home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
-
- EDLP - The Edit Decision List Processor for the Amiga by BCS Software
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
- Pre-release version 0.01 Nov 1986
- Written by Mike Berro
- CIS: [73267,3361]
- BCS Software
- 13432 Lochrin Lane
- Sylmar, CA 91342
- (818) 362-6031
-
- Note: The calculation routines have not yet been optimized. Therefore, the
- automatic ripple calculations may make the program slow to respond
- to your keystrokes, especially when typing in the source in or out
- time codes. You may still type quickly; the program will catch up
- to you.
-
- Very Brief Instructions:
-
- Start the program by selecting the EDLP icon. The EDLP screen will
- appear. The top grey line is the warning line; red warning messages will
- appear there. The second grey line is the prompt line; green prompting
- messages will appear there to tell you what the program is expecting.
- Below that is where the title will appear. It is blank now, because you
- have not yet entered a title. The title will appear in purple letters, and
- will always be centered.
- Just below the title area are the column headings; these are in yellow.
- The columns are described as follows:
- > Event number. A three digit number from 0 to 999.
- > Reel Number. Up to six characters identifying the source reel.
- > Trac. Specifies whether the event refers to video, audio channel 1,
- audio channel 2, or some combination of the three. This column is
- automatically formatted so that no matter in what order you enter
- the information, it will appear as V/An, where n is the audio track
- number if required. This column is also automatically always in
- upper case.
- > Type. This refers to the type of edit; either Cut, Dissolve or Wipe.
- Only the first letter is required. If the event is a wipe, you may
- add three digits following the W to specify which wipe.
- > TR. This is the transition rate in frames for a dissolve or a wipe.
- > Source In. This is the time code for the start of the take.
- > Source Out. This is the time code for the end of the take.
- > Record In and Out are calculated by the program. You cannot move the
- cursor into these columns.
- The list itself appears in grey when you first start the program. This
- is because any event that has not been assigned a track appears in grey.
- Near the bottom of the screen is the grey track record line. The record
- in times for all three tracks for the current cursor position are always
- displayed there. This will come in very handy when you are doing split
- edits.
- Below the track record line the current contents of the "paste" buffer
- are displayed in dark red. Anytime you copy or delete an event, it will
- appear here. The contents of the paste buffer may be inserted into the
- list as many times as needed.
-
- The menu commands are as follows:
- > New. Clears the entire list.
- > Load. Loads a list from the disk. This version allows only one file,
- so you are not prompted for a filename.
- > Save. Saves the list onto the disk.
- > Print. Prints the list. Pages are numbered automatically. The program
- will not separate a comment from its event. Future versions will also
- print the date.
- > Xfer. Allows transfer of list to and from an external device via the
- serial port.
- > Quit. Same as selecting the close gadget in the upper left corner of
- the window.
- > Non-Drop or Drop frame. Selecting one reformats the entire list. Drop
- frame is indicated by a period instead of a colon between the seconds
- and frames in every time code.
- > Skip or Non-Skip Record. Selecting Skip causes the record in of each
- event to be one frame later than the record out of the previous one.
- Selecting either reformats the entire list.
- > Insert Comment. Creates a comment line preceeded by an asterisk for the
- event under the cursor.
- > Delete Comment. Deletes the comment for the event under the cursor. The
- cursor may be on the comment or the event itself.
- > Delete Event. Deletes the event, including comment. The deleted event
- (including comment) is stored in the paste buffer.
- > Get Event. Copies the event (including comment) into the paste buffer.
- > Insert Event. Inserts the contents of the paste buffer into the list
- at the cursor position. The list is immediately renumbered and rippled.
- > Change Title. Selecting this will cause the title gadget to appear.
- Select the gadget with the left mouse button before typing or changing
- the title (WB version 1.1 only). Close the gadget by pressing RETURN
- or pressing the left mouse button with the pointer outside of the
- title gadget.
- > Change Record Start. This allows you to change the initial record start
- time. The default is 00:00:00:01. Selecting this command will cause
- the record start gadget to appear just under the Record In column
- heading. Select this gadget with the left mouse button before typing
- or changing the record start time (WB version 1.1 only). Use the DEL
- key to delete existing digits. Press RETURN to end. If the time code
- is not valid, you will get an error message and be asked to re-enter
- the data. Select the gadget again before doing so (WB version 1.1
- only). (This whole procedure will improved in a future version).
-
- The scroll gadget on the right side of the screen shows how much of
- the list is being displayed. If the list is longer than can be displayed
- on one screen, you may slide the scroll gadget to move through the list.
- You may also "click" just above or below the scroll knob to move one
- page up or down.
-
- Now that the options are out of the way, you can just start typing in the
- information. If you press an invalid key, the screen will flash and an
- error message will appear (future versions will have sound). If you enter
- an invalid time code (e.g. 00:01:00.00 in drop-frame mode), you will also
- get an error message. If there is an error during a ripple calculation
- (e.g. mismatched split edits), the error message will tell you which event
- had the error.
- Use the arrow keys to move the cursor around on the screen. A few things
- to note are:
- > Pressing RETURN or TAB advances the cursor to the next column. Pressing
- ENTER on the numeric keypad moves the cursor to the first character on
- the next line.
- > Entering the last digit of the source out does not advance the cursor
- to the next column as you might expect. This is so that the ripple can
- take place and any errors detected. After entering in the last character
- for the line just press RETURN, TAB or ENTER to advance to the next line.
- > The ALT and CTRL keys are treated like the SHIFT key, except for CTRL-P,
- which grabs the character just above it from the previous event (except
- for comments).
- > The ESC key restores the current line to the condition it was in before
- the cursor moved onto it.
-
- That's about it. If you have any comments or suggestions (and I know
- you will), please forward them to me on Compuserve using PPN #73267,3361,
- or call or write to me directly. Thank you!
-
-