MacroSystem Bogart SE Ver.2 User manual - Manual (Page 28)

26 Chapter 4
Your system uses an electronic storyboard . Scenes are
selected from the scene bin (item (7)) and put into order on
the storyboard, located in the upper section of the screen . In
the storyboard the selected scene is in the center . The se-
lected scene length (duration) is displayed above the scene to
highlight it . Clicking on a scene in the storyboard causes it to
be moved to the center (often referred to as the "selected" or
"active" scene) . The edit screen display depends on the set
screen resolution . Resolutions above 1024 x 768 pixels result
in a multiple-row scene bin . Depending on the chosen resolu-
tion (see chapter 5: VGA mode), at least seven entire scenes
will fit into a visible part of the Storyboard .
But there is no limit to the number of scenes that may actually
be present on the storyboard . The storyboard can be scrolled
to the left or right . The starting point is to the left, and scenes
are played sequentially from left to right .
The Storyboard can also be displayed as a `Timeline´ . For
this, you require a VGA or DVI screen resolution of at least
1024x768 pixels . To use the Timeline display, you must
activate it in the System Settings . Until now, you have been
using a Storyboard style editing suite, which sorts the scenes
in order of playback . These scenes are tagged with symbols
representing the effects . This (particularly for beginners) very
effective method can be further optimized by additionally using
a Timeline display .
The Timeline
With the new system software, you can make use of the
Timeline display as opposed to the Storyboard method . This is
often preferred by many professional video editors .
In the Storyboard, all added scenes are shown as a sequence
of pictures, each representing a specific scene . Effects, inserts
and titles are also shown as pictures in the Storyboard . This
allows for a very clean and uncluttered display of the sequence
of scenes and effects used . Important information such as the
length of the scene in relation to the entire Storyboard can not
be seen right away however .
When viewing the project as a Timeline, you instead see
scenes and effects as bars positioned on a time axis . The
length of the bars is shown in proportion to the length of the
entire project . In addition, you can compare scene lengths
directly with each other .
Effects and inserts are also shown as bars in the Timeline . In
order to improve the overview, they are shown as separate
bars – or tracks as we‘ll call them . Apart from the video track,
there‘s a track for the insert, image processing effects, titles
and transitions . Above the tracks, there is a time scale to help
you keep track of the time position for the scenes and effects .
The Timeline is the central element for your video editing work .
You can activate the Timeline via System Settings > Story-
board options > Mode . Depending on the settings you make,
the system switches between the Storyboard and Timeline
display mode . The Timeline is shown in the same way in the
Edit, as well as the effect menus . The audio menu additionally
shows the audio tracks .
The top part of the screen shows the Timline, which is divided
into different parts . The view depends on the settings you have
made for the Timeline . The top of the screens holds the time
scale for reading the time and position of scenes in the project .
You can change the time display type via System Settings >
Additional Settings > Timecode display .
Beneath the time scale, you‘ll find the video track . All scenes
are shown as a sequence of bars or tracks, which can be
zoomed at varying factors . One option is to zoom so that the
first and last frame of a scene is seen on the ends of the bar .
The scene name is shown in the middle . If the bar is too short
to show all elements, only the start frame is shown . If you
zoom out even further, only the scene name will be displayed .
Each scene is separated by a vertical line, representing the
beginning of a new scene . The active scene is highlighted by a
different color – and is not, unlike the Storyboard mode, posi-
tioned in the middle of the screen . In addition, the active scene
(or the active insert part) sports a bright line at the bottom .
If you position an insert over a scene, you‘ll find the insert
scene in the insert track, just below the video track . It is posi-
tioned correctly beneath the background scene . The elements
found in this track can also display frame pictures or just text,
depending on your settings . You‘ll also find that the effects are
positioned exactly at the right time position . Effects are shown,
just like the scenes, as bars with the respective effect icon .
The lowest track is used to position transitions . The display
method is the same as used for image processing effects .
As soon as you insert a transition, the video track display will
change . Two consecutive scenes will be placed `over each
other´ . The overlapping area will be shown as having its own
field, at the same length as the transition . The field contains a
a diagonal yellow line . In addition, depending on the setup, two
smaller images representing the first and last frame of the area
may be shown .
To the right of the Timeline, you can see a larger version of first
frame of the currently used scene . Directly beneath the image,
the scene name and the scene length . Underneath, there are
various settings for `Range´and `Zoom´ to help you define the
best possible overview for the Timeline part you are
working on .
`Zoom +´: Zoom into the Timeline display to improve visibility of
short clips and effects . Each click doubles the zoom area . The
time scale carries information about the currently displayed
area in seconds (s) or minutes (m) .
`Zoom -´: Zoom out of the Timeline to improve the overall
overview of the project . If you are suing long scenes, a smaller
Timeline view may be more appropriate . Each click makes the
view half as small .
`O´: This button switches the view to 20 scenes wide, but at
a maximum of 10 minutes length of your project . The current
scene is shown in the middle .