A Lesson 8
The separate parts of video are arranged on the timeline that can be found next to the bins. With Drag & Drop, the user drags selected picture - and sound clips to the timeline for further processing. To import recorded material from a camera to Avid, you should open the “capture tool” (Tools->Capture Tool). All the equipment should be switched on before starting Avid. The user sets up a name for a DV-cassette that is in the player and clicks on the red record-button on the left top of the capture tool. Now, the whole material of the cassette is played and simultaneously imported to the hard disc. The captured material is automatically available for processing in the editing software. There are two tools which allow work with the audio tracks: • The audio mixer allows the user to change the volume of the selected audio tracks • With the audio tool, the user can change the audio track by adding effects etc. Both functions can be found in “tools”. The project window contains information about possible settings, ef-
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