User manual PINNACLE LIQUID EDITION REFERENCE MANUAL

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[. . . ] From left to right, this area gradually disappears from the Slice as rendering progresses. Rendering with Liquid Edition. InTime (optional) The Li quid Edi tion . InTime technology integrated in Pinnacle Liquid decreases the rendering times considerably by using additional system processors and in particular by incorporating the Li quid Edi tion . InTime board. When installing Pinnacle Liquid, Liquid Edition. InTime recognizes all additional system processors or a Liquid E dition. InTime board and uses the detected capacities for computing the effects. 11 - 94 Chapter Finish Effects Deleting Render Files Render files, i. e. files created when effects or timewarp clips are rendered, can be deleted selectively. It may become necessary to delete render files; for example, after a Batch Digitize operation you may want to perform a manual re-rendering of effects on the basis of the newly digitized material. Or you may want to delete files you no longer need in order to make room on the storage media. The following options are available: Delete Functions in the Desktop Trash Icon The shortcut menu for the Trash icon on the desktop contains a number of options for deleting render files that apply to the current Project. Select: Delete Render Files Of Project:. . . w Not used by any Sequence This option deletes render files that do not reference any existing Sequences in the Project. w Not used by current Sequence This option deletes all render files except those used in the Sequence currently located on the Timeline. w Not used by Sequence(s) selected in Project window This option deletes all render files except those belonging to the Sequences selected in the Project window. Delete Functions in the Timeline Shortcut Menu These delete functions are applied to render files belonging to the Sequence currently located on the Timeline. Select: Delete Render Files. . . w between Mark-In/Out to delete files selectively or w of current Sequence (all) to delete all the render files of the Sequence. Chapter Finish 11 - 95 Effects Rendering and Preview Quality (relevant only for Classic Effects) Use an effect's Properties window to control rendering and preview quality. There are two ways to open this window: w On the Effect Editor's toolbar, click the Effect Editor's Shortcut Menu Button > Properties. w Click Pinnacle Liquid Start menu > Control Panel > Site > FX Editor Properties. Render Quality Use the Render Quality tab to adjust rendering quality settings. You can choose between Best Quality, High Quality and Preview Quality. Use the Best Quality option for creating masters. Pinnacle Liquid renders effects in the YUV color space, in uncompressed YUV quality and on a subpixel basis. Preview Quality Use the Preview Quality tab to control preview quality. You can choose between Best Quality, High Quality and Fast Preview. So that results appear more quickly during previewing, use the Best Quality Last and Fast Preview First functions. For example, use both Best Quality and Fast Preview First so that when you are editing a fast preview is shown and afterwards the best quality appears. Use High Quality with Best Quality Last and Fast Preview First for an additional quality step. System The System tab lets you optimize your computer system for Pinnacle Liquid effects. See also "System Tab" on page 17-29. 11 - 96 Chapter Finish Effects Saving Individually Created Effects An effect which was created using one of the Effect Editors may be saved and renamed for later use. That's how to proceed: 1 Create the effect, insert it on the Timeline either as clip effect or Transition. 2 Open the shortcut menu of the effect by clicking the colored line or the effect icon (Clip FX only), or in case of a Transition open the shortcut menu of the Transition. 3 Select Copy. [. . . ] between battery charging devices, batteries, power supplies and camcorders. The digital luminance and color difference signals for ITU-R 601 coding. The à LUMINANCE SIGNAL Y is scanned at 13. 5 MHz, the two àCOLOR DIFFERENCE SIGNALS at 6. 75 MHz. YUV Common designation for analog component signals. Brightness and color information are transmitted separately, in the form of a àLUMINANCE SIGNAL (Y) and two àCOLOR DIFFERENCE SIGNALS (RCR is the digital version of the ana- Y, B-Y). [. . . ]