EVS XEDIO CleanEdit Version 3.1 - January 2011 User Manual - Manual (Page 57)

Issue 3.1.B Xedio Suite Version 3.1 – User’s Manual – CleanEdit
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The following table describes the general characteristics that can be defined on an
Edit.
Field Description
Label (mandatory) Name assigned to the edit. The default value for the label is
Edit_XXX where XXX corresponds to an incremented number.
The default name can be changed in Xedio Manager, Software
> Parameter Profiles tool, in the Browser tab.
Description Optional text to describe the edit.
Program ClassList Category assigned to the edit. The value is selected from
predefined classes to classify an edit as belonging to a
particular group or edit type. The tree values and structure
are defined in Tools > Program Class Manager tool, in Xedio
Manager.
Click the down arrow to display the classification tree and
select the requested category.
Edit ID Identifier for the edit can be entered or generated
automatically to make it unique. If it is entered manually and
it is already used, a warning message will appear. Two
parameters Software > Parameter Profiles > (Xedio) CleanEdit
> General tab in Xedio Manager (Read Only Edit ID,
Automatic Edit ID Generation) make it possible to configure
how the Edit ID field will be used
Aspect ratio Default aspect ratio to be used for the edit.
With HD video standards, the aspect ratio 16:9 is selected
and cannot be modified in Xedio CleanEdit. This does not
prevent from using a media with a different aspect ratio in the
edit.
With SD video standards, you can choose the aspect ratio
between 4:3 and 16:9, and you can modify this as long as the
edit is empty.
The default value is specified in the Software parameters >
General > General tab in Xedio Manager.
Default conversion
type When a conversion is performed on the media, this setting
allows the user to define a preferred default from either
letterbox
1 or pillarbox 2 /cropped (pan & scan 3 ).
1 The letterbox effect occurs when film shot in a widescreen aspect ratio is transferred to standard-width video formats while
preserving the film's original aspect ratio. The resulting image has black bars (mattes) above and below it.
2 The pillarbox effect occurs in widescreen video displays when black bars (mattes or masking) are placed on the sides of
the image. It becomes necessary when film or video was not originally designed for a widescreen display.
3 Pan and scan is a method of adjusting widescreen film images so that they can be shown within the proportions of a
standard definition 4:3 aspect ratio television screen, often cropping off the sides of the original widescreen image to focus
on the composition's most important aspects. (Source: wikipedia)