Recording a Digital Cut to Tape (Local Mode)
Recording in local mode allows you to manually control your record deck by using the controls on the deck. This mode is useful when you need to use non-Avid controlled decks, such as consumer-grade VHS or Hi8.
| Play Digital Cut button | | Halt Digital Cut button |
To record a digital cut to tape:
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Load a sequence into the Composer monitor. (You cannot access
digital cut options without a sequence loaded.)
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Select Clip > Digital Cut.
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The Digital Cut tool opens.
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Select or deselect the Entire Sequence option based on the following:
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Select Entire Sequence if you want the system to ignore any
IN or OUT points and play the entire sequence from start to finish.
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Deselect Entire Sequence if you have established IN points, OUT
points, or both for recording a portion of the sequence.
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(Option) Deselect Digital Cut Native.
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Select Digital Cut Native only if you are outputting a DV 25 sequence
with all effects rendered.
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(Option) Select Stop on Dropped Frames. This option appears only if
you have an AvidáMojoáDNA device attached. When you select this
option, if the AvidáMojoáDNA device detects a dropped frame during
output, it stops. You can fix the frame with ExpertRender and then
continue. For more information, see ExpertRender.
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(Option) Select Add Black at Tail, and enter a timecode to add black at
the end of the digital cut.
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Click the Video Effect Safe Mode button (selected by default) to allow
the system to notify you that an effect needs to be rendered.
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During a digital cut, real-time effects can drop frames. To eliminate the
chance of dropping frames, it's best to render the real-time effects that
might drop frames. The Video Effect Safe Mode option analyzes and
identifies real-time effects that might cause dropped frames during the
digital cut and allows you to render them. After all the real-time effects
are rendered, the system automatically initiates the digital cut.
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Select Local in the deck control option area.
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Select the audio and video tracks you want represented in the digital
cut preview. The display of tracks in the Digital Cut tool varies
according to the tracks existing in the sequence.
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Press the Record button on the deck.
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Click the Play Digital Cut button.
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The system cues the record deck and then plays and records the digital
cut. The playback appears in the Composer monitor and the video
monitor (if you have one).
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Depending on the system configuration, you might need to use the deck
controls in the Capture tool to review a digital cut.
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To stop the recording at any time, do one of the following:
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Press the space bar, and then press Stop on your deck.
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Click the Halt Digital Cut button, and then press Stop on your deck.
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If you see degraded image quality in your digital cut (particularly visible
as noise during black), deselect the option "Poll deck during digital cut" in
the Deck Preferences dialog box and record the digital cut again. With this
option deselected, the timecode display in the deck controller does not
update for the duration of the digital cut.
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