Avid® Media Station Getting Started Guide Release 7.0 tools for storytellers™ © Copyright Avid Technology, Inc. 2/98. All rights reserved. Printed in USA. Avid Media Station Getting Started Guide • Part 0130-01174-01 Rev. A • 2/98 ii Contents Preface Who Should Use This Manual. xiv About This Manual . xv Included in This Manual . xv Symbols and Conventions . xv If You Need Help . xvi Related Information. xvii If You Have Documentation Comments . xvii Chapter 1 Introduction About Media Station . 19 Media Station Telecine Room Option. 19 Digitizing Process . 20 Guide for Film-to-Video Transfers . 20 Media Station with Assistant Editor Option . 22 Editing Basics . 22 About Nonlinear Editing. 22 Editing Components. 23 From Flatbed to Desktop: Getting Oriented . 24 Project Workßow . 25 Starting a Project . 26 Preparing to Edit . 27 Editing a Sequence . 28 Generating Output . 29 How the Media Station Fits into the Workßow . 30 iii Two Tips for Mastery. 30 Clip Data Management . 30 Disk Drive Management . 31 About Projects and Memory . 31 Using Online Help . 32 Three Ways of Finding Topics in Help . 33 Copying from a Help Topic. 33 Printing a Help Topic . 33 Finding Topics with the Index . 34 Searching with the Find Feature . 34 Changing Font Size. 35 Using the Online Books . 35 How to Proceed . 36 Chapter 2 Starting a Project Setting Up the Hardware Overview . 38 Turning on Your Equipment. 38 Desktop Basics . 40 About the Attic Folder . 41 About Composer Project and Avid User Folders . 43 Moving Projects and User ProÞles from Another System . 43 Adding Project and User ProÞles to Your System . 44 Media Conversion Tool . 44 Changing Project and User Names . 47 Deleting Projects and User ProÞles . 47 About the Media Composer Folder . 48 Launching the Media Station Application . 49 Eight-Channel Audio Input and Output . 49 Electronic Licensing . 51 Mounting and Ejecting Disk Drives. 52 Ejecting Disk Drives. 52 Mounting All Drives . 53 Opening a Project . 54 iv Identifying a User . 54 Setting Up a New User . 54 Selecting an Existing User . 55 Nesting Projects in Folders . 56 Selecting a Project . 57 Creating a New Project . 57 Selecting an Existing Project . 63 Opening the Project . 64 Closing a Project . 64 Session Checklist . 65 Chapter 3 Setting Up a Project Working with the Project Window . 66 Opening and Closing the Project Window . 67 Using the Bins Display . 67 Managing Folders and Bins . 69 Using the Settings Display . 71 About Settings . 71 DeÞning Settings . 72 Reviewing Basic Settings . 73 Working with Settings . 74 Displaying Project Settings . 74 Using the Info Display. 76 Working with Bins . 76 Basic Bin Procedures. 77 Before You Begin. 77 Film Scene/Take Workßow . 78 About Bin Display Modes. 79 About Bin Views . 81 Managing Clip Information . 82 Bin Fast Menu . 82 Gathering Format Elements . 83 v Chapter 4 Viewing and Marking Footage Viewing Methods . 85 Loading and Clearing Footage. 87 Loading into Source, Record, and Pop-Up Monitors . 87 Loading Multiple Clips or Sequences. 87 Using the Monitor Menus . 88 Switching Between Loaded Clips. 88 Clearing Clips from Monitors . 88 Controlling Playback. 88 Using Position Bars and the Position Indicator . 89 Using Buttons. 90 Play, Pause, Stop, Fast Forward, and Rewind Buttons . 90 Step Buttons . 91 Using the Keyboard . 92 J-K-L Keys (Three-Button Play). 92 Home, End, and Arrow Keys . ..