5859rst scene. Under "Direction" you specify whether the opposite sides are top and bottom, or left and right. After the bars have met at s

61.2 What is Casablanca Prestige?Casablanca Prestige is a non-linear editor. All video and audio data are stored on the system hard drive and can then

6061the approximate range for the intended effect. You can process just one image, or an entire scene, or in the extreme case the entire story-board.(

6061not occur in the created effect. A preview requires no space on the hard-drive.(8) After you have inserted an Image Processing effect and perhaps

6263function "Range" is active. Specify a new range and click on "OK". Now you can view the new scene in the Edit menu.The multi-l

6263"Clip". The controls "Min" and "Max" are used to change brightness and contrast. Under "Compress", howeve

6465material). The degree of sharpness can be set from 1-8 with the "Strength" control. The preview does not do full justice to the result,

6465(2) In the upper-left part of the screen you see the rst frame of your video scene.This image serves as orientation for adding text. This lets yo

6667(7) Clicking on the "Shadow" button opens a screen in which you at rst choose between "disabled" and "strong" under

6667you want to make further settings.– Clicking on "Insert Page" causes a new text page to be inserted before the active page. The "Pa

6869the "Movement" can be set up to 12 seconds.5.Pages: All document pages are displayed in sequence. Display is done without fading and pau

68697. Creation (if required) of the entire audio soundtrack (six stereo tracks are mixed together to create your soundtrack)8. The last thing to do i

7Chapter 2: InstallationSeveral steps are necessary before you begin to use Casablanca Prestige, and you should allow yourself some time for this setu

7071appear which have the same functions as in the Video Clipboard menu: "Clipboard -> Project", "Audio sample-> Clipboard"

7071the original audio segment is still available.(9) Using the "Trim" function you can remove undesirable portions from the beginning and t

7273menu, in which you can do the following with the audio:a) Trim mode allows you to edit the "In" and "Out" points. b) Position

7273is no video. During playback a level display is shown here too so that you can check for any overdriving.The name of the audio sample to be played

74make the scene quieter (negative dB values), mute the scene (slider all the way to the left), or increase the volume (positive values up to 30 dB).Y

75Chapter 6: VGA Mode Please read this chapter carefully if you have connected a VGA (computer) monitor to your Casablanca Prestige in addition to you

76VGA 2 (800 x 600, 75 Hz):If your VGA monitor supports this setting then you can also use it with Casablanca Prestige. The only difference to the set

77Chapter 7:Tips & Error Handling This collection "Tips and Error Handling" will continue to grow. We are always happy to receive your i

7879Problem: When recording the video material I hear no sound.Solution: Set the correct input in menu "Audio recording/editing" so that the

7879and sections when splitting or recording. You can also sort the scenes in the scene bin. To do this, delete a scene, select another, and then clic

2.3 How to connect your Casablanca PrestigeIn addition to your TV monitor, you will need a video input device and a recording machine, usually your vi

80after several seconds.Problem: I have a problem not contained in this list.Solution: If you have access to the Internet, check out the following Web

81Chapter 8: Technical Data SYSTEM Processor:Celeron Software:already installed on SmartMedia cardSmartMedia:max.128 MByte storage capacityGraphics:I

82CopyrightsThe operating system VxWorks ® is used in license from Wind River Systems, Inc.For the IEEE 1394 interface (Firewire®, MiniDV®) a Firewire

IndexThis index comprises every important term of this manual, so that you can look up the pages explaining the term you are looking for and eve-rythi

DVD -Arabesk 53 -erase DVD 55 -read DVD 55 -write DVD 54DVD name 54Dynamic range (IP) 63EEdit

Power supply 14Preview 24, 57, 62Project Settings 42RRandom lines 60Range 36, 46, 62Range (Record) 43Raw material 31R

Video input 22, 43, 62Video recorder symbols 17Video Settings 22, 43WWave form 18, 47, 51Welcome message 5White balance (IP) 64, 7

RRange 36, 39Record, Edit 36, 69Remain. capacity 70Remove / Delete 46, 49, 56SSinewave sound(New Sample)70Special 70Split

9of the VCR. This conguration results in lower picture quality. If you normally do not connect the VCR to the TV through the antenna socket, then you