MacroSystem Bogart SE Ver.4 User manual - Manual (Page 54)

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time and consumes hard-drive capacity . When recording data
you should always leave a small amount of hard drive capac-
ity in reserve . Depending on how often effects are used, this
should be between 2% and 10% of the video playing time .
(13) If your system supports the function “scene” you can
make use of the multi-layer technique . If you would like to
overlay several long-term effects, you at first insert an effect
into a scene and create it . Then you convert the scene with
the inserted effect into a separate scene . To do this you click
on the “Scene” button so that a window appears in which you
can select the range for the new scene . The name of the used
image processing effect appears next to “Name” and is given
as default name for the new scene . If desired, you can enter
another name by clicking and using the keyboard that appears .
You also see the three options “Effect”, “Effect + scene(s)”,
and “Range” . If you only want to convert the effect with the
previously set range into a new scene, then click on “Effect” .
Furthermore, you can choose if a new scene is added to the
scene bin and/or if it is to replace the Scene + Effect in the
Storyboard . Click on “OK” so that the effect is turned into a
scene and added as selected above .
You can also adjust the length of the new scene to the range
of the previous scene (with inserted effect) . In this case click
on “Effect + Scene(s)” and then - once you have selected
where it is added - on “OK” . The new scene is created and ap-
pears in the scene bin .
Alternatively, you can create the scene from the entire length
of or from a portion of the storyboard . Click onto “Range”,
select how it is to be added and then confirm with “OK” . Use
the IN and OUT points (in the now familiar Range menu) to
select the range of the new scene . The wave form can be of
help (chapter 3 .2 “Sound envelope and audio scrubbing”) and
can be toggled on/off with the loudspeaker symbol .
Then click on “OK” in the Range menu and the scene is cre-
ated and stored in the Edit menu . Of course, you can also cre-
ate a separate scene from a portion of the storyboard in which
there is no effect . Simply select a scene in the storyboard and
click on “Scene” . In the window that is displayed only the func-
tion “Range” is enabled . Specify a range and click on “OK” .
Then you can view the new scene in the Edit menu .
Should you want to create a scene with the possibility “Effect
+ Scene”, you now have the additional choice to determine
how the new scene should be treated .
Replace in storyboard: After rendering the scene, the one in
the Storyboard will be replaced by a new one . This will also
remove the image processing effect on the scene, so that only
the new scene will be included for the storyboard . You could,
for example, place an additional effect on the new scene and
have it rendered .
Render scene in scene bin: Activate this function to insert your
rendered scene in the scene bin (in the Edit menu), behind the
currently activated scene . These options can be deactivated
if you do not want to store the scene . In that case, the scene
must be replaced in the storyboard .
Note: One of both options is always active, it is not possible to
deactivate both of them.
The multi-layering technique for image processing effects can
also be applied by using the Edit menu to activate a scene in
the scene bin and then clicking the “Special” button . All image
processing effects are listed there . The effect you select is not
applied into the storyboard . Instead, a copy is made of the
active scene in the scene bin with the image processing effect
added to it . The copy incorporates the effect, and its name is
supplemented with SP, SP 2, etc . You can repeat this proce-
dure at will . (see also section 4 .7 “Editing”, item (20))
(14) Clicking on the menu symbols brings you directly to the
Edit, Transition effects, Titling, and Main menu screens .
Note: If you change a setting for an effect that has already
been calculated, or change the duration, or even replace the
effect with another, the effect must then be re-created. Be
careful!
(15) The Loop mode is basically similar to the one feature in
the Transitions menu . You can read more about this in section
4 .9 Transition effects, point (17) .
The image processing effects in detail
The following image processing effects are available in the
standard package:
1. Sharpen: Sometimes you may want to improve a blurred
segment of a scene (e .g . old archive material) . This effect is
used to increase image sharpness . The degree of sharpness
can be set from 1-8 with the “Strength” control . The preview
does not do full justice to the result, so you should experiment
beforehand with a shortened version (Edit/Copy, Trim) of the
scene you would like to correct .
2. Fade out: This effect helps you to fade out the scene, e .g .
at the end of your film . Use the “Color” option to select the
desired color to which the scene is faded . At first, the effect
overlays your scene very lightly with the color so that the
scene is still clearly visible . In the course of the effect the color
becomes more and more dominant until the scene is com-
pletely overlaid and no longer visible . This effect fades out only
the picture material, not the audio!
3. Control Image: With this effect you can change “Bright-
ness”, “Contrast”, “Saturation”, and “Gamma” .
4. Binarizer: The scene is divided into two colors according to