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MTN Basic Analog Edit Class Handout MTN
Basic
Analog
Edit
Class
Handout The DV Cuts System
This edit system allows you to do
traditional "Cuts" or "Linear" editing
with digital video decks. You will find
that Cuts editing is useful for longer
programs that will not need extensive
editing. It is called "Linear" editing
because you must edit your first scene
first, your next scene next, and so on.
If you make a mistake you cannot go
back and put another shot in between
two that you have already edit. But the
advantage of this system is that you do
not have to load you video into a
computer before you can begin
working with it.
The edit system is
composed of the following
parts: a source deck (the
bottom deck 1) and a
Record/Master deck (the
top deck 2). Each of these
decks has its affiliated TV
Monitor. The Monitor for
the Source deck is on the
left (3) and the Monitor for
the Record deck is on the
right (4).
On the top of the desk is a
piece of equipment called
the Edit Controller (5). You
will be using this to do your editing. The left side of the Edit Controller has buttons and
wheels to move the Source Deck (a). The right side of the Controller has controls for the
Master/Record deck (b). Use the Shuttle/Jog wheel (c) to move quickly or slowly through
your tape. Turning the wheel to the right moves the tape forward. Turning it to the left moves
the tape backwards. Moving the wheel into the middle notched position freezes your tape on a
single frame.
On top of the monitors you will see a CD player (6) and an audio mixer (7). These allow you
to add supplemental audio to your Master tape. To the far right you will see an Amiga
computer that allows you to add titles to your video (8).
Some edit terms
Recorded on any videotape are video and audio information, and a time code track that allows
a tape to play properly in the deck. If you have a break in the time code, you have a break in
the integrity of your video signal. This may result in video noise (static), or a jump in the
signal. In order to have a playable video signal, you need to make sure that your tape has an
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1 even Time Code track.
In order to do traditional linear video editing, you need a Source tape, most likely the tape
you shot in the camera, and a Master tape, the tape onto which you will be editing your
finished program.
There are two types of editing you can do on this linear edit system: Assemble Editing and
Insert Editing.
Assemble editing is the process of recording a combination of video, audio and time code
from your Source tape to your Master tape. With Insert editing, you can record either video or
a combination of one or two audio tracks on top of video that already has a time code signal.
To do either kind of edit, you need to have some video recorded onto your Master tape.
Recording a signal onto an empty tape is called Blackbursting.
An Edit Procedure
In order to put together a
program on the DV Cuts
system, use this procedure.
1. Put your blank Master tape
into the top deck.
2. Place a Color bar
Countdown Blackburst tape
into the Source deck.
3. Set the proper input on the
Record deck. Press the i.Link
button (1) to get the superior
firewire quality. Press the
Video button (2) if you want to
add titles to any video signal
you edit.
4. Press the Play button (d) on the source side of the edit controller to play your blackburst
source tape.
5.Press the Record and Play buttons (e) on the Master/Record side of the edit controller to
blackburst your Master tape.
6. Record blackburst for up to a few seconds past the end of the Countdown. Notice that the
countdown ends on the first frame of the number two. The countdown does not show you the
numbers one or zero. When you set your first edit point on the Master deck, you will need to
compensate for this "invisible zero." Press stop on both decks (or use the All Stop button on
the edit controller). Rewind and eject the blackburst source tape.
7. Use the Shuttle/Jog wheel (c on the Record side) to cue your tape up to the zero point of
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2 the countdown. You will notice that the countdown ends two seconds before that "invisible
zero" point comes. You will need to use the Reset button (f) of the counter to find the zero
point, which comes two seconds after the last frame of "2" in the countdown.
8. Mark that zero point as the In Point of your Master tape. Do this by pressing the Entry bar
(g) and the In button (h) on the Record side at the same time. You will see an In Point light (i)
illuminate in the counter for the Record side. Once you have marked your Master In Point,
you may want to press the stop button to take your Master tape away from the video heads.
Keeping a tape in pause mode for long can cause permanent damage to your tape.
9. Put your source tape into the source deck. Use the Shuttle/Jog wheel (c on the Source
side) and the Entry (g) and In button (j) to identify the frame of video you would like your edit
to begin with. You may also cue your source tape up to the point where you wish your edit to
end. Mark this by pressing Entry (g) and Out (k) at the same time. Note: you may only set a
total of three edit points, i.e. an In Point on the Master side and In and Out Points on the
Source side. The edit controller figures out where to stop the Master tape based on the Source
tape's Out Point.
10. Select your edit mode. Being that our tape's time code signal ends just after the
countdown, we will have to do an Assemble edit. Make sure the Assemble edit button (1) in
the Edit Mode section is lit. Note: you must release an edit mode before you can change it. If
you have any of the Insert edit buttons lit up, you will have to press them to exit that mode.
Once all the Edit Mode buttons are flashing you can press the Assemble button to switch to
Assemble edit mode.
11. Press the Still button on both the Source and Master side of the edit controller to engage
both tapes.
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3 12. To see what your edit will look like without actually recording it, press the Preview
button (m). Note: If you press Preview without having marked any edit points, the edit
controller will mark the current frames on each deck as In Points for an edit.
13. Notice that both tapes roll back a few seconds prior to your edit point before they start
rolling for the edit. This roll-back before your edit point is called Pre-roll. It allows the decks
some seconds to come up to speed before they begin the edit. You must be sure that you have
five seconds of clean video before your In Point in order to do an edit. This allows for Pre-
roll. The edit controller will beep at you or refuse to do the edit if there is a problem with your
Pre-roll video or if you do not have enough video for Pre-roll.
14. To adjust your edit points, use the Trim keys (n). These allow you to adjust your edit
points one frame at a time. Hold down the button of the edit point you wish to adjust, and
while holsing that button down, press the Trim + or buttons to adjust the point one frame at a
time. For example, if the In Point on your Source tape started half a second late and cut off
the first sound of a word, hold down the In button on the Source side and press the Trim
minus button 15 times to move your In Point back 15 frames (half a second).
15. Once you have made a successful preview, press the Still button on both the Source and
Master side of the edit controller to engage both tapes.
16. To actually record your edit onto your Master tape, press the red Auto Edit button (o). To
end an edit before your Out Point, or if you did not mark an Out Point, press the gray All Stop
button (p).
17. Use the RVW/jump button (q) to Review, or to see what your edit looks like once it has
recorded. Only your Master tape will play back at this time. Proceed on to your next edit.
18. If you want to change some of the audio or video that you have assemble edited onto your
tape, release the edit controller from the Assemble mode. If you want to cover up some of
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